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Dark Matter Detector Proves its Sensitivity
A new sensor provides world-leading sensitivity for distinguishing lightweight dark matter from background noise. Read More »
Graphene Doping Reaches New Levels
New experiments with doped graphene take the two-dimensional material beyond its “Van Hove singularity” to regions that may host exotic states of matter. Read More »
Springy Material Boosts Projectile Performance
Adding a soft, springy material to a solid projectile leads to a threefold increase in kinetic energy when the projectile is launched upward. Read More »
Number Crunching the Beautiful Game
A stochastic model that analyzes the movements of a handful of players correctly reproduces the statistics of nearly 2000 real-life soccer games. Read More »
YouTube: Physics Friend Not Foe
Physics students use online resources to supplement their in-class instruction and not, as commonly thought, to find the answers to homework questions. Read More »
Electrical Control of the “Valley”
Researchers show that they can electrically switch which energy valley electrons occupy in a solid, a key step toward enabling a “valleytronics” approach to information applications. Read More »
Theorists React to Potential Signal in Dark Matter Detector
A tantalizing signal reported by the XENON1T dark matter experiment has sparked theorists to investigate explanations involving new physics. Read More »
Dark Matter Detector Delivers Enigmatic Signal
Are the excess events detected by the XENON1T experiment a harbinger of new physics or a mundane background? Read More »
A Deeper Understanding of Quantum Thermal Machines
A new theoretical description of how thermal machines work in the quantum regime provides a guide to increasing their efficiency. Read More »
