Physics

  1. Chemistry

    Superconductors go fractal

    Oxygen atoms arrange themselves in a self-similar pattern to help conduct electricity without resistance.

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  2. Physics

    Blog: Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle still certain

    Despite rumors to the contrary, a mainstay of quantum physics is just as (un)certain as ever.

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  3. Physics

    Behold, the antilaser

    Physicists describe a device that absorbs all incoming light.

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  4. Materials Science

    Erasing wrinkles, the physicists’ way

    Researchers study how folds and other creases disappear.

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  5. Space

    Two is the magic number

    New experiments confirm a fundamental postulate of quantum mechanics.

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  6. Particle Physics

    New data suggest a lighter Higgs

    Fermilab results heat up the race for an elusive particle.

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  7. Math

    Swarming locusts impossible to predict

    A mathematical analysis shows that random factors underlie the insects’ movements across the landscape.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Good vibrations: A greener way to pasteurize milk

    Many people like the taste of raw – as in unpasteurized – milk. The problem, of course, is that germs may infect raw milk, so food safety regulations require that commercial producers heat-treat their milk. But food scientists at Louisiana State University think they’ve stumbled onto a tastier way to sterilize milk. They bombard it with sound waves.

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  9. Space

    Taming time travel

    New work is solving paradoxes by making the impossible impossible.

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  10. Chemistry

    Different strokes

    Though they share the same design, new micromachines are not a synchronized swimming team.

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  11. Physics

    Taming turbulence from afar

    New research shows that measurements of smooth fluid motion away from an object can be used to characterize the roiling flow right up next to it.

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  12. Space

    The incredible shrinking proton

    If the subatomic particle really is smaller than thought, a cherished theory may need tweaking.

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