Author(s): Joanna A. Zielińska

An experiment resolves the tiny momentum transferred from an individual gas molecule to a levitated nanoparticle.

[Physics 19, 136] Published Mon Oct 19, 2026

Author(s): John B. DeBrota

A new analysis reveals that all major derivations of the Born rule depend on a probabilistic assumption.

[Physics 19, 133] Published Tue Oct 13, 2026

Author(s): Anthony Ciavarella

Pairing superconducting qubits with microwave cavities could reduce the hardware requirements for quantum simulations of fundamental physics.

[Physics 19, 135] Published Wed Oct 07, 2026

Author(s): Matteo Pezzulla

A simplified model of the heart’s mitral valve shows that flow fluctuations can cause a soft valve to close at about one-tenth the pressure required under steady flow.

[Physics 19, 130] Published Mon Oct 05, 2026

Author(s): Kamran Behnia and Zengwei Zhu

The discovery of a thermal version of the Hall effect in common semiconductors challenges our understanding of how magnetic fields and heat fluxes interact within solids.

[Physics 19, 122] Published Wed Sep 30, 2026

Author(s): Thomas Stemler and Michael Small

Simplified models of systems with fast and slow dynamics can miss a narrow region of phase space—a “singular funnel”—leading to misleading predictions of the system’s behavior.

[Physics 19, 128] Published Mon Sep 28, 2026

Author(s): Andrew Baggaley

A tabletop experiment using a classical water vortex supports a decades-old theory describing the decay of turbulence in quantum fluids.

[Physics 19, 118] Published Mon Sep 21, 2026

Author(s): Daniel Steil

Contrary to expectations, the magnetization dynamics of a ferromagnet can be accelerated by increasing temperature, laser excitation, or magnetic field—a behavior that holds promise for high-speed spintronics.

[Physics 19, 124] Published Wed Sep 16, 2026

Author(s): Tuan Minh Pham

A new model shows how cells could optimize biochemical sensing by balancing information gained against energy spent.

[Physics 19, 121] Published Mon Sep 14, 2026

Author(s): Klaus Richter

Theorists find a persistent signature of a chaotic quantum system’s initial state, implying a memory effect—called a quantum birthmark—that resists thermodynamic equilibration.

[Physics 19, 125] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Author(s): Sunghan Ro

Two intermingled species of active matter can exhibit coherent rotation or disorderly scrambling depending on their mutual interactions.

[Physics 19, 115] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Author(s): Ana Maria Rey, James K. Thompson, and Haoqing Zhang

Two studies find that fundamental quantum constraints rule out a previously proposed neutrino-laser scheme.

[Physics 19, 120] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Author(s): Efthimios Kaxiras

New experiments suggest that superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene depends on an unconventional electron-pairing mechanism.

[Physics 19, 114] Published Mon Aug 17, 2026

Author(s): Nicolas Levernier

A new theory of rare recurrent events dispenses with the simplifying assumption that recent events lack memory of previous ones.

[Physics 19, 105] Published Mon Aug 10, 2026

Author(s): Yeongtae Jang and Junsuk Rho

Two experiments demonstrate a promising platform for trapping, sorting, and directing vibrational energy.

[Physics 19, 109] Published Mon Aug 03, 2026

Author(s): Xin Qiao and Xiao-Bo Zhang

A ring of optical fiber can be made to host phenomena that originated in the realm of high-energy physics.

[Physics 19, 89] Published Mon Jul 27, 2026

Author(s): Peter Röseler

By implementing a quantum neural network using two quantum-computing platforms, researchers have taken steps toward determining whether such systems can reliably fulfill their theoretical promise.

[Physics 19, 100] Published Wed Jul 22, 2026

Author(s): Steven Hoekstra

Certain molecules can be placed into states that are less sensitive to external noise, offering researchers a quiet system for probing fundamental physics.

[Physics 19, 103] Published Mon Jul 20, 2026

Author(s): Aziza Almanakly

Two independent groups have demonstrated ways to entangle quantum bits without the need for precisely timed control pulses.

[Physics 19, 91] Published Mon Jul 13, 2026

Author(s): Slavomira Stefkova

Does a new measurement of a rare decay of the neutral B meson portend new physics?

[Physics 19, 94] Published Wed Jul 08, 2026