Author(s): Charles Day

Flat bands harbor exotic electron physics. A new way of realizing them could make the physics more accessible.

[Physics 19, s128] Published Tue Oct 20, 2026

Author(s): Marric Stephens

A technique known as ghost imaging has been adapted so that an object can be imaged by discarding all photons that interact with it.

[Physics 19, s127] Published Thu Oct 15, 2026

Author(s): Sophia Chen

An ultrafast optical technique uncovers new clues to the origin of bulk polarization in quantum ferroelectric materials.

[Physics 19, s132] Published Wed Oct 14, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

Photoelectron interference can reveal otherwise hidden properties of quantum light through an apparent attosecond time shift.

[Physics 19, s125] Published Tue Oct 13, 2026

Author(s): Sophia Chen

A new device in which more than 600 atoms are manipulated within a single optical cavity could allow for the scaling up of neutral-atom quantum computers.

[Physics 19, s126] Published Thu Oct 08, 2026

Author(s): David Ehrenstein

Regions within a cell in which biomolecules are concentrated, called condensates, form different structures when enzymes are involved, according to experiments.

[Physics 19, s139] Published Thu Oct 08, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

When intense quantum light knocks electrons out of atoms, the statistics of the light can be transferred to the electrons.

[Physics 19, s123] Published Wed Oct 07, 2026

Author(s): Charles Day

Researchers measured a crystal’s elastic modulus and sound attenuation to infer the properties of two superconducting states.

[Physics 19, s122] Published Tue Oct 06, 2026

Author(s): Marric Stephens

Researchers have proposed that long-range molecular dipole correlations alter water’s electrical properties when it’s confined in a gap a few nanometers wide.

[Physics 19, s130] Published Thu Oct 01, 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): Ryan Wilkinson

Pairs of photons provide a gentle way to measure the impact of a molecule’s environment on its ultrafast dynamics.

[Physics 19, s117] Published Wed Sep 30, 2026

Author(s): Charles Day

A pattern of surface waves bestowed with fivefold symmetry hosts topological structures.

[Physics 19, s119] Published Tue Sep 29, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

A decades-old neutrino mystery might be solved not by undiscovered physics but by improved calculations.

[Physics 19, s116] Published Thu Sep 24, 2026

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

A hallmark property of unconventional superconductivity has been discovered in a type-I superconductor, whereas it’s normally observed only in type-II materials.

[Physics 19, s115] Published Wed Sep 23, 2026

Author(s): Charles Day

Researchers have gained access to the rich physics of a landmark model magnet by assembling a crystal out of organic magnetic molecules.

[Physics 19, s121] Published Tue Sep 22, 2026

Author(s): David Ehrenstein

A newly predicted effect should provide a clean way to distinguish between a Bose-Einstein condensate of quasiparticles called excitons and a more mundane collection of these particles.

[Physics 19, s124] Published Tue Sep 22, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

A proposed lab-based quantum sensor could precisely measure within seconds the warping of spacetime caused by Earth’s rotation.

[Physics 19, s112] Published Thu Sep 17, 2026

Author(s): Sophia Chen

Researchers demonstrate a new quantum memory device that will enable faraway nodes in a network to coordinate in time, a key ingredient for a future quantum Internet.

[Physics 19, s120] Published Wed Sep 16, 2026

Author(s): Marric Stephens

Increasing the charging rate of a quantum battery leads to unavoidable fluctuations in the total energy stored. 

[Physics 19, s114] Published Tue Sep 15, 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