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Physics
Nuclear 'magic numbers' mystery solved

Nuclear 'magic numbers' mystery solved
A new mathematical technique explains why certain proton and neutron counts make atomic nuclei unusually stable, resolving a decades‑long puzzle in nuclear physics and reshaping m…
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Quantum Rules Hold for Metal Clusters

Quantum Rules Hold for Metal Clusters
A Vienna experiment shows nanoscale metal clusters made of thousands of atoms produce clear quantum interference, tightening limits on models that would force larger objects to be…
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How Feynman Rewrote Motion

How Feynman Rewrote Motion
Richard Feynman's path-integral idea shows that classical motion is an emergent pattern of quantum possibilities; a 2023 experiment made that emergence visible by measuring single…
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Does Physics Disprove Free Will?

Does Physics Disprove Free Will?
Physicists, philosophers and neuroscientists disagree: determinism, quantum uncertainty, chaos and emergence each change the free-will question. This article explains how modern p…
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Pi in Nature: Ramanujan's Surprise

Pi in Nature: Ramanujan's Surprise
A team at the Indian Institute of Science reports in Physical Review Letters (22 December 2025) that formulas Srinivasa Ramanujan discovered more than a century ago reappear insid…