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

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Laser cooled neutral atoms experimental setup

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Ultracold atoms have been 'hyperentangled' for the first time

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Radical photon idea could rewrite standard model of particle physics

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

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Quantum computers don’t always need more qubits – just add chaos

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

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Ultra-secure quantum data sent over existing internet cables

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Abstract prism of light references quantum properties

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Five physicists discuss the achievements and future of quantum theory

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Where exactly does the quantum world end and concrete reality begin?

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Where exactly does the quantum world end and concrete reality begin?

Quantum effects like superposition and entanglement have long been seen in single particles, but physicists are on a quest to find out just how big an object can be before it loses its quantumness

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Could the ancient Greeks have invented quantum theory?

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A timeline of the most important events in quantum mechanics

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Carlo Rovelli on what we get wrong about the origins of quantum theory

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Where Schrödinger’s cat came from – and why it’s getting fatter

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