Old Movie Demos New Tech
APS Physics Magazine
by David Ehrenstein
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
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Quantum Chip Cuts Unintended Signals
APS Physics Magazine
by David Ehrenstein
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
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Imaging Antiferromagnetic Domains
APS Physics Magazine
by Charles Day
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
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Social Networks Key to LGBTQ+ Physics Students Making It Through Grad School
APS Physics Magazine
by Katherine Wright
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
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Materials Found to Be Surprisingly Transparent to Orbital Currents
APS Physics Magazine
by Michael Schirber
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
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Light Could Drive Cooling Cycle in Ferroelectric Materials
APS Physics Magazine
by Charles Day
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
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Placing a Full Protein Library Under Pressure
APS Physics Magazine
by Julien Roche
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
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A New Nonlinearity for Superconducting Circuits
APS Physics Magazine
by Marric Stephens
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
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Preparing Entangled States Efficiently
APS Physics Magazine
by Marric Stephens
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
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Dark Matter Search in Gravitational-Wave Data
APS Physics Magazine
by Michael Schirber
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
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