Recent Articles
The Most Precise Value of the Top-Quark Mass to Date
Researchers at CERN have significantly increased the precision of the measured value of the top-quark mass, a key input for making standard-model calculations. Read More »
Measuring Qubits with “Time Travel” Protocol
Quantum sensing can benefit from entanglement protocols that can be interpreted as allowing qubits to go backward in time to choose an optimal initial state. Read More »
Mechanical Coupling to Spin Qubits
A vibrating nanobeam could be used to share information between distant solid-state spin qubits, potentially allowing use of these qubits in complex computations. Read More »
A Puzzling Excess of Cosmic Deuterons
A long-running experiment aboard the International Space Station has found an unexpected population of cosmic rays made of heavy hydrogen ions. Read More »
Glowing Algae Change Morphology to Avoid Light
Bright light triggers the chloroplast of a bioluminescent algae to fold into a pattern that minimizes the chloroplast’s exposed area. Read More »
Can MRI Help Elucidate Iron-Based Neurotoxicity?
A new technique combining magnetic resonance imaging and x-ray fluorescence can characterize, with single-neuron resolution, the presence of toxic forms of iron that might be associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Read More »
One Field to Rule Them All
Theorists explain why cosmic inflation might appear to be driven by a single inflaton field, even if it had actually been driven by two or more such fields. Read More »
Network Science Applied to Urban Transportation
A simple model based on network theory can reproduce the complex structures seen in urban transportation networks. Read More »
Atomic Spreading Produces Novel Superconductors
A liquid-like spreading of metal atoms on a topological material can generate a superconductor—one that might benefit quantum computing. Read More »