Updated: 2024-02-27 10:00:00
Author(s): Charles DayA proposed recipe for quantum error correction removes the need for time-consuming measurements of qubits, replacing them with copying and feedback steps instead.[Physics 17, s24] Published Tue Feb 27, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-26 10:00:00
Author(s): Peter LittlewoodNew theoretical work establishes an analogy between systems that are dynamically frustrated, such as glasses, and thermodynamic systems whose members have conflicting goals, such as predator–prey ecosystems.[Physics 17, 32] Published Mon Feb 26, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-23 10:00:00
Author(s): Marric StephensResearchers have characterized the thermodynamic properties of a model that uses cold atoms to simulate condensed-matter phenomena.[Physics 17, s27] Published Fri Feb 23, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-23 10:00:00
Author(s): Sophia Chen1018 times stronger than Earth’s, and it left observable effects.[Physics 17, 31] Published Fri Feb 23, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-22 10:00:00
Author(s): Erin KnutsonResearchers have managed to cool an atom-like system made of an electron and a positron using a technique commonly used in cold-atom experiments.[Physics 17, s23] Published Thu Feb 22, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-20 10:00:00
Author(s): Ryan WilkinsonBottom quarks are increasingly more likely to exist in three-quark states rather than two-quark ones as the density of their environment increases.[Physics 17, s20] Published Tue Feb 20, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-16 10:00:00
Author(s): Michael SchirberResearchers have demonstrated that magnetic spin waves called magnons can be controlled by voltage and thus could operate more efficiently as information carriers in future devices.[Physics 17, 29] Published Fri Feb 16, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-15 10:00:00
Author(s): David EhrensteinAdding what seems like too many protons to a nucleus can increase one measure of its stability.[Physics 17, s22] Published Thu Feb 15, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-14 23:39:47
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Updated: 2024-02-14 10:00:00
Author(s): Rachel BerkowitzLaser-generated nucleosynthesis remains out of reach of present-day technology—but more powerful lasers could eventually make it possible.[Physics 17, s17] Published Wed Feb 14, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-13 10:00:00
Author(s): Michael SchirberA theoretical study of metal oxides identifies potential candidate materials for generating hydrogen fuel from water and sunlight.[Physics 17, s21] Published Tue Feb 13, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-12 10:00:00
Author(s): Anushya Chandran and Philip CrowleyTheoretical work sheds light on why some many-body quantum systems get locally stuck and fail to reach thermal equilibrium—a phenomenon known as many-body localization.[Physics 17, 24] Published Mon Feb 12, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-08 10:00:00
Author(s): Michael SchirberThe sound waves in a fabricated material exhibit topological features in one, two, and three dimensions—demonstrating an acoustic version of a higher-order nodal-line semimetal.[Physics 17, s16] Published Thu Feb 08, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-07 10:00:00
Author(s): Marric StephensA recently developed lattice model produces an unexpected prediction combination for the rearrangements of particles inside a supercooled liquid turning into a glass.[Physics 17, s19] Published Wed Feb 07, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-07 10:00:00
Author(s): Sarah A. M. LoosA theoretical study finds that the most energy-efficient way to control an active-matter system is to drive it at finite speed—unlike passive-matter systems.[Physics 17, 20] Published Wed Feb 07, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-06 10:00:00
Author(s): Charles DayA proposed device can repeatedly grab pairs of electrons from a superconductor and separate them while preserving their entangled state.[Physics 17, s18] Published Tue Feb 06, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-05 10:00:00
Author(s): Shinsuke FujiokaScientists have now vetted details of the 2022 laser-powered fusion reaction that produced more energy than it consumed.[Physics 17, 14] Published Mon Feb 05, 2024
Updated: 2024-02-02 10:00:00
Author(s): Mark BuchananAs a string winds around a cylinder, a switch occurs from tight winding to looser winding, a behavior that could be relevant for natural phenomena.[Physics 17, 19] Published Fri Feb 02, 2024
