Author(s): Sophia Chen

Researchers have used laser cooling and trapping to isolate calcium monohydride, a key step toward producing ultracold atomic hydrogen.

[Physics 19, s71] Published Wed Jun 10, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

Atomic-scale measurements show that vibrational excitations can cause electrons to move in bunches.

[Physics 19, s75] Published Wed Jun 10, 2026

Author(s): Charles Day

Machine learning can reduce the number of time steps needed to accurately predict the progress of a dynamically evolving system.

[Physics 19, s74] Published Tue Jun 09, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

Experiments show how so-called natural killer cells adjust their dynamics depending on whether they face cancerous or healthy cells.

[Physics 19, s69] Published Thu Jun 04, 2026

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

Size-dependent electrostatic barriers place an upper limit on droplet merging efficiency.

[Physics 19, s70] Published Wed Jun 03, 2026

Author(s): Marric Stephens

A new experiment shows that spin-polarized currents conducted by helical organic molecules are not just a measurement artifact, as some researchers suspected.

[Physics 19, s73] Published Tue Jun 02, 2026

Author(s): Charles Day

Computer simulations show how a structure placed underneath a surface suppresses turbulence in a fluid flow across the surface at a wide range of frequencies.

[Physics 19, s65] Published Thu May 28, 2026

Author(s): David Ehrenstein

A new experiment settles a controversy over proton and neutron energies in light nuclei.

[Physics 19, s76] Published Wed May 27, 2026

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

A computational framework captures the influence of many-body effects on semiconductor band gaps.

[Physics 19, s66] Published Tue May 26, 2026

Author(s): Marric Stephens

A material’s contorted magnetic texture could be used to focus or collimate spin waves in future spintronic devices.

[Physics 19, s68] Published Thu May 21, 2026

Author(s): Sophia Chen

Using atoms in two different highly excited states enables quantum bits that are both long-lived and manipulable.

[Physics 19, s63] Published Wed May 20, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

A laser-based approach rapidly injects charge into moiré materials and drives metal-to-insulator transitions.

[Physics 19, s67] Published Tue May 19, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

A new technique efficiently simulates a crucial process in a fault-tolerant quantum computer: the preparation of so-called logical magic states.

[Physics 19, s57] Published Thu May 14, 2026

Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz

Iron-60 buried in Antarctica reveals changes in the local interstellar environment.

[Physics 19, s54] Published Wed May 13, 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): Ryan Wilkinson

An adapted optical technique reveals the temporal structure of ultrafast x-ray pulses by eliminating background light.

[Physics 19, s56] Published Tue May 12, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

Experiments shed light on the uncertain optical response of so-called stealthy hyperuniform materials.

[Physics 19, s59] Published Thu May 07, 2026

Author(s): Marric Stephens

The observation of ultrahigh-energy radiation from a binary star system suggests that such “gamma-ray binaries” could be significant contributors to the cosmic-ray spectrum.

[Physics 19, s51] Published Wed May 06, 2026

Author(s): David Ehrenstein

According to theory, a property called altermagnetism can be acquired by a nonmagnetic material that is adjacent to an altermagnet.

[Physics 19, s64] Published Tue May 05, 2026

Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

By combining quantum error correction with fault-tolerant techniques, researchers have improved how accurately a quantum computer estimates a molecule’s energy.

[Physics 19, s52] Published Thu Apr 30, 2026