Author(s): Vivek N. Prakash

A new model explains how the microscopic hairs carpeting corals coordinate their beating to shape fluid flow.

[Physics 19, 76] Published Tue May 26, 2026

Author(s): Shiling Liang and Jie Gu

Researchers derive a universal limit linking noise and response to perturbations in systems far from equilibrium.

[Physics 19, 72] Published Mon May 18, 2026

Author(s): Christopher G. Tully

New density-functional-theory calculations describe the radioactive decay of tritium bound to graphene, offering a way to model experiments that could open cleaner windows onto neutrino mass.

[Physics 19, 67] Published Wed May 13, 2026

Author(s): Martin Obergaulinger

By incorporating a detailed model of neutrino-flavor oscillations in simulations of collapsing stars, researchers have shown that the phenomenon can both promote and inhibit supernovae.

[Physics 19, 66] Published Mon May 11, 2026

Author(s): Gianluigi Catelani

Newly identified correlated errors in superconducting qubits could limit the performance of error-correction schemes needed for a practical quantum computer.

[Physics 19, 62] Published Mon May 04, 2026

Author(s): Livia Eleonora Bove

The transitions of hydrogen molecules embedded in a crystal depend on the surroundings—a behavior that could be used to tailor molecular quantum dynamics.

[Physics 19, 61] Published Wed Apr 29, 2026

Author(s): Alexander Seidel

An outwardly simple statistical model exhibits diverse equilibrium phases whose properties depend on geometry.

[Physics 19, 57] Published Mon Apr 27, 2026

Author(s): Gian G. Guzmán-Verri

A 19th-century theory of elasticity inspires a new way to analyze a quantum phase transition that has become central to modern quantum materials research.

[Physics 19, 52] Published Mon Apr 20, 2026

Author(s): Konrad Viebahn

Snapshot measurements of cold-atom gases reveal hidden spin correlations that could force an update of some superconductivity theories.

[Physics 19, 54] Published Wed Apr 15, 2026

Author(s): Tzer Han Tan

A robotic metamaterial shows that the odd mechanics of active solids depend on how the active constituents connect across the system.

[Physics 19, 49] Published Mon Apr 13, 2026

Author(s): Jacquelyn Ho

A new microscope captures how atoms rearrange themselves when they are illuminated inside an optical cavity.

[Physics 19, 47] Published Mon Apr 06, 2026

Author(s): Christopher J. Ho and Chi Zhang

Researchers have improved trapping of polyatomic molecules while also controlling their collisions—two important advances for ultracold polyatomic molecular physics.

[Physics 19, 44] Published Wed Apr 01, 2026

Author(s): Pengfei Zhang

A theoretical study reveals how to control and drive a quantum system without causing its decoherence.

[Physics 19, 41] Published Mon Mar 30, 2026

Author(s): Ady Stern

A delicate interference experiment elucidates the collective behavior of quasiparticles that are neither bosons nor fermions, but something in between.

[Physics 19, 39] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026

Author(s): Huaiming Guo

Materials from a new class of magnets could host permanent dissipationless spin currents when they enter a superconducting state.

[Physics 19, 33] Published Mon Mar 16, 2026

Author(s): David R. Jacobson

High-temporal-resolution fluorescence measurements reveal how quickly proteins cross energy barriers separating unfolded and folded states.

[Physics 19, 30] Published Mon Mar 09, 2026

Author(s): Yuan Wan

Neutron scattering has provided a new and broader view of the twirling collective atomic vibrations in a magnetic crystal.

[Physics 19, 28] Published Mon Mar 02, 2026

Author(s): Hugo Cui

Statistical physics is shedding light on how network architecture and data structure shape the effectiveness of neural-network learning.

[Physics 19, 26] Published Mon Feb 23, 2026