Physics

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::	Physics

Top Stories | February 12

String theorists squeeze nine dimensions into three
A supercomputer simulation of the Big Bang’s immediate aftermath may explain why space has three directions.
Neutrino parents call into question faster-than-light results
The particles’ precursor doesn’t have enough energy to produce the speeds reported.
Tantalizing hints of long-sought particle
Europe’s LHC collider finds traces of what could be the Higgs boson, a theoretical entity that explains why matter has mass.
The Ultimate Clock
Keeping precise time on the universe’s scale
Carbon flatland
Graphene’s two dimensions offer new physics, novel electronics.

:: More in Physics

Graphene’s two dimensions offer new physics, novel electronics.

New work finds a physical basis for quantum mechanics.

Math trick that reverses spirals and other shapes that twist and turn should provide new ways to understand and design materials.

A powerful new laser technique promises to reveal the cell’s molecular components in detailed, 3-D images.

Physicists explain why an object swings faster when immersed in a special ultracold liquid.

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