Recent Articles
Decoding Nature’s Hidden Messages
Bacteria, cells, swarms, and other organisms pluck information from noisy environments with extraordinarily high precision. Read More »
Infrared Single-Photon Detector for Astronomy
An infrared detector is sensitive to a wide range of intensities and could potentially pick up biomarkers from exoplanet atmospheres. Read More »
Positronium Cooled to Record Low Temperature
A short-lived combination of an electron and an antielectron has been cooled with lasers to near absolute zero—a step toward tackling fundamental questions about matter and antimatter. Read More »
Identifying Phases in Low-Speed Human Movement
By observing the motion of preschool children, researchers have developed a thermodynamic description of human movement that pinpoints collective phases emerging when social interactions are strong. Read More »
LHC Data Constrain Multiple Higgs Models
New experimental results from the Large Hadron Collider argue against the existence of multiple Higgs bosons, as predicted in certain “beyond-standard-model” theories. Read More »
Magnetic Gyrations Are Excited by Strain
Imposing time-dependent strain on a magnetic disk induces vortex dynamics and offers a path toward energy-efficient spintronic devices. Read More »
A Time Standard for the Moon—Thanks to General Relativity
As part of an effort to establish a lunar time standard, researchers have used relativity to calculate time differences between Earth and the Moon. Read More »
Water Waves Break Up Floating Film
A lab-scale model provides a testing ground for studying the breakup of ice sheets or of other thin solids floating on the surface of a fluid. Read More »
Gases Team Up for Enhanced Coherence
Magnetic feedback causes two atomic gases to guide each other’s spins into long-lasting collective alignment. Read More »
