Author(s): Michael Schirber
Neutrino astronomy and the effort to build a cubic-kilometer-sized detector at the South Pole are recognized by the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics.
[Physics 19, 138] Published Tue Oct 06, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
Researchers observe atoms trapped in an optical lattice mimicking particles created in a strong electric field.
[Physics 19, s131] Published Thu Oct 01, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
A carbon nanotube foam springs back to its initial state, regardless of the speed of the compression, a property that could lead to a new type of shock absorber.
[Physics 19, 129] Published Fri Sep 18, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
A crystal with special geometric properties can be optically driven to produce an output beam with any desired polarization.
[Physics 19, s113] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
New estimates suggest that some crypto-security systems may soon become vulnerable to quantum-powered break-ins.
[Physics 19, 117] Published Fri Aug 21, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
The sharpest-ever images of the solar surface reveal extensive plasma vortices that could explain energy transport through the Sun’s atmosphere.
[Physics 19, 112] Published Thu Aug 06, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
A proposed gravitational-wave observatory on the Moon might gather more information than previously thought, thanks to geology.
[Physics 19, s89] Published Thu Jul 09, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
The exceptionally long sperm of fruit flies are able to fit in their small storage organ by swimming in opposite-direction lanes, new experiments show.
[Physics 19, 97] Published Tue Jul 07, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
A solar storm hitting Earth appears to have reduced the amount of incoming high-energy cosmic rays, suggesting a new way of measuring solar activity.
[Physics 19, 92] Published Fri Jun 26, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
A disagreement over neutrino-mass estimates might be resolved by assuming that neutrinos decay into hypothetical massless particles.
[Physics 19, s72] Published Thu Jun 11, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
A new metamaterial design eliminates internal distortions that can adversely affect applications in cloaking and sensing.
[Physics 19, s60] Published Wed May 13, 2026
Author(s): Niayesh Afshordi, Phil Halper, Matteo Rini, and Michael Schirber
One of the largest physics surveys ever conducted finds respondents divided on most topics. Surprisingly, some “textbook” answers only racked up a minority of votes.
[Physics 19, 34] Published Tue May 12, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
A new method for creating twisted structures in liquid crystals could be helpful in controlling them for possible memory-storage applications.
[Physics 19, 71] Published Tue May 12, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
A new method for rating scientific papers can identify breakthroughs that slip through the cracks of common citation metrics.
[Physics 19, 63] Published Wed May 06, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
Researchers repeated a key measurement of the fundamental constant G, but the results remain inconsistent, highlighting the difficulty of putting gravity on the proverbial scale.
[Physics 19, 64] Published Fri May 01, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
Researchers demonstrate control over the Josephson diode effect in a device that connects two superconducting materials with a topological insulator.
[Physics 19, s53] Published Tue Apr 21, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
The DESI Collaboration has finished its five-year survey ahead of schedule, setting the stage for analyses that could reshape our understanding of dark energy.
[Physics 19, 48] Published Wed Apr 15, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
A wire-sharing protocol can minimize the number of wires in a quantum processor without significantly reducing speed, a new theoretical study shows.
[Physics 19, 55] Published Tue Apr 14, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
Experiments with a proton beam striking a carbon target have uncovered events that may be due to a short-lived meson residing within a nucleus.
[Physics 19, s27] Published Tue Apr 07, 2026
Author(s): Michael Schirber
A physics grad student waltzed away with the top prize in the 2026 Dance Your PhD contest.
[Physics 19, 43] Published Tue Mar 31, 2026
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