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

Author(s): Simona J. Miller

Different analyses of gravitational-wave observations are converging on evidence for a distinct population of massive black hole binaries produced through repeated mergers.

[Physics 19, 96] Published Mon Jul 06, 2026

Author(s): Jamir Marino

The synchronization of two quantum oscillators reveals a collective rhythm encoded solely in their correlations.

[Physics 19, 93] Published Mon Jun 29, 2026

Author(s): Eric Perlmutter

Using a “bootstrap” approach, researchers show that a small set of assumptions may naturally lead to a string-theory description of certain high-energy processes.

[Physics 19, 88] Published Mon Jun 22, 2026

Author(s): Fatemeh Moradi-Kalarde and Marc-Olivier Renou

By exploiting a physically motivated principle, rather than a mathematical postulate, researchers offer a new perspective on how a real-valued quantum theory can be constructed.

[Physics 19, 85] Published Thu Jun 18, 2026

Author(s): Gal Shavit

A new experiment probes the quantum geometry of electronic wave functions involved in a nonlinear Hall response.

[Physics 19, 83] Published Mon Jun 15, 2026

Author(s): Vivek N. Prakash

A new model explains how the microscopic hairs carpeting corals coordinate their beating to shape fluid flow.

[Physics 19, 76] Published Tue May 26, 2026

Author(s): Shiling Liang and Jie Gu

Researchers derive a universal limit linking noise and response to perturbations in systems far from equilibrium.

[Physics 19, 72] Published Mon May 18, 2026

Author(s): Christopher G. Tully

New density-functional-theory calculations describe the radioactive decay of tritium bound to graphene, offering a way to model experiments that could open cleaner windows onto neutrino mass.

[Physics 19, 67] Published Wed May 13, 2026