Author(s): Michael Schirber

Researchers observe atoms trapped in an optical lattice mimicking particles created in a strong electric field.

[Physics 19, s131] Published Thu Oct 01, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

A carbon nanotube foam springs back to its initial state, regardless of the speed of the compression, a property that could lead to a new type of shock absorber.

[Physics 19, 129] Published Fri Sep 18, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

A crystal with special geometric properties can be optically driven to produce an output beam with any desired polarization.

[Physics 19, s113] Published Thu Sep 10, 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): Michael Schirber

The sharpest-ever images of the solar surface reveal extensive plasma vortices that could explain energy transport through the Sun’s atmosphere.

[Physics 19, 112] Published Thu Aug 06, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

A proposed gravitational-wave observatory on the Moon might gather more information than previously thought, thanks to geology.

[Physics 19, s89] Published Thu Jul 09, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

The exceptionally long sperm of fruit flies are able to fit in their small storage organ by swimming in opposite-direction lanes, new experiments show.

[Physics 19, 97] Published Tue Jul 07, 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): Michael Schirber

A disagreement over neutrino-mass estimates might be resolved by assuming that neutrinos decay into hypothetical massless particles.

[Physics 19, s72] Published Thu Jun 11, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

A new metamaterial design eliminates internal distortions that can adversely affect applications in cloaking and sensing.

[Physics 19, s60] Published Wed May 13, 2026

Author(s): Niayesh Afshordi, Phil Halper, Matteo Rini, and Michael Schirber

One of the largest physics surveys ever conducted finds respondents divided on most topics. Surprisingly, some “textbook” answers only racked up a minority of votes.

[Physics 19, 34] Published Tue May 12, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

A new method for creating twisted structures in liquid crystals could be helpful in controlling them for possible memory-storage applications.

[Physics 19, 71] Published Tue May 12, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

A new method for rating scientific papers can identify breakthroughs that slip through the cracks of common citation metrics.

[Physics 19, 63] Published Wed May 06, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

Researchers repeated a key measurement of the fundamental constant G, but the results remain inconsistent, highlighting the difficulty of putting gravity on the proverbial scale.

[Physics 19, 64] Published Fri May 01, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

Researchers demonstrate control over the Josephson diode effect in a device that connects two superconducting materials with a topological insulator.

[Physics 19, s53] Published Tue Apr 21, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

The DESI Collaboration has finished its five-year survey ahead of schedule, setting the stage for analyses that could reshape our understanding of dark energy.

[Physics 19, 48] Published Wed Apr 15, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

A wire-sharing protocol can minimize the number of wires in a quantum processor without significantly reducing speed, a new theoretical study shows.

[Physics 19, 55] Published Tue Apr 14, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

Experiments with a proton beam striking a carbon target have uncovered events that may be due to a short-lived meson residing within a nucleus.

[Physics 19, s27] Published Tue Apr 07, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

A physics grad student waltzed away with the top prize in the 2026 Dance Your PhD contest.

[Physics 19, 43] Published Tue Mar 31, 2026

Author(s): Michael Schirber

The IceCube observatory at the South Pole has found evidence for a break in the spectrum of cosmic neutrinos, with theoretical implications for their generation.

[Physics 19, s7] Published Thu Mar 26, 2026