• Physics 18, 20
A seminal paper by Paul Dirac, who relied on mathematical intuition, laid the foundation for quantum electrodynamics.
For the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, we are republishing…
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MP Materials starts producing neodymium magnets in the US
In mid-January, a top United States materials company announced that it had started to manufacture rare earth magnets. It was important news—there are no large U.S. makers of the neodymium magnets that underpin huge and vitally important…
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Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 Jet Completes Mach 1 Test
Boom Supersonic’s prototype passenger jet, the XB-1, has officially gone supersonic. The human-piloted demonstrator hit Mach 1.122 (or 1,385 kilometers per hour) at a 10.7-kilometer altitude over the Mojave Desert on 28 January—marking a…
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Creating a common language | MIT News
A lot has changed in the 15 years since Kaiming He was a PhD student.
“When you are in your PhD stage, there is a high wall between different disciplines and subjects, and there was even a high wall within computer…
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Soft tissue from a 183 million-year-old Jurassic plesiosaur analyzed
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have analysed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it could both swim…
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Quantum theory and thermodynamics: Maxwell’s demon?
In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Nagoya University in Japan and the Slovak Academy of Sciences have unveiled new insights into the interplay between quantum theory and thermodynamics. The team demonstrated that while quantum theory…
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Robot Videos: Agile Humanoids, Robot Deliver, and More
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.
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New composite material converts light and humidity into mechanical motion and power for smart tech
Feb 07, 2025 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Scientists have struggled to create synthetic materials that can sense and respond to their environment with the precision… Continue Reading
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New AI function on the horizon thanks to electrically programmable spintronic device
Feb 07, 2025 (Nanowerk News) Artificial Intelligence (AI) transformational impact is well under way. But as AI technologies develop, so too does their power consumption. Further advancements will require AI…
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Soft Solid Flows Through a Pipe
• Physics 18, 30
An ultrasoft material can move smoothly through a pipe, but the motion generates “furrows” on the material’s front surface.
Side view of the furrowing effect. Pipe flow has always been for liquids…
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