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Author Archives: rberkowitz
Active Matter Gets Solid
Researchers have determined the mechanical properties of a tiny beam made of active particles, laying the groundwork for future micromachines. Continue reading
Trapping Tiny Objects with Sound
Fluid flow and acoustic waves act together to trap nanoparticles. Continue reading
Charge Transfer Happens Too Fast to See
A new experiment on static electricity casts doubt on previous ones. Continue reading
Ice is more flexible than you think, a new nano-movie shows
Trapped air bubbles move, merge and dissolve without fracturing the crystal lattice. Continue reading
Experiments Refute Dark Matter Claim
Two direct-detection experiments see no evidence of a signal reported by their predecessor. Continue reading
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Tagged APS Physics, Astrophysics, Dark matter, Particle Physics
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Active Matter Breaks like an Amorphous Plastic
Shearing a dusty plasma with a laser shows how vibrational modes lead to weak points in an amorphous active system. Continue reading
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Tagged APS Physics, Materials Sciences, Plasma physics, Soft matter
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Microscopic robots navigate ‘artificial spacetimes’
Light-guided bots are steered through mazes like spacecraft tugged by gravity. Continue reading
Posted in Science Magazine
Tagged Electrical engineering, Gravitation, Physics, Science Magazine
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Ultracold Atoms Simulate Breaking Flux Strings
An optical-lattice experiment offers a platform for observing dynamics of particle–antiparticle pair creation in quantum field theories. Continue reading
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Tagged APS Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Optics, Quantum Physics
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Salt Loss Dictates Sea-Ice Structure
Experiments on freezing saltwater have teased apart flow dynamics inside ice pores, offering a possible boost to climate models’ predictive power. Continue reading
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Tagged APS Physics, Arctic, Fluid Dynamics, Geophysics, Oceanography
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Quantum Computing Meets Finance
Eric Ghysels made a name for himself in financial econometrics and time-series analysis. Now he translates financial models into quantum algorithms. Continue reading
Rachel Berkowitz 