Category Archives: APS Physics

Seeking Diversity When Faced with Adversity

Posted on March 28, 2022 by rberkowitz

Michael Ramsey-Musolf’s challenging experiences as an out gay physicist
started in the 1980s and led him to become a firm advocate for sexual and gender minor Continue reading →

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Machine-Learning Model Could Improve Human Speech Recognition

Posted on March 27, 2022 by rberkowitz

A tool that predicts how many words per sentence a listener understands could one day allow companies to make bespoke hearing aids with improved capabilities. Continue reading →

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Heat Leaks from Trapped-Ion Qubits

Posted on March 18, 2022 by rberkowitz

By determining whether two qubits are coupled to a third “hidden” one, researchers can detect whether energy is irreversibly lost from a quantum system. Read more in APS Physics…

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Ultracold Molecules Have Staying Power

Posted on March 16, 2022 by rberkowitz

Intermediate, nonreactive atom-molecule complexes last for a surprisingly long time.  Read more in APS Physics…

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Bringing into Focus the Debris of Heavy-Ion Collisions

Posted on March 16, 2022 by rberkowitz

A deblurring technique pioneered in optics could correct for measurement-induced smearing of particle distributions in a high-energy nuclear collision experiment. Read more in APS Physics…

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Airborne Spiders Drift on Multiple Silk Threads

Posted on March 4, 2022 by rberkowitz

Simulations reveal new details of the way spiders can fly by exploiting the electric field present in the atmosphere. Continue reading →

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Extracting the Spin and Valley Information of Electrons

Posted on February 9, 2022 by rberkowitz

An electron’s spin and valley information can be determined by monitoring how easily that electron passes through a qubit.  Read more in APS Physics…

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Galactic Debris as a Dark Matter Identifier

Posted on February 9, 2022 by rberkowitz

Dynamic maps of 12 stellar streams trace paths that are determined by the distribution of mass in the Milky Way. Continue reading →

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Blowin’ in the Galactic Wind

Posted on February 3, 2022 by rberkowitz

Nuclear winds expel cold molecular hydrogen gas from the Galactic Center, providing new clues to how star-forming material circulates through the Galaxy. Continue reading →

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Quantum Measurement Strikes a Balance

Posted on February 3, 2022 by rberkowitz

An experiment demonstrates the trade-off between measurement and total information content—comprising gain, disturbance, and reversibility—in a quantum system. Continue reading →

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