Active Matter Gets Solid

Posted on October 31, 2025 by rberkowitz

Researchers have determined the mechanical properties of a tiny beam made of active particles, laying the groundwork for future micromachines. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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Trapping Tiny Objects with Sound

Posted on October 28, 2025 by rberkowitz

Fluid flow and acoustic waves act together to trap nanoparticles. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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Charge Transfer Happens Too Fast to See

Posted on September 30, 2025 by rberkowitz

A new experiment on static electricity casts doubt on previous ones. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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Ice is more flexible than you think, a new nano-movie shows

Posted on September 25, 2025 by rberkowitz

Trapped air bubbles move, merge and dissolve without fracturing the crystal lattice. Read more in Science News…

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Experiments Refute Dark Matter Claim

Posted on September 24, 2025 by rberkowitz

Two direct-detection experiments see no evidence of a signal reported by
their predecessor. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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Active Matter Breaks like an Amorphous Plastic

Posted on September 24, 2025 by rberkowitz

Shearing a dusty plasma with a laser shows how vibrational modes lead to weak points in an amorphous active system. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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Microscopic robots navigate ‘artificial spacetimes’

Posted on September 9, 2025 by rberkowitz

Light-guided bots are steered through mazes like spacecraft tugged by gravity. Read more in Science Magazine…

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Ultracold Atoms Simulate Breaking Flux Strings

Posted on September 8, 2025 by rberkowitz

An optical-lattice experiment offers a platform for observing dynamics of particle–antiparticle pair creation in quantum field theories. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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Salt Loss Dictates Sea-Ice Structure

Posted on September 5, 2025 by rberkowitz

Experiments on freezing saltwater have teased apart flow dynamics inside ice pores, offering a possible boost to climate models’ predictive power. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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Quantum Computing Meets Finance

Posted on September 4, 2025 by rberkowitz

Eric Ghysels made a name for himself in financial econometrics and time-series analysis. Now he translates financial models into quantum algorithms. Read more in APS Physics Magazine…

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