Recent Articles
Uncertainty over First Stars
New analysis of nuclear reaction data finds holes in a theory about the first stars. Read More »
Tightening a Bond with a Voltage
A scheme that uses a voltage to control a chemical bond’s strength allows the tip of an atomic force microscope to pluck a graphene sheet from a substrate. Read More »
Exhaled Droplets Grow in Size on Cool Days
In cool, humid air, droplets emitted by a cough first grow then shrink, according to simulations. Read More »
Microwave Squeezing Beyond 3 dB
Researchers suppress measurement fluctuations of microwaves in a cavity to below that of vacuum. Read More »
A Summit of Kick-Ass Physics Students
Hundreds of budding physicists from 42 countries gathered in a virtual edition of PLANCKS—a student competition that hands out prizes proportional to the Planck constant. Read More »
Shining a Light on Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Graphene
Sensitive photoemission measurements visualize the signatures of a symmetry-broken phase of graphene with carriers of mixed handedness. Read More »
Light Pulses Change Speed in a Plasma
Interactions between two laser beams in a plasma allow for precise control over the light’s velocity. Read More »
Confirming a Cosmic-Ray Bump
The DArk Matter Particle Explorer has made the most precise measurements of galactic cosmic rays to date. Read More »
Disturbing the Fermi Sea with Rydberg States
A method that enables long-range interactions between fermions on a lattice allows atomic quantum simulations of exotic quantum many-body phenomena. Read More »
