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More Informative Together Than Apart
The concurrent analysis of two measurements of a biochemical signaling network can provide more information than two separate probes of the datasets. Read More »
First Light for a Next-Generation Light Source
The Linac Coherent Light Source, an x-ray free-electron laser at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, lights up for the first time after an upgrade that should allow it to deliver up to one million x-ray pulses per second. Read More »
Self-Repelling Species Still Self-Organize
Catalytically active particles form clusters when they respond not only to their own chemical targets but to those of other catalysts, too. Read More »
Breakneck Outflows from Earth’s Most Explosive Eruption
The 2022 eruption of a partially submerged volcano near Tonga produced ejecta that hurtled at 122 kilometers per hour—as determined by timing the ensuing rupture of a seafloor cable. Read More »
Measuring Thermal Migration
The slow drift of microscale features on a surface reveals the force driving atoms from the hot to the cold side of the material. Read More »
Striking a Balance for Quantum Bits
A demonstration that certain electron-transport processes can be tuned in a hybrid semiconductor-superconductor system could be useful for developing quantum computers. Read More »
Experiments Support Theory for Exotic Kagome States
The observation of Fermi “pockets” in the Fermi surface of exotic superconductors provides a major step toward explaining some mysterious electronic states. Read More »
Graphene Has Topological Phonons
New experiments reveal graphene’s exotic phonon spectrum with unprecedented detail and completeness. Read More »
Handwritten LEDs Light Up the Page
Using a ballpoint pen filled with specially formulated inks, scientists have designed LEDs that can be drawn on everyday materials. Read More »
