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Sophia Chen

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

Slurp It Up

Why Scientists Are Using Frog Eggs to Power Tiny Electronics

Sep 5, 2018 7:00 AM

Physics

The Case of a Revolutionary (But Imaginary?) Superconductor

Aug 17, 2018 8:00 AM

Education

Quantum Computing Will Create Jobs. But Which Ones?

Aug 6, 2018 8:00 AM

Blockchain

Why You Can't Trust More Cryptocurrency White Papers

Jul 18, 2018 7:00 AM

Physics

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

Jul 12, 2018 11:00 AM

Physics

The Quest to Make Super-cold Quantum Blobs in Space

Jun 25, 2018 8:00 AM

Tick Tock

These Physicists Watched a Clock Tick for 14 Years Straight

Jun 4, 2018 11:00 AM

Computing

Scientists Are Using AI to Assemble Single Atoms

May 23, 2018 8:00 AM

Binary

This Harebrained Videogame Powers Quantum Experiments

May 9, 2018 1:00 PM

Setups

Chemists Orchestrate the Molecular Union of Two Single Atoms

Apr 27, 2018 8:00 AM

Physics

This Really, Truly Random Number Generator Could Help Crypto

Apr 11, 2018 1:00 PM

Astrophysics

The Case of the Missing Dark Matter

Mar 28, 2018 1:00 PM

Culture

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

Mar 14, 2018 7:00 AM

Physics

Elusive Higgs-Like State Created in Exotic Materials

Mar 4, 2018 7:00 AM

Pew Pew

How to Build a Space Communication System Out of Lasers

Feb 27, 2018 8:00 AM

Baubles

The Perfectly Imperfect Diamonds Built for Quantum Physics

Feb 15, 2018 8:00 AM

icon

The Science of Shred

Feb 12, 2018 1:27 PM

Flip and Spin

The Physics of One of the Craziest Snowboard Tricks Ever

Feb 5, 2018 11:00 AM

Telecoms

Why This Quantum-Encrypted Video Hangout Is a Big Deal

Jan 20, 2018 12:30 AM

Physics

How Dark Matter Physicists Score Deals on Liquid Xenon

Jan 11, 2018 8:00 AM