Author Archives: rberkowitz

Defects Control Silica’s Viscosity

Posted on July 4, 2022 by rberkowitz

The quirky temperature dependence of liquid silica’s viscosity comes from the liquid equivalent of crystal defects, according to new simulations. Continue reading →

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Mirror Image Pinpoints a Nanoparticle’s Position

Posted on June 28, 2022 by rberkowitz

A scattered laser beam’s interaction with itself creates a motion-detection method precise enough to determine whether a trapped particle is in its ground state. Continue reading →

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How Connected Cars Can Map Urban Heat Islands

Posted on June 21, 2022 by rberkowitz

Crowdsourced vehicle data trace the contours of dangerous city temperatures. Continue reading →

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Early JWST targets set the stage for the next decade of observations

Posted on June 8, 2022 by rberkowitz

Data gathered by the telescope in its first five months of science will show what it’s capable of while enabling insight into ancient galaxies, newborn planets, and more. Continue reading →

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Martian Rocks Produced Bio-Friendly Gas Long Ago

Posted on June 7, 2022 by rberkowitz

Iron-rich rocks in Minnesota give a proxy view into how aqueous interactions with Martian rocks could have shaped that planet’s early environment Continue reading →

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Pore Collapse Leads to Universal Banded Patterns

Posted on June 1, 2022 by rberkowitz

A model attributes the propagating bands that appear in a compressed porous medium to structural changes alone. Continue reading →

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AI Can Predict Potential Nutrient Deficiencies from Space

Posted on May 24, 2022 by rberkowitz

New work maps a region’s nutrient landscape. Read more in Scientific American…

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A Liquid Method to Prepare Ion Beams

Posted on May 24, 2022 by rberkowitz

A liquid-metal jet can strip electrons from a high-intensity, accelerator-based ion beam, increasing the beam’s charge and enhancing accelerator performance. Continue reading →

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Fluid Dynamics of Clouds

Posted on May 17, 2022 by rberkowitz

In a series of invited papers, researchers discuss new tools for reducing uncertainties in climate models associated with cloud formation and
transport. Continue reading →

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Parametric Amplification for Silicon Quantum Devices

Posted on May 11, 2022 by rberkowitz

A new design based on the quantum capacitance of a silicon quantum dot could enable scalable, high-fidelity qubit readout. Continue reading →

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