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Quantum mechanics has always carried a quiet tension. At its core, the theory allows particles to exist in many states at ...

Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.

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In the rarefied world of theoretical physics, where Albert Einstein’s shadow still looms large, Harvard University and ...