Recent Articles
Strange Swapping Behavior Defines New Particle Candidate
Researchers predict the existence of a class of particles that behave differently from those already known. Read More »
Brain Response Relies on Avalanches
A new model reveals that bursts of neural activity known as critical avalanches underlie the brain’s ability to respond consistently to stimuli. Read More »
Orderly State of Electrons Melts on Camera
A cryogenic microscope reveals the atomic-scale processes that disrupt the charge-ordered state in a material as the temperature rises. Read More »
Charting Flatland Materials
Researchers have measured graphene’s plasmon spectrum using a novel electron-based spectroscopy technique. Read More »
Short-Lived Superheavy Nucleus Uncovered
The discovery of an isotope, rutherfordium-252, whose ground state forestalls fission for just 60 nanoseconds, could help theorists understand the cosmic synthesis of superheavy elements. Read More »
Spike Mechanism of Biological Neurons May Boost Artificial Neural Networks
By incorporating electrical pulses with shapes similar to those of the spikes from biological neurons, researchers improved the ability to train energy-efficient types of neural networks. Read More »
A Gallery of Fluid Motion Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci
In a Salt Lake City museum, the Traveling Gallery of Fluid Motion invites visitors to connect art and science, as the famous Italian polymath did. Read More »
Streamlined Quantum Error Correction
A new method for fixing errors in quantum computations can be just as accurate as previous approaches while needing fewer resources. Read More »
Fracture Energy of Soft Lattices
The energy required to fracture a lattice material obeys a scaling law governed by just three parameters, researchers find. Read More »
