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Author(s): Herman Batelaan

A new method that uses laser light to both generate and shape electron beams could improve the resolution of electron microscopy.

[Physics 15, 145] Published Mon Sep 26, 2022

Author(s): Mark Buchanan

Fluid dynamics simulations suggest that the varying flow speed inside the small intestine maximizes nutrient absorption while minimizing excess bacteria.

[Physics 15, 146] Published Fri Sep 23, 2022

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

Simulations show that negative wind shear can reduce the power output of wind farms.

[Physics 15, s127] Published Fri Sep 23, 2022

Author(s): Katherine Wright

A new type of superconducting qubit could solve a “crowding” problem that hinders the development of superconducting quantum computers with large numbers of qubits.

[Physics 15, s130] Published Thu Sep 22, 2022

Author(s): Michael Schirber

A new photodetector design borrows its light-gathering architecture from plants, offering a potential path to more efficient solar cells.

[Physics 15, 144] Published Wed Sep 21, 2022

Author(s): Agnese Curatolo

A “filtering” algorithm allows information engines to perform efficiently even when they are subjected to high noise.

[Physics 15, s133] Published Wed Sep 21, 2022

Author(s): Philip Ball

Experiments demonstrate that biological cells actively change shape to respond to their surroundings when moving in confined regions.

[Physics 15, 142] Published Tue Sep 20, 2022

Author(s): Katherine Wright

In a first-of-its-kind test for planetary defense, NASA’s DART spacecraft is scheduled next week to crash into an asteroid and alter the celestial body’s course.

[Physics 15, 143] Published Tue Sep 20, 2022

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

A bacterial genome’s evolution under changing drug concentrations displays effects of memory formation and mimics how disordered solids respond to external forces.

[Physics 15, s118] Published Tue Sep 20, 2022

Author(s): Mitsuyoshi Takahata and Nobuko Naka

Researchers have demonstrated that a solid can exhibit an enhanced nonlinear optical phenomenon usually seen only in cold atomic gases.

[Physics 15, 139] Published Mon Sep 19, 2022

Author(s): Sophia Chen

Researchers produce analogues of hard-to-study quantum phenomena in a gas of strontium atoms near absolute zero.

[Physics 15, s132] Published Mon Sep 19, 2022

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

Mina Bionta explores how light interacts with matter by capturing snapshots of those interactions on the timescale of the light’s oscillations.

[Physics 15, 140] Published Fri Sep 16, 2022

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

A sensor containing thumbnail-sized interferometers might help astronomers detect gravitational waves emitted from certain black hole mergers.

[Physics 15, s121] Published Thu Sep 15, 2022

Author(s): Katherine Wright

A team of physicists and clinicians will today be honored for their development of the bladeless eye surgery technique known as LASIK, an advance partly aided by a lab mishap involving an eye and a laser.

[Physics 15, 141] Published Wed Sep 14, 2022

Author(s): Philippe Brax

The MICROSCOPE satellite experiment has tested the equivalence principle with an unprecedented level of precision.

[Physics 15, 94] Published Wed Sep 14, 2022

A cartoon illustrates results from the MICROSCOPE satellite mission, which has measured with astronomical sensitivity the falling rate of different objects under gravity.

[Physics 15, 95] Published Wed Sep 14, 2022

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

An optical tweezer with a stroboscopic twist can trap cold atoms in lattices of all shapes.

[Physics 15, s120] Published Wed Sep 14, 2022

Author(s): Allison Gasparini

A new model can accurately predict the height of waves created when a cliff collapses into water, allowing for a better evaluation of the threat the incident may pose to local people.

[Physics 15, s129] Published Tue Sep 13, 2022

Author(s): Peter Hannaford

A matter-wave interferometer can probe the magnetism of a broad range of species, from single atoms to very large, weakly magnetic molecules.

[Physics 15, 137] Published Mon Sep 12, 2022

Author(s): David Ehrenstein

A liquid crystal can support traveling waves that demonstrate a new ability to control the molecules’ orientations.

[Physics 15, 138] Published Fri Sep 09, 2022