Physics

  1. Physics

    3-D printed device cracks cocktail party problem

    A plastic disk does what sophisticated computers cannot: solve the cocktail party problem.

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  2. Quantum Physics

    Physicists get answers from computer that didn’t run

    By exploiting the quirks of quantum mechanics, physicists consistently determined what a quantum computer would have done without actually running the computer.

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  3. Physics

    Quest for room-temperature superconductivity warms up

    Scientists have demonstrated that a material can conduct electrical current without resistance at temperatures as high as –70° Celsius.

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  4. Chemistry

    Three kids’ science books offer fun, fascinating experiments

    No matter what interests kids, there’s a do-it-yourself science book for them. Here are three with entertaining and educational options.

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  5. Particle Physics

    Antimatter doesn’t differ from charge-mass expectations

    An experiment with unprecedented precision finds that protons and antiprotons have the same ratio of charge to mass, which is consistent with theories but disappoints many physicists.

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  6. Physics

    3-D printed device cracks cocktail party problem

    A plastic disk does what sophisticated computers cannot: solve the cocktail party problem.

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  7. Materials Science

    Buckyballs turn on copper’s magnetism

    Exposure to buckyballs bestows ironlike magnetic properties onto the normally nonmagnetic metals copper and manganese.

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  8. Quantum Physics

    Quantum communication takes a new twist

    A three-kilometer transmission of light above the Vienna skyline demonstrates that scientists can use the twistiness of light to encode delicate quantum information.

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  9. Physics

    Revamping the metric measure of mass

    The units of the metric system are on track for a 2018 makeover.

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  10. Materials Science

    Stretchy fiber lets electrons flow

    Folded layers of carbon nanotubes allow an elastic fiber to conduct electrical current when stretched.

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  11. Materials Science

    Stretchy fiber keeps electrons flowing

    Folded layers of carbon nanotubes allow an elastic fiber to conduct electrical current when stretched.

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  12. Physics

    Elusive particle shows up in ‘semimetal’

    Weyl fermions, which resemble massless electrons, have been spotted inside tantalum arsenide. Their discovery comes 86 years after they were proposed.

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