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Author(s): Charles Day

Axions—theorized particles that could account for dark matter—could accumulate around rapidly rotating neutron stars to the point that they become detectable.

[Physics 17, s114] Published Thu Oct 17, 2024

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

The prediction that twisted semiconductor bilayers can host so-called non-Abelian states without a magnetic field holds promise for fault-tolerant quantum computing.

[Physics 17, s129] Published Thu Oct 17, 2024

Author(s): Charles Day

Emus inherited from their dinosaur ancestors a crouched posture that dictates the gait they adopt when moving quickly, according to a new computer simulation of bird motion.

[Physics 17, 151] Published Wed Oct 16, 2024

Author(s): Marric Stephens

Theorists have developed a model to explain how a protein structure keeps its position while being buffeted by currents.

[Physics 17, s125] Published Wed Oct 16, 2024

Author(s): Fangwei Ye

Overlapping two 3D lattices with a relative twist opens the door to synthesizing crystals with diverse symmetries that showcase nontrivial band structures and novel properties.

[Physics 17, 147] Published Tue Oct 15, 2024

Author(s): Charles Day

A quantum degeneracy named after a Chinese yo-yo boosts the magnetization lifetime of a short chain of magnetic iron atoms by a factor of 1000.

[Physics 17, s118] Published Tue Oct 15, 2024

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

A rare configuration of seven galaxies aligned behind a galaxy cluster allows researchers to probe with high precision the dark matter distribution within the cluster.

[Physics 17, 148] Published Fri Oct 11, 2024

Author(s): Philip Ball

The algorithm called AlphaFold has now been used to predict structures for all known proteins.

[Physics 17, 149] Published Fri Oct 11, 2024

Author(s): Susan Curtis

The mitigation of a previously neglected energy-loss mechanism in organic light-emitting diodes has enabled researchers to enhance both efficiency and lifetime of these devices.

[Physics 17, s115] Published Thu Oct 10, 2024

Author(s): Charles Day

Despite its intensity, the gravitational collapse of certain massive stars does not produce an abundance of heavy elements.

[Physics 17, s122] Published Wed Oct 09, 2024

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics honors pioneering work on artificial neural networks, which provided the foundation for many of the artificial intelligence technologies in use today.

[Physics 17, 146] Published Tue Oct 08, 2024

Author(s): Charles Day

When two laser beams converge on a volume of gas, their interference creates a diffraction grating made of plasma that can divert and shape a third beam.

[Physics 17, s123] Published Tue Oct 08, 2024

Author(s): Matteo Ciarchi and Ivan Di Terlizzi

Bacteria, cells, swarms, and other organisms pluck information from noisy environments with extraordinarily high precision.

[Physics 17, 143] Published Mon Oct 07, 2024

Author(s): Mark Buchanan

An infrared detector is sensitive to a wide range of intensities and could potentially pick up biomarkers from exoplanet atmospheres.

[Physics 17, 144] Published Mon Oct 07, 2024

Author(s): Michael Schirber

A short-lived combination of an electron and an antielectron has been cooled with lasers to near absolute zero—a step toward tackling fundamental questions about matter and antimatter.

[Physics 17, 145] Published Fri Oct 04, 2024

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

By observing the motion of preschool children, researchers have developed a thermodynamic description of human movement that pinpoints collective phases emerging when social interactions are strong.

[Physics 17, s111] Published Thu Oct 03, 2024

Author(s): Michael Schirber

New experimental results from the Large Hadron Collider argue against the existence of multiple Higgs bosons, as predicted in certain “beyond-standard-model” theories.

[Physics 17, s119] Published Wed Oct 02, 2024

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

Imposing time-dependent strain on a magnetic disk induces vortex dynamics and offers a path toward energy-efficient spintronic devices.

[Physics 17, s117] Published Tue Oct 01, 2024

Author(s): Elizabeth Fernandez

As part of an effort to establish a lunar time standard, researchers have used relativity to calculate time differences between Earth and the Moon.

[Physics 17, 140] Published Mon Sep 30, 2024

Author(s): David Ehrenstein

A lab-scale model provides a testing ground for studying the breakup of ice sheets or of other thin solids floating on the surface of a fluid.

[Physics 17, 141] Published Fri Sep 27, 2024