Recent Articles
Synopsis: Diagnosing Flow Problems in Mechanical Heart Valves
Simulations of blood flow through mechanical heart valves pinpoint a possible origin of turbulence that leads to clotting. Read More »
Focus: Squeezing More from Gravitational-Wave Detectors
New hardware installed in current gravitational-wave detectors uses quantum effects to boost sensitivity and increase the event detection rate by as much as 50%. Read More »
Viewpoint: A Whole Surface of Exceptional Points
Researchers fabricated a cavity device with a large number of “exceptional points,” which are modes that exhibit exotic phenomena, such as extreme sensitivity to external parameters. Read More »
Synopsis: Twisting Light Beams on Demand
A simple new technique uses pinholes on a plate to generate rich structured light beams that might find use in data transmission and precision measurement. Read More »
Synopsis: Soft Biological Tissues Can Be Piezoelectric
Artery walls, tendons, and heart valves can generate an electric voltage when squeezed—an effect that could be harnessed to diagnose important diseases. Read More »
Viewpoint: Phonon Heat Transport Near the Melting Point
Molecular dynamics simulations can fully describe phonon propagation in aluminum, which could enable accurate predictions of phonon thermal conductivity. Read More »
Synopsis: Three-Body Interactions, Not So Universal After All
Precision measurements with ultracold gases provide evidence that three-body bound states depend on atom-specific two-body interactions. Read More »
20 Years of Cosmic Rays at Pierre Auger
Hundreds of researchers from around the world head to Argentina to celebrate the groundbreaking anniversary of the world’s largest cosmic-ray observatory. Read More »
Viewpoint: The Heat in Antiferromagnetic Switching
New experiments suggest that heat might be responsible for the current-induced voltage signals measured in antiferromagnets, and not a rotation of the material’s spins as previously thought. Read More »
