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Particle Physics
Magnets might be the future of nuclear fusion
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Engineering
Could quantum physics unlock teleportation?
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Environment
These islanders live and thrive alongside lava
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Particle Physics
Scientists used lasers to make the coldest matter in the universe
![The International Space Station, seen from a Dragon Capsule in November 2021.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/17/iss066e080193-scaled-e1660764914317.jpg?w=675)
International Space Station
Need more air in space? Magnets could yank it out of water.
![White cylinder with wires, part of the LZ dark matter detector run the US Department of Energy](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/08/lz-dark-matter-detector-first-experiment.jpg?w=683)
Particle Physics
The world’s best dark matter detector whiffed on its first try
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Particle Physics
This ghostly particle may be why dark matter keeps eluding us
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Particle Physics
Chien-Shiung Wu’s work defied the laws of physics
![Photo of LHC tunnel.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/09/LHC.jpg?w=600)
Particle Physics
The standard model of particle physics may be broken
![CERN worker examining semiconducting magnets of Large Hardon Collider accelerator](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/25/large-hadron-collider-restarted-2022.jpg?w=675)
Particle Physics
The biggest particle collider in the world gets back to work
![Fermilab's Collider Detector.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/07/Detector-scaled.jpg?w=632)
Particle Physics