Setting Temporal Boundaries for Sound Waves

Posted on August 16, 2024 by rberkowitz

A magnet-and-coil system reveals how acoustic waves reflect and refract when the host medium suddenly changes elasticity. Read more in APS Physics…

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Gated Flows in Charged Channels

Posted on August 14, 2024 by rberkowitz

Electrically patterning the walls of a nanochannel could provide a route to creating “valves” that abruptly alter the speed at which a charged fluid flows through a nanofluidic device. Read more in APS Physics…

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Photonic Chip Cuts Cost of Hunting Exoplanets 

Posted on August 12, 2024 by rberkowitz

CubeSats carrying photonic integrated circuits would examine alien atmospheres. Read more in IEEE Spectrum…

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Biocompatible Mic Could Lead to Better Cochlear Implants

Posted on July 22, 2024 by rberkowitz

The implantable device is as sensitive as today’s best hearing aids. Read more in IEEE Spectrum…

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Viewing Fast Vortex Motion in a Superconductor

Posted on July 19, 2024 by rberkowitz

A new technique reveals high-speed trajectories of oscillating vortices and shows that they are 10,000 times lighter than expected. Read more in APS Physics…

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Predictions for Small-Scale Turbulence

Posted on July 10, 2024 by rberkowitz

A statistical tool tests the long-held assumption that small-scale turbulence is isotropic. Read more in APS Physics…

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Powering Down

Posted on July 7, 2024 by rberkowitz

How optics technologies can reduce the energy costs of artificial intelligence and boost data center efficiency. Read more in SPIE’s Photonics Focus…

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Crystallizing the Path Toward a Nuclear Clock

Posted on July 2, 2024 by rberkowitz

Researchers have made the most precise measurement to date of the excited nuclear state of thorium-229, a candidate isotope for an ultraprecise nuclear clock. Read more in APS Physics…

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Glowing Algae Change Morphology to Avoid Light

Posted on June 26, 2024 by rberkowitz

Bright light triggers the chloroplast of a bioluminescent algae to fold into a pattern that minimizes the chloroplast’s exposed area. Read more in APS Physics…

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An Astronomer’s Appeal for Satellite Regulation

Posted on June 18, 2024 by rberkowitz

Samantha Lawler would like to see more done to reduce the detrimental impact of satellites on dark skies, telescope data, and publicly funded research. Read more in APS Physics…

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