• Physics 18, 34
A huge bibliographical study has uncovered a strong correlation between researchers’ productivity as postdocs and their productivity as faculty members.
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Postdoc Publications Linked to Subsequent Academic Success
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Detecting Axion-Like Dark Matter with the JWST
• Physics 18, 29
Measurements made by the JWST observatory could be used to detect photons emitted by the decay of a hypothetical form…
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Quantum Milestones, 1935: What’s Wrong with Quantum Mechanics?
• Physics 18, 36
Einstein and his coauthors claimed to show that quantum mechanics led to logical contradictions. The objections exposed the theory’s strangest predictions.
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New Strategy in the Hunt for Quantum Gravity
• Physics 18, 37
Predictions of theories that combine quantum mechanics with gravity could be observed using highly sensitive photon detection in a tabletop experiment.
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Gauging Edge Instabilities in Future Fusion Reactors
• Physics 18, 33
Researchers are unraveling the influence of energetic particles on the stability of plasmas in fusion reactors.
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Strong Hints of a Bose Metal
• Physics 18, s26
An enigmatic and anomalous metallic state turns out to be intrinsic rather than a consequence of crystalline defects.
A strong enough magnetic field destroys superconductivity even at absolute zero….
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A Physicist Turned Fraud Detective
Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz
Renate Pazourek develops software tools that Austrian government agencies use to audit tax returns and other financial documents.
[Physics 18, 7] Published Thu Feb 13, 2025
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KM3NeT Telescope Detects Most Energetic Cosmic Neutrino Yet
Dubbed KM3-230213A, the newly-detected neutrino carried an astonishing energy of 220 peta-electronvolts (PeV), making it one of the most powerful elementary particles ever detected. Its energy was roughly a 100 million billion times the energy…
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Cold Calculus: Modeling Heat Exchange in the Arctic
• Physics 18, s18
A new model captures the flow of heat from ocean water into floating ice, providing an important input for efforts to predict future melting in the Arctic.
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An Ultrahigh Neutrino Detection Makes Waves
• Physics 18, 35
A new underwater neutrino experiment—for now, only partially installed—has detected what appears to be the highest-energy cosmic neutrino observed to date.
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