Programming a Crystal Defect with Light
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Author(s): Rachel BerkowitzForces imposed by laser light can manipulate the shape of a membrane’s vibrational modes.[Physics 17, s148] Published Wed Nov 27, 2024
How to Pop a Microscopic Cork
Updated: 2024-11-27 10:00:00Author(s): Charles DayResearchers used machine learning to optimize the process by which a tiny cage is opened to release a molecule.[Physics 17, 169] Published Wed Nov 27, 2024Erbium Atoms in an Optical Tweezer Array
Updated: 2024-11-26 10:00:00Author(s): David EhrensteinErbium and similar elements provide a wide range of electronic “handles” for manipulating atoms in many-body quantum experiments.[Physics 17, s151] Published Tue Nov 26, 2024How Magnetic Waves Become Heat in Earth’s Magnetosphere
Updated: 2024-11-26 10:00:00Author(s): Charles DayObservations confirm a theoretical model explaining how—in Earth’s magnetosphere—large-scale magnetic waves heat up the magnetosphere’s plasma by transferring their energy to smaller-scale acoustic waves.[Physics 17, 168] Published Tue Nov 26, 2024Measuring the Spectrum of High-Energy Cosmic-Ray Electrons
Updated: 2024-11-25 10:00:00Author(s): Carmelo EvoliA new analysis of more than a decade’s worth of observations extends the spectrum of cosmic-ray electrons to unprecedented high energies.[Physics 17, 165] Published Mon Nov 25, 2024Spin Control in a Levitating Diamond
Updated: 2024-11-21 10:00:00Author(s): Ryan WilkinsonBy manipulating and detecting nuclear spins in a tiny floating diamond, scientists have reported a record-long spin coherence time for a levitated system.[Physics 17, s143] Published Thu Nov 21, 2024Sharpening the B-Meson Anomalies
Updated: 2024-11-21 10:00:00Author(s): Charles DayA new analysis of B-meson decays strongly hints that they harbor physics beyond the standard model.[Physics 17, s142] Published Thu Nov 21, 2024Chiral Response of Achiral Meta-Atoms
Updated: 2024-11-20 10:00:00Author(s): Ryan WilkinsonContrary to conventional wisdom, a lattice of engineered nanoparticles called meta-atoms can have a chiral optical response even when each meta-atom is not chiral.[Physics 17, s135] Published Wed Nov 20, 2024Embedding Correlated Electrons in a Multipurpose Bath
Updated: 2024-11-20 10:00:00Author(s): Carlos Mejuto-ZaeraA new framework that embeds electrons in a surrounding bath captures nonlocal correlation effects that are relevant to metals, semiconductors, and correlated insulators.[Physics 17, 164] Published Wed Nov 20, 2024Einstein’s theories tested on the largest scale ever – he was right
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Analysis of millions of galaxies upholds Albert Einstein’s ideas about gravity and also offers tantalising new hints of how dark energy may have evolvedDark Matter at Cosmic Dawn
Updated: 2024-11-19 10:00:00Author(s): Charles DayLow-frequency radio observations could allow researchers to distinguish among several dark matter models, thanks to dark matter’s influence on the early Universe.[Physics 17, s132] Published Tue Nov 19, 2024Supersolids Shown to Host Vortices
Updated: 2024-11-18 10:00:00Author(s): Michael SchirberThe experimental confirmation of supersolid vortices opens the prospect of making and studying laboratory analogues of rotating neutron stars.[Physics 17, 166] Published Mon Nov 18, 2024Symmetry Spotted in Statistical Mechanics
Updated: 2024-11-18 10:00:00Author(s): Benjamin RotenbergThe identification of a new type of symmetry in statistical mechanics could help scientists derive and interpret fundamental relationships in this branch of physics.[Physics 17, 163] Published Mon Nov 18, 2024Delay Detected in Photon Generation
Updated: 2024-11-14 10:00:00Author(s): Ryan WilkinsonThe observation of a previously unseen photon delay in the production of quantum light has implications for the development of quantum technologies.[Physics 17, s130] Published Thu Nov 14, 2024Assessing the Brain at a Range of Frequencies
Updated: 2024-11-13 10:00:00Author(s): Agnese CuratoloA new frequency-based analysis of recordings from neurons in the brain may give insight into brain pathologies such as Parkinson’s disease.[Physics 17, s145] Published Wed Nov 13, 2024Quantifying the Background Radiation Hitting Superconducting Qubits
Updated: 2024-11-12 10:00:00Author(s): Marric StephensResearchers have characterized the naturally occurring background radiation hitting a typical quantum circuit—a result that might help with the engineering of devices that are less vulnerable to radiation-induced decoherence.[Physics 17, s140] Published Tue Nov 12, 2024Why Sabine Hossenfelder is Just Wrong
Updated: 2024-11-12 00:10:36Sabine Hossenfelder’s latest video argues There’s no reason for nature to be pretty (5:00) Working on a theory of everything is a mistake because we don’t understand quantum mechanics (8:00). These are just wrong: nature is both pretty and described … Continue reading →Information Flow in Molecular Machines
Updated: 2024-11-08 10:00:00Author(s): Michael SchirberA theoretical model shows that exchange of information plays a key role in the molecular machines found in biological cells.[Physics 17, 162] Published Fri Nov 08, 2024Ferromagnetic Ferroelectricity from Orbital Ordering
Updated: 2024-11-07 10:00:00Author(s): Charles DayCrystals that have both a particular structure and a particular combination of electronic orbitals can be simultaneously ferromagnetic and ferroelectric.[Physics 17, s131] Published Thu Nov 07, 2024First Glimpses of the Neutrino Fog
Updated: 2024-11-07 10:00:00Author(s): Matteo RiniTwo dark matter searches report that their detectors have likely recorded neutrinos coming from the Sun—spotting the “neutrino fog” that could imperil future dark matter searches.[Physics 17, 161] Published Thu Nov 07, 2024Drip Physics Produces Flexible Stalactite-Like Surface
Updated: 2024-11-06 10:00:00Author(s): Michael SchirberBy repeatedly applying coats of a hardening polymer to a surface, researchers have created rubbery stalactite-like formations that could be useful in soft robotics.[Physics 17, s138] Published Wed Nov 06, 2024Searching for Dark Matter Variants of Quarks and Gluons
Updated: 2024-11-05 10:00:00Author(s): Nikhil KarthikA low-energy signature of physics beyond the standard model fails to appear in proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider.[Physics 17, s137] Published Tue Nov 05, 2024Putting the Twist into Quantum Imaging
Updated: 2024-11-05 10:00:00Author(s): Susan CurtisA theoretical analysis suggests that a novel “twisting “microscope could offer new insights into the exotic electronic behavior of layered 2D materials.[Physics 17, 160] Published Tue Nov 05, 2024Searching for Axions in Polarized Gas
Updated: 2024-11-04 10:00:00Author(s): W. Michael SnowBy exploiting polarized-gas collisions, researchers have conducted a sensitive search for exotic spin-dependent interactions, placing new constraints on a dark matter candidate called the axion.[Physics 17, 157] Published Mon Nov 04, 2024