APS Physics Magazine
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Physics is a free, online magazine from the American Physical Society. The publication primarily reports on papers from the Physical Review journals, focusing on results that will change the course of research, inspire a new way of thinking, or spark curiosity. The stories behind these findings are written by experts, journalists, and our staff writers for the benefit of the physics community..
APS Physics Magazine
2d ago
Author(s): David Ehrenstein
Using an old film as input, researchers demonstrate an algorithm that rapidly determines the positions of thousands of particles whose light-scattering produces an image or other desired output.
[Physics 17, 134] Published Fri Sep 13, 2024 ..read more
APS Physics Magazine
3d ago
Author(s): David Ehrenstein
A 25-qubit quantum processor architecture reduces the stray signals that can cause errors and is suitable for scaling up.
[Physics 17, s113] Published Thu Sep 12, 2024 ..read more
APS Physics Magazine
3d ago
Author(s): Charles Day
A simple light microscopy setup can map the micrometer-scale domains of a potentially useful class of magnetic materials.
[Physics 17, s106] Published Thu Sep 12, 2024 ..read more
APS Physics Magazine
3d ago
Author(s): Katherine Wright
A new survey shows that affinity groups provide crucial support to women and LGBTQ+ physics PhD students—groups that continue to experience harassment and hostility.
[Physics 17, 121] Published Thu Sep 12, 2024 ..read more
APS Physics Magazine
4d ago
Author(s): Michael Schirber
Orbital currents can efficiently flow through a variety of materials—a promising result for future orbitronics devices.
[Physics 17, s108] Published Wed Sep 11, 2024 ..read more
APS Physics Magazine
5d ago
Author(s): Charles Day
Ultraviolet photons induce potassium niobate to behave like a potent solid-state refrigerant, according to new calculations.
[Physics 17, s103] Published Tue Sep 10, 2024 ..read more
APS Physics Magazine
5d ago
Author(s): Julien Roche
A new technique allows researchers to study how a bacterium’s entire set of proteins changes its shape under high pressures—shedding light on adaptation mechanisms of deep-sea organisms.
[Physics 17, 132] Published Mon Sep 09, 2024 ..read more
APS Physics Magazine
1w ago
Author(s): Marric Stephens
Researchers have isolated a high-order term in the behavior of a Josephson junction, which could lead to longer-lived superconducting qubits.
[Physics 17, s107] Published Thu Sep 05, 2024 ..read more
APS Physics Magazine
1w ago
Author(s): Marric Stephens
A new method for preparing certain states on a quantum computer is predicted to take the same time regardless of the system size.
[Physics 17, s110] Published Wed Sep 04, 2024 ..read more
APS Physics Magazine
1w ago
Author(s): Michael Schirber
An analysis of gravitational data from the LIGO detector sets new limits on a wave-like form of dark matter called scalar-field dark matter.
[Physics 17, s101] Published Wed Sep 04, 2024 ..read more