Author(s): Mark Buchanan

Chess grandmasters move toward a less complex game faster than AI players, suggesting different approaches for balancing short- and long-term prospects.

[Physics 19, 126] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Author(s): Susan Curtis

Using high-power lasers to drive highly magnetized plasmas, researchers have probed the stellar processes that control coronal mass ejections.

[Physics 19, 123] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

New estimates suggest that some crypto-security systems may soon become vulnerable to quantum-powered break-ins.

[Physics 19, 117] Published Fri Aug 21, 2026

Author(s): Philip Ball

Two research teams have run small-scale demonstrations of voting protocols that could ensure election security using the principles of quantum mechanics.

[Physics 19, 113] Published Fri Aug 07, 2026

Author(s): Samuel Jarman

Two types of ant colonies—one that experiences sudden bursts of activity and one that doesn’t—exemplify two distinct phases of collective behavior.

[Physics 19, 111] Published Wed Aug 05, 2026

Marcin Wichary:

The problem is that PAMS is drunk with power and flattens everything on its way[…]

That includes:

• emphasis by italics or bolding
• links
• bulleted and numbered lists
• strike-through text
• headlines

None of these are “style.” This is actual information that should not be removed.

Sometimes, Paste and Match Style is what you want, but I like when apps also provide other options, as he discusses. For example, the Omni apps now offer Paste and Merge Styles.

Previously:

• OmniFocus 4.8.10
• OmniOutliner 6.1
• Pure Paste 1.1
• Paste Without Style

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

Simulations reveal disordered structures that are also surprisingly resistant to impacts and cracks.

[Physics 19, 108] Published Fri Jul 31, 2026

Author(s): Philip Ball

Decades-old experiments have now been enlisted to set new bounds on the properties of a hypothetical particle that bears a tiny fraction of the electron’s charge.

[Physics 19, 102] Published Fri Jul 10, 2026

Author(s): Mark Buchanan

A study of online language shows that niche terms—like the name of a narrowly popular music group—spread less quickly than mainstream words.

[Physics 19, 99] Published Mon Jul 06, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

A solar storm hitting Earth appears to have reduced the amount of incoming high-energy cosmic rays, suggesting a new way of measuring solar activity.

[Physics 19, 92] Published Fri Jun 26, 2026

Author(s): Mark Buchanan

Researchers boosted the sensitivity for measurements of the motion of a levitated nanoparticle, with potential uses in dark matter searches.

[Physics 19, 84] Published Fri Jun 12, 2026

Author(s): Mark Buchanan

Sound wave scattering can be increased in one frequency range only by reducing scattering in another range, according to experiments—a discovery relevant for acoustic engineering.

[Physics 19, 80] Published Fri Jun 05, 2026

Author(s): Susan Curtis

A theoretical approach that attempts to account for the psychology of human decision-making offers strategies for success in business, professional life, and politics.

[Physics 19, 78] Published Fri May 29, 2026

Author(s): Philip Ball

A new technique uses an ‘anti-noise’ signal to cancel out the unavoidable quantum noise associated with precision measurements like those needed for gravitational-wave detection.

[Physics 19, 77] Published Fri May 22, 2026

Author(s): Mark Buchanan

A new scheme for gravitational-wave detection provides new capabilities to reduce the noise in these high-precision measurements.

[Physics 19, 75] Published Fri May 15, 2026

Author(s): Susan Curtis

An intense electron beam is stopped more efficiently by a highly porous material than by a less porous material, suggesting new strategies for controlling beams.

[Physics 19, 69] Published Fri May 08, 2026

Author(s): Sachin Rawat

A hard and environmentally friendly plastic material is produced by subjecting cellulose crystals to humidity oscillations.

[Physics 19, 65] Published Tue May 05, 2026