Recent Articles
Q&A: Sticking with Physics Against the Odds
María Sánchez Colina, president of the Cuban Physical Society, describes the challenges she faces working as a physicist in Cuba and her efforts to strengthen research in her country. Read More »
Focus: Two Atoms Can Jointly Absorb One Photon
Theorists show that two atoms in an optical cavity can absorb the same photon. Read More »
Synopsis: Tiny Droplets Do the Twist
Liquid-crystal droplets can act like controllable artificial swimmers, twisting in two and three dimensions. Read More »
Synopsis: Taking Pictures with Single Ions
A new ion microscope with nanometer-scale resolution builds up images using single ions emitted one at a time from an ion trap. Read More »
Synopsis: Water Under Confinement
Molecular dynamics simulations indicate that the dielectric constant of water may dramatically change when the liquid is confined between two surfaces. Read More »
Viewpoint: Chasing the Exciton Condensate
Unusual interactions between charges have been observed in two closely separated graphene bilayers, a promising system in which to create a condensate of electron-hole pairs. Read More »
Focus: Detecting Photons With a Thermometer
A new technique detects as few as 200 microwave photons at a time by the heat they supply to an electrical circuit. Read More »
Synopsis: Making Hard Problems for Quantum Computers
Researchers have developed a computer algorithm that doesn’t solve problems but instead creates them for the purpose of evaluating quantum computers. Read More »
Synopsis: In, Yet Out of Equilibrium
An analysis of a popular model for active matter, like bacteria and buffalo herds, defines the conditions under which such systems can be described with the tools of equilibrium statistics. Read More »
