Recent Articles
Arts & Culture: A Journal for the Polymath
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the internationally recognized journal Leonardo has been—and continues to be—a place for articles that bridge the gap between art and science. Read More »
Synopsis: Ripples and Fireworks in Bose-Einstein Condensates
By switching a magnetic field’s direction up and down, researchers interfered matter waves to produce density ripples that led to firework-like jets. Read More »
Viewpoint: Black Hole Evolution Traced Out with Loop Quantum Gravity
Loop quantum gravity—a theory that extends general relativity by quantizing spacetime—predicts that black holes evolve into white holes. Read More »
Focus: Twisted Light in a Photonic Chip
Light waves capable of storing quantum information can propagate through a photonic chip waveguide and potentially be used for on-chip computation. Read More »
Synopsis: Revamping the Skyrmion Model
Theorists extend a nearly six-decades-old model for the atomic nucleus and use it to predict shape effects that the traditional model misses. Read More »
Synopsis: Uneven Turbine Placement Improves Wind Farms
Wind-tunnel experiments show that uneven positioning of the turbines in a wind farm can improve its power output. Read More »
Synopsis: Satellite Mishap Provides Chance for Relativity Test
Two satellites erroneously placed in elliptical orbits have been used to test general relativity with unprecedented precision. Read More »
Viewpoint: A Ranking Scheme for Mass-Transport Predictions
A new theory provides a way to compare the accuracy of different mass-transport calculations, which are widely used to evaluate the performance of materials. Read More »
Focus: Computing with Wi-Fi Waves
Experiments demonstrate that a room in a house or office building could act as an analog computer processing the microwaves used for Wi-Fi. Read More »
