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Sophia Chen

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Sophia Chen covers physics, engineering, and data science for WIRED.

Why Scientists Are Using Frog Eggs to Power Tiny Electronics

The Case of a Revolutionary (But Imaginary?) Superconductor

Quantum Computing Will Create Jobs. But Which Ones?

Why You Can't Trust More Cryptocurrency White Papers

What's a Blazar? A Galactic Bakery for Cosmic Rays

The Quest to Make Super-cold Quantum Blobs in Space

These Physicists Watched a Clock Tick for 14 Years Straight

Scientists Are Using AI to Assemble Single Atoms

This Harebrained Videogame Powers Quantum Experiments

Chemists Orchestrate the Molecular Union of Two Single Atoms

This Really, Truly Random Number Generator Could Help Crypto

The Case of the Missing Dark Matter

Google's Quantum Computing Party Is as Fancy as Physics Gets

Elusive Higgs-Like State Created in Exotic Materials

How to Build a Space Communication System Out of Lasers

The Perfectly Imperfect Diamonds Built for Quantum Physics

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The Science of Shred

The Physics of One of the Craziest Snowboard Tricks Ever

Why This Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout Is a Big Deal

How Dark Matter Physicists Score Deals on Liquid Xenon