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It used to rain so hard on Mars it shaped the planet's geology

A first of its kind study found rain on Mars was quite abundant.

Tiny quantum refrigerator keeps quantum computers cool by 'blinking' electrons

Prepare for some quantum madness.

Time travel is proven possible -- but we'll likely never be able to build the machine, author says

He named his machine the TARDIS -- bonus points for that.

Though considered impossible, Harvard physicists have built a time crystal

This new state of matter could be key to building quantum computers.

Thermal diode could allow computers to one day function on heat alone

No more fans for us!

LHCb finds a deviation from the Standard Model which may hint at a new particle

The little brother of LHC might be on to something big!

Physicists coax superfluid to have 'negative mass'

The matter flows against the pushing force.

Why shoelaces untie themselves: you have good old physics to thank

The answer to this deceptively simple question could help scientists better understand structures like DNA.

Graphene-based sieve makes drinking water out of seawater

Desalination might one day be as easy as passing water through a sieve.

Nanoribbons pave the way for switching graphene 'on-off'

A novel and better way to make graphene into a semiconductor.

World's tiniest race will pit nanocars against each other in Toulouse this April

The stakes have never been so tiny.

Researchers found a supermassive black hole choking on its meal

Greedy!

NASA plans to use repellent coatings to coax liquids into flowing even when there is no "down"

Not a problem many would even think possible -- but a real one nonetheless.

Single-atom magnets used to create data storage one million times more dense than regular hard disks

Scaled up, it will likely lose some efficiency -- but will still leave HDDs in the dust.

Astronomers create the most accurate map of dark matter in the Universe

Seeing the unseeable.

NASA wants to create the coolest spot in the universe

It's cool, and it's totally out there!

Czech researchers turn graphene sheets into the first stable non-metallic magnets

Is there anything graphene can't do?

Earth's mantle is much hotter than we thought, scientists learn

For once, it's not something to do with global warming, phew!

Four-stroke internal combustion engine turned into a hydrogen reactor

A century-old machine has been turned into a 21st century hydrogen manufacturing device.

Thermal levitation can lift any object in the air, unlike other methods that work on magnetization or optical light

Large objects were levitated by exploiting temperature differences. This method works with any kind of object.

Blueprint for large scale supercomputer could open the road for billion-qubit machine, and the secrets of the universe with it

Quantum computers today are ineffective but this is set to change.

Hydrogen turned into a metal for the first time. Technology and spaceflight might never be the same

If confirmed, this could be one of the most revolutionary material of the century

D-Wave upgrades quantum chip to 2,000 qubits, gets first customer for its $15 million machine

No everyone is convinced this machine can actually perform quantum operations, though.

Powerful sound blasters can render tsunamis dead in the water, new study shows

Fus-ro-dah!

Scientists want to track ocean heat using magnetic fields

As the Earth heats up, much of the heat sinks into the oceans.

Scientists learn why hair is almost as strong as steel. One immediate application is a hairy body armor

That soft, mushy mass on your scalp is stronger than you think.

Tiny aluminium drum cooled beyond quantum limit proves we can make things even colder. Possibly down to absolute zero

Physics just got way cooler.

What shape is the Universe, really?

The Universe is flat, according to modern research. But what does that mean?

Physicists observe the light spectrum of antimatter for the first time

Physicists just fulfilled one of their long-standing goals.

Scientists believe they've identified the source of the mysterious sound coming from the Mariana Trench

It's a call unlike any other we've heard before.

Another breakthrough for fusion reported in South Korea

They might be ushering in a new age of clean energy.

Australian researchers develop harder-than-diamond artificial diamond

Blinging hard!

Mixing Silly Putty with graphene creates incredibly sensitive pressure sensors, scientists find

Nothing silly about these findings. Except the putty.

Light-bending material could bridge quantum and classical physics

We're closer than ever to a Theory of Everything.

Scientists need you to join the Phi-Lambda mission and make quantum computers work

All you have to do is play Decodoku.

Why the Earth's core is two and a half years younger than the crust

Because relativity, that's why.

Obi-Wan Kenobi, the goggles-wearing parrot, teaches us a thing or two about flight physics

The experiments proved current animal flight models are inaccurate.

Scientists take snapshots that show how water conducts electricity

Finally, someone found out how charge is transferred between water molecules.

Water trapped in carbon nanotubes starts freezing at the temperature it should be boiling

The weirdest ice.

Bendy artificial muscle is made of pure nylon, still stronger than you

Even nylon is getting ripped and I still won't hit the gym.

Scientists answer longstanding question: why is the surface of ice wet?

Some simple questions have deceivingly complicated answers.

In 1975, a physicist co-authored a paper with his cat. He did it for a very good reason

F.D.C. Willard, also known as Chester, is a cat who co-authored a high-quality physics paper in 1975

It's official: NASA's "impossible" EM drive has been peer-reviewed and published

Complicated physics, impossible results.

THE fusion energy video you should watch

Fusion could usher in a new age of energy but for most of us, fusion energy is still a big question mark.

Laser stopwatch measures atomic events with trillionth of a billionth of a second accuracy

This is one fast 'camera'.

Cooking nuclear waste into glass and ceramic materials could provide safe, efficient containment

Vitrification is the way to go.

Newly proposed particles might solve five of physics' biggest problems, including dark matter

This may be the holy grail of physics we've all been waiting for.

New record gets us closer to fusion energy

We're one step closer to clean, virtually limitless energy.

Squished-booms: looking at the behavior of underwater explosions

Explosions behave quite differently underwater than what you'd see on the surface.

The 2016 Nobel Prize in physics awarded to trio of topological experts

Bagel physics begets a prize.

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