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An excess of tau leptons in bottom meson decays signals a puzzling departure from the standard model.

Researchers explain where those X- and Y-shaped waves at the shore come from.

State of the art quantum measurements show that the original formulation of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle can be violated.

Controlling the surface termination of a material with a large spin-orbit effect could provide a way to select a particular spin state for spintronic devices.

A thin metal slab known as a superlens, which focuses light more sharply than its wavelength, could have an even higher resolution imaging rapidly varying electromagnetic fields.

Theorists consider the experimental signature of a quantum spin ice.

Experiments can see how motor proteins direct the movements of the cell’s cytoskeleton in a fluctuating environment.

A new metamaterial mirror comes with a control knob that varies the direction of the reflected light.

A new self-assembly process creates nanowires of germanium without the metal catalyst required in earlier experiments.

Proposed measurements of arrays of pulsars could reveal the secrets of how supermassive black holes form, behave, and evolve.

Quantum repeaters, devices that have been proposed for transporting encrypted information, could help collect light from distant telescopes in large area arrays.

Single-molecule microscopy reveals the nature of the chemical bonds between a large organic molecule and a metallic surface.

Terahertz radiation can control electron transport through quantum dots.

Fluorescence imaging of single molecules combined with computer simulations suggest that a crowded cytoplasm may reduce the measured protein mobility in cells.

Changes in the diffusion constant of cosmic rays due to self-induced turbulence may explain unexpected features in the cosmic-ray spectrum.

For sufficiently thin films of topological insulators, the metallic surface states that make these materials interesting become insulating.

According to network theory, decentralizing a power grid to accommodate more energy sources may improve the synchronization of its components.

Particle discoveries attract the most attention, but determining where not to look can be just as important.

With the right algorithm, quantum computers could tackle ubiquitous problems such as least-squares fitting of large data sets.

Graphene researchers show the leakage of heat from electrons to sound vibrations is small enough to allow for sensitive light detectors.