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Alex Wilkins

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Quantum batteries could be charged by reversing time

Quantum batteries could harvest energy by reversing time’s arrowda-kuk/Getty Images A method…

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We may have seen a ‘dirty fireball’ star explosion for the first time

Dying stars can emit a powerful jet of radiation, as seen in…

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We may have just glimpsed the universe’s first stars

An artist’s impression of star formation in the early universeAdolf Schaller for…

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Antimatter has been transported by road for the first time

CERN’s antimatter-transporting truckCERN Antimatter has finally hit the road. Around 100 antiprotons…

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Inside the world’s first antimatter delivery service

The BASE-STEP transportable trap systemMarina Cavazza, Chetna Krishna/CERN Nestled in the heart…

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Mathematician Gerd Faltings wins 2026 Abel prize for solving 60-year-old mystery

Gerd Faltings has won the 2026 Abel PrizePeter Badge/Typos1 Gerd Faltings has…

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Mystery ‘whippet’ space explosion is the brightest of its kind

“The Whippet”, as imagined by the New Scientist picture deskNASA/muratart/Shutterstock/Adobe Stock A…

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How an intern helped build the AI that shook the world

AlphaGo’s victory braodcast on TVIm Hun-jung/Yonhap/AP Photo via Getty Images In March…

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The moment that kicked off the AI revolution

Lee Sedol faced AlphaGo in 2016AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon/Alamy The first time that…

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We’ve spotted the strongest microwave laser in the known universe

This image combines views from the Hubble and Keck II telescopes. A…

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