Author(s): Marric Stephens

Researchers have proposed that long-range molecular dipole correlations alter water’s electrical properties when it’s confined in a gap a few nanometers wide.

[Physics 19, s130] Published Thu Oct 01, 2026

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): Ryan Wilkinson

Pairs of photons provide a gentle way to measure the impact of a molecule’s environment on its ultrafast dynamics.

[Physics 19, s117] Published Wed Sep 30, 2026

Author(s): Charles Day

A pattern of surface waves bestowed with fivefold symmetry hosts topological structures.

[Physics 19, s119] Published Tue Sep 29, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

A decades-old neutrino mystery might be solved not by undiscovered physics but by improved calculations.

[Physics 19, s116] Published Thu Sep 24, 2026

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

A hallmark property of unconventional superconductivity has been discovered in a type-I superconductor, whereas it’s normally observed only in type-II materials.

[Physics 19, s115] Published Wed Sep 23, 2026

Author(s): Charles Day

Researchers have gained access to the rich physics of a landmark model magnet by assembling a crystal out of organic magnetic molecules.

[Physics 19, s121] Published Tue Sep 22, 2026

Author(s): David Ehrenstein

A newly predicted effect should provide a clean way to distinguish between a Bose-Einstein condensate of quasiparticles called excitons and a more mundane collection of these particles.

[Physics 19, s124] Published Tue Sep 22, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

A proposed lab-based quantum sensor could precisely measure within seconds the warping of spacetime caused by Earth’s rotation.

[Physics 19, s112] Published Thu Sep 17, 2026

Author(s): Sophia Chen

Researchers demonstrate a new quantum memory device that will enable faraway nodes in a network to coordinate in time, a key ingredient for a future quantum Internet.

[Physics 19, s120] Published Wed Sep 16, 2026

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): 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): 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): 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): 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): 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): Rachel Berkowitz

Back-to-back jets produced during heavy-ion collisions reveal a plasma property predicted by quantum chromodynamics.

[Physics 19, s100] Published Thu Aug 13, 2026