Ultrasound Imaging of Brain with Machine Learning

Posted on December 24, 2021 by rberkowitz

A proposed machine-learning technique can convert ultrasound signals into a skull profile, which could lead to noninvasive imaging for medical treatments in the human brain. Read more in APS Physics…

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Technique Tunes Into Graphene Nanoribbons’ Electronic Potential

Posted on December 22, 2021 by rberkowitz

Breakthrough could lead to high-speed, low-power nanoscale data storage. Read more in APS Physics…

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Dual-anonymous peer review gains traction

Posted on December 16, 2021 by rberkowitz

NASA and other agencies worldwide are adopting the anonymized process for awarding grants and instrument time after seeing its success for the Hubble Space Telescope. Read more in Physics Today…

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Laser Breaks Liquid into Uniform Droplets

Posted on December 11, 2021 by rberkowitz

A laser beam hitting a column of liquid controls the droplet pinch-off at the bottom of the stream. Read more in APS Physics…

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Mobile Phone Signals Hold Real-Time Rainfall Information

Posted on December 9, 2021 by rberkowitz

Techniques for monitoring rainfall with signals from mobile phone networks are making their way to small-scale farmers in rural Africa. Read more in APS Physics…

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A Physical Match for the Riemann Zeta Function

Posted on December 8, 2021 by rberkowitz

Mathematical properties of a famous number-theory conjecture correspond to the physical scattering properties of a quantum field theory. Read more at APS Physics…

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Glassy Behavior Depends on Dimension

Posted on December 7, 2021 by rberkowitz

The number of excess vibrational modes in glasses scales differently in two dimensions than it does in three. Read more in APS Physics…

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Search for Sculptor’s Stone Reveals New Marble Outcrops

Posted on December 7, 2021 by rberkowitz

Isotope geochemistry and grain size analysis, combined with a long summer’s hike, start to resolve an art history puzzle. Read more in APS Physics…

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Subsurface imaging shows scale of the tragedy of Indigenous children

Posted on December 1, 2021 by rberkowitz

Archaeologists and geophysicists in Canada are trying to pinpoint the signatures of unmarked burials by using geophysical methods in varied terrains. Read more in Physics Today…

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Simple Additives Make Polar Fluids More Polar

Posted on November 25, 2021 by rberkowitz

The strong polar nature of bonded molecular pairs called zwitterions boosts the dielectric constants of polar fluids. Read more in APS Physics…

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