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Nobody took John F. Clauser's quantum experiments seriously. 50 years later, he's collecting a Nobel Prize.
By Jonas Enander published
John F. Clauser reflects on receiving the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics for the groundbreaking work he did 50 years ago.
'Quantum time flip' makes light move simultaneously forward and backward in time
By Ben Turner published
The time-flipped photon can't be used to restage "Back to the Future," but it could help us figure out some of the universe's most mysterious phenomena.
Something is wrong with Einstein's theory of gravity
By Kazuya Koyama, Levon Pogosian published
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has been remarkably successful in describing the gravity of stars and planets, but it doesn’t seem to apply perfectly on all scales.
What is the third law of thermodynamics?
By Jim Lucas last updated
Reference According to the third law of thermodynamics, the entropy of a perfect crystal is zero when the temperature of the crystal is equal to absolute zero (0 kelvin).
Who invented the lightbulb?
By Elizabeth Peterson, Callum McKelvie published
Reference Though Thomas Edison is credited as the man who invented the lightbulb, several inventors paved the way for him.
Plants Use Quantum Physics to Survive
By Katia Moskvitch last updated
Quantum effects spill out of physics labs and into wet and messy biological systems.
Atomic Clock Is So Precise It Won't Lose a Second for 15 Billion Years
By Tia Ghose last updated
The most precise clock ever made could hold time accurately for the entire age of the universe.
Sasers: Sound-based Lasers Invented
By Live Science Staff last updated
Sasers are the sound-based equivalent of lasers, made by focusing phonons.
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