Author(s): Marric Stephens

Increasing the charging rate of a quantum battery leads to unavoidable fluctuations in the total energy stored. 

[Physics 19, s114] Published Tue Sep 15, 2026

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): 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): 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): 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): Charles Day

Researchers crushed and heated ice between diamond anvils to confirm the existence of a phase of ice that could be present in the warm mantles of ice giants.

[Physics 19, s111] Published Wed Sep 09, 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): 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): Ryan Wilkinson

A precisely engineered material interface can host the spin currents needed for practical spin-based electronics.

[Physics 19, s108] Published Thu Sep 03, 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): David Ehrenstein

Simulations suggest that clouds can reduce the length of a wind farm’s slow-air wake, potentially increasing power production of neighboring wind farms.

[Physics 19, s118] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Author(s): Marric Stephens

Researchers have identified the reason a high-pressure, high-temperature superconductor outperforms other similar compounds.

[Physics 19, s109] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Author(s): Eleanor DeGoffau

Researchers are teaching AI models the language of particle physics, giving them the ability to compose novel theories. But human input remains essential.

[Physics 19, 119] Published Mon Aug 31, 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): Sophia Chen

Researchers have demonstrated the quantum teleportation of a 100-pixel image by a method that could help to scale up quantum networks.

[Physics 19, s110] Published Thu Aug 20, 2026

Author(s): Marric Stephens

Researchers have made the first definitive measurements of an elusive superconducting state.

[Physics 19, s106] Published Wed Aug 19, 2026

Author(s): Martín De Ambrosio

Gabriel Mindlin has dedicated his life to developing experiments that demonstrate how birdsongs are transmitted among individuals.

[Physics 19, 106] Published Tue Aug 18, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

A theory inspired by whale tracking suggests that interference could make the peak of a light-wave packet appear to travel faster than light—without transmitting information superluminally.

[Physics 19, s107] Published Tue Aug 18, 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