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Researchers test a candidate nuclear model against $126$ neutron-rich isotopes.

A newly-developed “quantum microscope” uses photoionization and an electrostatic magnifying lens to directly observe the electron orbitals of an excited hydrogen atom.

A new technique for powering medical implants wirelessly could allow them to shrink to sub-millimeter sizes in the future, according to theory and simulations.

A new vanadium compound exhibits the telltale features of a quantum spin liquid—a material that resists magnetic ordering down to absolute zero.

Cylindrically shaped trap allows Bose-Einstein condensate to move freely in all three directions.

Plasmonic nanostructures can be used to generate optical vortices with varying amounts of angular momentum.

A new experimental scheme allows the controlled generation and observation of magnetic avalanches, a cascade of spin flips that propagates through a magnetic sample like a three-dimensional fire.

A newly discovered type of magnetoresistance, resulting from spin-dependent scattering at a metal-magnet interface, may potentially be used to study the magnetization in insulating magnets or to develop new spintronic devices.

Experimenters guide heat around a two-dimensional object without leaving a trace.

Natural defect states can render nanomechanical oscillators nonlinear and allow creation of nonclassical mechanical states.

Experiments pinpoint the effects of lanthanum composition on the conducting properties of the LaAlO3-SrTiO3 interface.

The circular swimming motion of self-propelled, L-shaped microparticles may provide insight into microorganisms that are similarly lacking in symmetry.

Laser spectroscopy of cadmium isotopes confirms the applicability of the nuclear shell model, even for very complex structures.

Ultrathin screens made of metamaterials can bend or reshape a wave transmitted through them without generating any reflection.

Simulations show that breaking ocean waves contribute most of their energy to the air, rather than the water, which could affect cloud formation and climate evolution.

Thousands of coupled lasers offer a new way to study how frustrated systems behave.

Researchers unveil the first chemically sensitive transmission electron microscope with single-atom resolution.

Cosmic-ray-induced discharges from tiny bits of water or ice in thunderclouds may explain how a lightning strike is initiated.

A model shows that as the size of a brittle material grows, the probability that it will fracture from a single crack approaches $100\%$.

Researchers propose new ways to recreate fractional quantum Hall physics using ultracold atoms and molecules.