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APS Physics
3h ago
Author(s): Laura Baudis
Detecting neutrinoless double-beta decay would confirm that the neutrino is its own antiparticle. Data from the KamLAND-Zen experiment contain no strong evidence of such events, constraining neutrino properties.
[Physics 16, 13] Published Mon Jan 30, 2023 ..read more
APS Physics
2d ago
Author(s): Marric Stephens
Simulations of the behavior of individual financial traders show that imperfect market knowledge increases risk but not overall losses.
[Physics 16, s13] Published Fri Jan 27, 2023 ..read more
APS Physics
2d ago
Author(s): Philip Ball
A model for information storage in the brain reveals how memories decay with age.
[Physics 16, 14] Published Fri Jan 27, 2023 ..read more
APS Physics
4d ago
Author(s): Matteo Rini
A quantum device shows promise for simulating molecular dynamics in a difficult-to-model photochemical process that is relevant to vision.
[Physics 16, s14] Published Thu Jan 26, 2023 ..read more
APS Physics
5d ago
Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson
A new model explains the wrinkling patterns seen in nature’s donut-shaped objects, such as those found in jellyfish.
[Physics 16, s5] Published Wed Jan 25, 2023 ..read more
APS Physics
6d ago
Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson
Captivating patterns found in the light scattered by an evaporating water droplet could be used to infer the properties of the droplet as it shrinks.
[Physics 16, s9] Published Tue Jan 24, 2023 ..read more
APS Physics
1w ago
Author(s): Ya Cheng
A waveguide sculpted in air with lasers transmits light over a distance of nearly 50 meters, which is 60 times farther than previous air-waveguide schemes.
[Physics 16, 11] Published Mon Jan 23, 2023 ..read more
APS Physics
1w ago
Author(s): Michael Schirber
A recently discovered acoustic effect allows a hot gas to simulate the gravity-induced convection within a star or giant planet.
[Physics 16, 10] Published Fri Jan 20, 2023 ..read more
APS Physics
1w ago
Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz
Artificial salts that are liquid at room temperature can be used to efficiently tune the wavelength of a laser source.
[Physics 16, s8] Published Thu Jan 19, 2023 ..read more
APS Physics
1w ago
Author(s): Marric Stephens
Interactions with cosmic rays could make low-mass dark matter particles detectable by neutrino observatories. But an analysis of two decades’ worth of data shows no signs of the particles.
[Physics 16, s11] Published Wed Jan 18, 2023 ..read more