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Alex Wilkins

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Hopes for new physics dashed by ordinary-looking W bosons at CERN

The CMS detector at the Large Hadron ColliderSciTech Image/James King-Holmes/Alamy Stock Photo…

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Huge new volcano has burst through the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io

This Juno image from February (right) reveals a new volcano that wasn’t…

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DNA computer can play chess and solve sudoku puzzles

A DNA computer can solve simplified chess and sudoku puzzlesKevin Lin A…

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Fuzzy quantum effects have been seen on the largest scale yet

Quantum effects result in particles behaving like waves that interfere with each…

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Discovery of ‘dark’ electrons could explain how superconductors work

Electrons that can’t be detected within materials still play a role in…

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Hellish conditions have warped an Earth-like planet into an egg

Exoplanets that get too close to their parent stars experience harsh conditionsNazarii_Neshcherenskyi/Shutterstock…

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Transformers: Why the T in ChatGPT is AI’s biggest breakthrough – and greatest risk

A good neural network architecture is vital when developing artificial intelligenceSHUTTERSTOCK/Qpt When…

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Could Mars become habitable with the help of glitter-like iron rods?

Terraforming Mars would make the planet more like Earth and better able…

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Banana-shaped galaxies are helping unpeel the mysteries of dark matter

Astronomers have been spotting strange banana-shaped galaxies and the evidence seems to…

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