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Dane physicist Niels Bohr, pictured in his laboratory, received the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the structure of atoms.

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Ambitious book on quantum physics still fails to be accessible

A new book on quantum physics is pleasingly full of cutting-edge topics. Yet it isn't the accessible work it promised to be

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Read an extract from time-travel novel The Ministry of Time

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Do we have free will? Quantum experiments may soon reveal the answer

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A photon caught in two places at once could destroy the multiverse

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Black hole analogue Inside Silke Weinfurtner's black hole laboratory at the University of Nottingham in the UK

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Liquid physics: Inside the lab making black hole analogues on Earth

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Physicists reveal the secret to chopping onions without crying

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How dark energy findings may inspire a new generation of physics nerds

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Radical photon idea could rewrite standard model of particle physics

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The bold attempt to solve the toughest mystery at the heart of physics

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The bold attempt to solve the toughest mystery at the heart of physics

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Nothing is stronger than quantum connections – and now we know why

The mathematics of graphs has helped reveal a principle that limits the strength of quantum correlations – and explains why physicists have never measured any stronger connections in some post-quantum realm

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Why physicists keep trying to get rid of space-time entirely

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'Dark photon' theory of light aims to tear up a century of physics

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The 'impossible' particle hinting at the universe's biggest secrets

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First ever 'black hole bomb' created in the lab

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