Why Humidity Doesn’t Affect Drying Paint

Posted on December 15, 2023 by rberkowitz

Experiments verify a theory that explains why paint doesn’t dry any faster on a dry day than on a wet day. Read more in APS Physics…

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Ultrasound Enables Remote 3-D Printing—Even in the Human Body

Posted on December 11, 2023 by rberkowitz

For the first time, researchers have used sound waves to 3-D print an object from a distance—even with a wall in the way. Read more in Scientific American…

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An Unexpected Discovery at the Air-Water Interface

Posted on December 4, 2023 by rberkowitz

New research reveals a surprising chemical pathway for a CO2 reaction important in many geological and biological processes. Read more at Berkeley Lab…

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Solid-State Physicist Turns to Rocks

Posted on December 1, 2023 by rberkowitz

An archaeology-focused sabbatical prompted semiconductor physicist Kristin Poduska to ask questions about how the environment impacts the chemical and structural properties of natural materials. Read more in APS Physics…

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Tension Remodeling Resolves Tissue Architecture Question

Posted on November 27, 2023 by rberkowitz

A dynamical tension model captures how cells swap places with their neighbors in epithelial tissues, explaining observed phase transitions and cellular architectures. Read more in APS Physics…

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It’s a Trap—for Lanthanides

Posted on November 15, 2023 by rberkowitz

Trapping and imaging single dysprosium atoms extends the utility of optical tweezer arrays to electronically complex species, opening the door to new quantum physics studies. Read more in APS Physics…

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American Bright Drives Toward Solutions for Electric Vehicles

Posted on November 6, 2023 by rberkowitz

Custom designed flexible LED light strips will put the client’s electric vehicle charging station in the spotlight. Read more at American Bright…

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Binary Colloids Don’t Flock Together

Posted on October 26, 2023 by rberkowitz

A homogenous mixture of two self-propelling species first forms a polar vortex and then spontaneously demixes, thanks to a difference in speeds and other competing effects. Read more in APS Physics…

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Earplugs That Block Out All Sounds

Posted on October 24, 2023 by rberkowitz

A new 3D-printed earplug can absorb physiological sounds made by the body, potentially making it more acoustically comfortable to use than some commercially available earplugs. Read more in APS Physics…

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Intense X Rays Can Free Bound Electrons

Posted on October 18, 2023 by rberkowitz

Measurements indicate that intense x-ray pulses can change the electronic structure of a material on femtosecond timescales, a finding that could improve imaging of light–matter interactions. Read more in APS Physics…

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