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Noise-resistant quantum computing comes a step closer
Researchers demonstrate a fault-tolerant universal set of quantum operations for the first time on an ion-trap quantum computer
10 years of the Higgs boson
Peter Higgs: the man behind the machine
Achintya Rao reviews Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass by Frank Close
Discovering the Higgs boson: a day in physics like no other
Achintya Rao recollects the momentous day 10 years ago when CERN announced it had discovered the Higgs boson
Birthday boson: 10 years of living with the Higgs particle
Revisiting the famous 2012 discovery and looking ahead to the future of particle physics
Tracks of my tears: the true meaning of Peter Higgs’ emotion at CERN in 2012
Physics is often viewed as a dispassionate and purely objective activity. So how, wonders Robert P Crease, do we explain the reaction of Peter Higgs when the boson that bear...
Particle physicists gather at CERN to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery
Special day-long symposium in the CERN auditorium looks back at the detection of the Higgs boson and to the future of particle physics
The Higgs boson discovery revisited
Reflecting on that historic day, 10 years later
Was the discovery of the Higgs boson the pinnacle for high-energy physics at CERN?
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Research updates
Axial Higgs mode spotted in materials at room temperature
New quasiparticle could be used in quantum sensors
Smartphone app successfully detects jaundice in newborn babies
A smartphone app that identifies severe jaundice in newborn infants by scanning their eyes exhibits comparable diagnostic performance to expensive screening devices
Near-unipolar laser pulses could control qubits
A laser pulse that largely circumvents the inherent symmetry of light waves could be used to manipulate quantum information
Simulations show that asteroid impacts would destroy evidence for relic shorelines on Mars
The existence of ‘shorelines’ on Mars has been a central plank in the argument that oceans once graced the Red Planet
Viral ‘superspreader’ events may be linked to high-intensity indoor exercise
New data reveals that number of aerosol particles exhaled by people who are exercising increases 132-fold on average during peak activity
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New device might find applications in flexible lighting and smart displays that can be used at night without disrupting the body's biological clock
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