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Viewpoint: A Toy Model for Active Interfaces
A new statistical model predicts the evolving shape of a cellular membrane by accounting for the active feedback between the membrane and attached proteins. Read More »
Viewpoint: Watching a Quantum Magnet Grow in Ultracold Atoms
Two experiments watch an antiferromagnetic phase of matter emerge in ultracold Rydberg atoms, opening up a new platform for quantum simulation. Read More »
Focus: Puzzling Tropical Wind Pattern Generated with Simple Model
2D simulations of the atmosphere, with few assumptions, can generate a slowly oscillating, tropical wind pattern that has puzzled atmospheric scientists. Read More »
Synopsis: Three-Body Problem Solved for 1D Boson Trio
Three research groups have solved the three-body problem for bosons confined in a one-dimensional system. Read More »
Synopsis: Off-Axis Jets from Neutron Star Merger
Simulations suggest that the gamma rays accompanying the neutron star merger detected in 2017 came from a short gamma-ray burst viewed at a 30° angle. Read More »
Synopsis: How to Untangle Quark and Gluon Jets
Inspired by a text-mining technique, scientists have developed a more direct way to distinguish quark jets from gluon jets in high-energy particle collisions. Read More »
Viewpoint: The Dance of Water Molecules around Proteins
A combination of experiments, simulations, and modeling has revealed the anomalous diffusion of water molecules along the surfaces of proteins. Read More »
Meetings: Building a Molecule Atom by Atom
Researchers demonstrated the simplest possible chemical reaction by using optical tweezers to bring together two atoms to form a molecule. Read More »
Focus: Laser Bags a Giant Nucleus
A laser-based technique provides the most precise measurements to date of nuclear properties for an element above atomic number 100. Read More »
