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Nobel Prize in Physics 2018
6 Oct 2018
Optical tweezers and chirped pulse amplification — tools that transformed science.
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What is Graphene?
3 Jan 2018
A single atom thick, stronger than steel, and a better conductor than copper.
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Why Redefine Mass?
11 Nov 2017
From a platinum cylinder in Paris to Planck's constant — the new kilogram.
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Classical vs Quantum Computers
20 Sept 2017
Bits vs qubits — superposition, entanglement, and the future of computing.
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How Did Google Get Its Name?
14 Sept 2017
A googol, a typo, and a nine-year-old — the origin of the world's biggest search engine.
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Giordano Bruno: A Born Rebel
3 Sept 2017
The monk who argued the universe was infinite — and was burned at the stake for it.
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