Recent Articles
Synopsis: Rupture of a Photon Dam
High-intensity photon beams exhibit behavior reminiscent of water flowing after a dam collapses. Read More »
Collection: Spotlight on Materials
To celebrate the launch of the newest APS journal, Physical Review Materials, Physics presents a collection of stories that highlight results from materials research published in APS journals over the past decade. Read More »
Synopsis: Powering up Magnetization
New theoretical work identifies a dynamic form of multiferroic behavior, in which a time-varying electric polarization induces magnetization in a material. Read More »
Viewpoint: Getting to the Bottom of an Antineutrino Anomaly
The Daya Bay Collaboration reports that sterile neutrinos probably aren’t behind a puzzling deficit in detected antineutrinos at nuclear reactors. Read More »
Focus: Physical Model of Skull Growth
A model predicts skull growth patterns based on mechanical effects, rather than biology, and could help surgeons treating patients with head growth problems. Read More »
Synopsis: Solving Many-Body Problems with a Quantum Microscope
A microscope that images the momenta of atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate could solve quantum many-body problems. Read More »
Synopsis: Coupled Solitons Jiggle Like Molecules
Pairs of solitons traveling in an optical fiber behave like a vibrating molecule. Read More »
Viewpoint: Closing in on a Magnetic Analog of Liquid Crystals
Nuclear magnetic resonance measurements strengthen the case that spins in a copper oxide exhibit nematic order similar to that found in liquid crystals. Read More »
Focus: Interferometer for Lighter Atoms
A new atom interferometer works at less extreme temperatures and with lighter atoms than previous designs, opening up a new route to precision measurements of fundamental constants. Read More »
