Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz
Imaging using extreme ultraviolet scattering shows that optical pulses can generate surface excitations with spectra that were previously difficult to achieve.
[Physics 18, s161] Published Wed Dec 24, 2025
Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz
Imaging using extreme ultraviolet scattering shows that optical pulses can generate surface excitations with spectra that were previously difficult to achieve.
[Physics 18, s161] Published Wed Dec 24, 2025
Author(s): David Ehrenstein
The Gallery of Fluid Dynamics winners’ circle includes drops shaken loose from a wire, odor diffusion in a breeze, and droplets acting quantum-like.
[Physics 18, 204] Published Wed Dec 24, 2025

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By examining more than four thousand rats, researchers found…