Self-Repelling Species Still Self-Organize

Posted on September 19, 2023 by rberkowitz

Catalytically active particles form clusters when they respond not only to their own chemical targets but to those of other catalysts, too. Read more in APS Physics…

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The History of the Printing Press under an X-Ray Microscope

Posted on September 7, 2023 by rberkowitz

Researchers turn to synchrotron imaging of historical and homemade prints to explore possible connections between early printing methods in Korea and Europe. Read more in APS Physics…

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Global Connectivity Predicts Reactivity

Posted on September 7, 2023 by rberkowitz

The reactivity of a material is describable using only the arrangement of its atoms, a finding that could be used to speed up the search for new catalytic materials. Read more in APS Physics…

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Droplets Scoot Like Caterpillars

Posted on September 3, 2023 by rberkowitz

A liquid droplet pushed by the wind contracts and stretches its way along a surface until it breaks apart. Read more in APS Physics…

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Photovoltaic Effect Goes Symmetric

Posted on August 31, 2023 by rberkowitz

A flower-petal pattern of light could induce electrical currents in a wider array of crystalline materials. Read more in APS Physics…

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Completing the Picture of How Oil Weathers in Seawater

Posted on August 31, 2023 by rberkowitz

Experiments show that crude oil exposed to sunlight weathers differently in cold seas than in warmer ones, a finding that has implications for cleanup efforts of high-latitude marine oil spills. Read more in APS Physics…

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Global Quantum Communication via a Satellite Train

Posted on August 18, 2023 by rberkowitz

Long-distance quantum communication can be achieved by directly sending light through space using a train of orbiting satellites that function as optical lenses. Read more in APS Physics…

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Writing the Rules of Turbulence

Posted on August 17, 2023 by rberkowitz

An experimentally derived equation of state captures a turbulent energy cascade in a far-from-equilibrium quantum gas. Read more in APS Physics…

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Scientists Theorize a Hidden Phase Transition Between Liquid and a Solid

Posted on August 16, 2023 by rberkowitz

Improved understanding of glassy dynamics could help scientists explain why a liquid behaves like a solid, and develop useful new materials. Read more in Berkeley Lab News Center…

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Zap with Microwaves to Reverse Spin

Posted on August 10, 2023 by rberkowitz

Irradiating a uniaxial magnetic system with a specific sequence of microwave pulses can induce in the system quantum oscillations that cause the material’s spins to flip back and forth. Read more in APS Physics…

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