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): 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): 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

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

A new algorithm combines AI weather forecasts with a physics-based climate model to efficiently characterize rare and dangerous weather events.

[Physics 19, s98] Published Wed Aug 05, 2026

Author(s): Susan Curtis

A tabletop method for producing cold radioactive molecules enables precise measurement of their properties and could uncover violations of fundamental symmetries.

[Physics 19, 110] Published Tue Aug 04, 2026

Author(s): Sophia Chen

Spent nuclear fuel and shutdown nuclear reactors emit antineutrinos, which nuclear watchdogs could use for real-time monitoring of plants.

[Physics 19, s94] Published Tue Aug 04, 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): 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): Charles Day

Supercomputer simulations reveal how turbulence supports a Goldilocks regime for operating a fusion reactor.

[Physics 19, s95] Published Thu Jul 30, 2026

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

A new light-trapping architecture could lead to CMOS-compatible night-vision technology.

[Physics 19, s97] Published Wed Jul 29, 2026

Author(s): Samuel Jarman

A new AI-powered event-processing algorithm is being readied to cope with the torrent of data that will stream from the Large Hadron Collider upgrade.

[Physics 19, 107] Published Tue Jul 28, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

An AI model accurately estimates quantities that determine a material’s response to electric fields—at a fraction of the usual computational cost.

[Physics 19, s102] Published Tue Jul 28, 2026

Author(s): Charles Day

A technique for determining the magnetic structure of materials gets a theoretical makeover that can cope with nonrandom, temporally correlated fluctuations.

[Physics 19, s96] Published Tue Jul 28, 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): 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