Browse Physics

Nearly fifty years after its inception, the Gravity Probe B satellite mission delivers the first measurements of how a spinning gyroscope precesses in the gravitational warping of spacetime.

When it comes to probing ultracold atoms in optical lattices, has direct imaging put Bragg diffraction out of business?

The conversion of magnons into electron spin flips via spin pumping may allow for low-power spin-based data transmission schemes.

An ingenious experiment has probed the collective response of the quantum Hall stripe phase.

The series of reactions that leads to the production of carbon in stars was predicted more than sixty years ago, but theorists have struggled to reproduce this process from first principles calculations.

Electrons join the growing technology to build integrated quantum circuits that guide matter waves on a chip.

Theorists predict the possibility of topological “Fermi arc” surface states in a system with broken time-reversal symmetry.

A suitable optical lattice for cold atoms could produce a large effective magnetic field in which the atoms would realize analogs to quantum Hall states.

Simulations provide a guide to identifying atoms in high-resolution images of carbon nanomaterials.

Thermodynamic arguments and a one-dimensional model help explain why the grain boundaries in an annealed polycrystalline material have an unexpectedly simple statistical distribution.

To better interpret the information in images, electron microscopists are looking more closely at how an electron beam scatters inside of a specimen.

Photons (bosons) confined in a hollow waveguide containing an atomic gas could show spin-charge separation, which is more commonly associated with one-dimensional fermions.

Demonstration of one-shot measurement of a single spin on a silicon quantum dot brings the prospect of quantum information processing one step closer.

Researchers develop a new type of superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) with significantly enhanced sensitivity and bandwidth, which can function as a general-purpose magnetic sensor.

The coupling of single spins with mechanical oscillators should lead to superior nanodevices that rely on magnetism.

Results from the first search for supersymmetry at the LHC have arrived.

A line defect that seems to naturally form in graphene grown on a nickel substrate may provide additional control of transport characteristics.

New mass measurements of proton-rich nuclei will allow scientists to more accurately simulate the nucleosynthesis that occurs on the surface of neutron stars.

A modification of the theory of gravity can explain the dynamics of gas-rich galaxies without the need for dark matter.

Entanglement, a crucial resource in quantum information theory, can also improve communication over a classical channel.