Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

Nicole Yunger Halpern brings her quantum thermodynamics research to the public via analogies to a futuristic Victorian adventure.

[Physics 19, 101] Published Thu Jul 23, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

A new atomic force microscope captures the structures of individual molecules and their chemical bonds at record speeds.

[Physics 19, s93] Published Thu Jul 23, 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): Charles Day

Researchers have figured out the origin of an exotic antiferromagnet’s out-of-plane spin currents.

[Physics 19, s104] Published Wed Jul 22, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

Ultracold atoms in an optical lattice could emulate a prominent model of quantum matter linked to black holes and high-temperature superconductors.

[Physics 19, s90] Published Tue Jul 21, 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): Charles Day

A new theory examines the various ways quasiparticles pair up in two-dimensional semiconductors under high magnetic fields.

[Physics 19, s82] Published Thu Jul 16, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

Experiments show signs of a material that conducts electricity in opposite directions along its edges through fractionally charged quasiparticles.

[Physics 19, s87] Published Thu Jul 16, 2026

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

A mineral physics interpretation of NASA seismic data hints that Mars has a chemically evolved crust.

[Physics 19, 104] Published Wed Jul 15, 2026

Author(s): Marric Stephens

Removing a mirror while a single photon is in the process of reflecting creates a quantum state of countless photons, theorists say.

[Physics 19, s91] Published Wed Jul 15, 2026

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

A framework based on knot theory links the robustness of textiles to the way defects propagate through them.

[Physics 19, s88] Published Tue Jul 14, 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): 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

What can past bottlenecks and imagined technologies tell us about the future of AI?

[Physics 19, 98] Published Thu Jul 09, 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): 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): Sophia Chen

New theoretical work indicates that an array of helium-3 atoms could enable more complex quantum simulations.

[Physics 19, s79] Published Wed Jul 08, 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): Marric Stephens

Researchers have shown that defects in lattices of magnetic quasiparticles called skyrmions can be created, stabilized, and manipulated.

[Physics 19, s85] Published Tue Jul 07, 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