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The Gambler, Maxwell’s New Demon
In a new version of Maxwell’s demon, the tiny being plays the role of a gambler who knows when to quit. Read More »
A 4D Fusion Puzzle
Duco Jansen explains how he, along with engineers at the ITER fusion experiment, will position 1000-ton parts shipped in from the four corners of the globe. Read More »
Holding on to a Cold Plasma
Researchers have demonstrated that an ultracold neutral plasma can be magnetically confined, paving the way toward experiments that simulate its hot astrophysical counterparts. Read More »
The Tiniest Superfluid Circuit in Nature
A new analysis of heavy-ion collision experiments uncovers evidence that two colliding nuclei behave like a Josephson junction—a device in which Cooper pairs tunnel through a barrier between two superfluids. Read More »
How a Microorganism Corkscrews While It Breaststrokes
High-speed imaging and simulations show that the single-celled organism called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii beats its flagella on separate planes, explaining how it generates its helical movement. Read More »
The Entangled Dance of Atom Beams
Entangled pairs of ultracold atoms interfere in a double waveguide. Read More »
Ion Microscopy Goes Quantum
Researchers have developed an ion-optics-based quantum microscope that has sufficient resolution to image individual atoms. Read More »
An Atom Pushed to Its Speed Limit
Researchers have transported an atom between two locations in the shortest possible time, an achievement that has implications for quantum technologies. Read More »
Distorting Nuclear Mirror
Two “mirror” nuclei, in which the numbers of neutrons and protons are interchanged, have markedly different shapes—a finding that defies current nuclear theories. Read More »
