Recent Articles
Supersolids Shown to Host Vortices
The experimental confirmation of supersolid vortices opens the prospect of making and studying laboratory analogues of rotating neutron stars. Read More »
Delay Detected in Photon Generation
The observation of a previously unseen photon delay in the production of quantum light has implications for the development of quantum technologies. Read More »
Assessing the Brain at a Range of Frequencies
A new frequency-based analysis of recordings from neurons in the brain may give insight into brain pathologies such as Parkinson’s disease. Read More »
Quantifying the Background Radiation Hitting Superconducting Qubits
Researchers have characterized the naturally occurring background radiation hitting a typical quantum circuit—a result that might help with the engineering of devices that are less vulnerable to radiation-induced decoherence. Read More »
Information Flow in Molecular Machines
A theoretical model shows that exchange of information plays a key role in the molecular machines found in biological cells. Read More »
Ferromagnetic Ferroelectricity from Orbital Ordering
Crystals that have both a particular structure and a particular combination of electronic orbitals can be simultaneously ferromagnetic and ferroelectric. Read More »
First Glimpses of the Neutrino Fog
Two dark matter searches report that their detectors have likely recorded neutrinos coming from the Sun—spotting the “neutrino fog” that could imperil future dark matter searches. Read More »
Drip Physics Produces Flexible Stalactite-Like Surface
By repeatedly applying coats of a hardening polymer to a surface, researchers have created rubbery stalactite-like formations that could be useful in soft robotics. Read More »
Searching for Dark Matter Variants of Quarks and Gluons
A low-energy signature of physics beyond the standard model fails to appear in proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. Read More »
