• Physics 18, 23
Davisson and Germer showed that electrons scatter from a crystal the way x rays do, proving that particles of matter can act like waves.
Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent USA, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè…
Category: 4. Physics
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Antiprotons from Beyond the Solar System
• Physics 18, 19
The spectrum of cosmic-ray antiprotons has been measured for a full solar cycle, which may allow a better understanding of the sources and transport mechanisms of these high-energy particles.
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Physics – Cooking Flawless Pasta
• Physics 18, 22
Scientists have pinpointed energy-efficient ways to cook al dente pasta and developed an infallible recipe for the perfect cacio e pepe sauce.
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Cooling of Pacific Waters Tied to Winds from Global Warming
• Physics 18, 21
Researchers have identified why most climate models don’t match up with an observed cooling trend in the tropics.
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Changes in wind patterns—driven by global warming—can… Continue Reading
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Physics – Oscillating Magnetoresistance
• Physics 18, s14
At low temperatures the resistance of a layered magnetic semiconductor shoots up and down in response to an increasing magnetic field.
A. Morpurgo/University of Geneva
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Physics – Localizing Light
• Physics 18, s10
Simulations demonstrate that light can be confined within a scattering medium in a way similar to electrons in a disordered metal.
A. Yamilov/Missouri S&T
Conduction…
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Physics – Quantum Learning Made Efficient
• Physics 18, s17
An algorithm allows the states of certain quantum systems to be determined from data more quickly than was previously possible.
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Learning the state of a…
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CERN Physicists Search for Violation of Lorentz Symmetry in Top-Quark Pair Production
Physicists with the CMS Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have tested whether top quarks adhere to Albert Einstein’s special theory of relativity.
Installation of the CMS beam pipe. Image credit: CERN / CMS Collaboration.
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Quantum Milestones, 1923: Photons Are Real
• Physics 18, 18
Arthur Compton’s results convinced most skeptics that in some experiments, light can act like a stream of particles.
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Machine Learning Predicts Liquid–Gas Transition
• Physics 18, 17
Conventional theory has trouble predicting the conditions that will cause a liquid to boil, but a neural-network-based approach performs better.
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Transitions. Water is one… Continue Reading