Category: 4. Physics

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  • The origin of the axial Higgs is a hidden ferroaxial electronic density wave

    The origin of the axial Higgs is a hidden ferroaxial electronic density wave

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    This is a summary of: Singh, B. et al. Ferroaxial density wave from intertwined charge and orbital order in…

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  • Photons learn to classify with a quantum edge

    Photons learn to classify with a quantum edge

    Photons learn to classify with a quantum edge

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  • Patently funny and possibly useful

    To celebrate this year’s Ig Nobel Prize, we review some patents that raise a chuckle but are closer to serious research than it may seem at first glance.

    How many inventors does it take to change a…

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  • DESI Hints Dark Energy Isn’t What We Thought

    DESI Hints Dark Energy Isn’t What We Thought

    The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument is mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory—a program of NSF NOIRLab—in Arizona. Credit:…

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  • Ultracold Atoms Simulate Breaking Flux Strings

    • Physics 18, s106

    An optical-lattice experiment offers a platform for observing dynamics of particle–antiparticle pair creation in quantum field theories.

    Y. Liu et al. [1]; adapted by APS

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  • Physics – Understanding Young Earth’s Dynamo

    • Physics 18, 153

    A simulation of unprecedented resolution explains how Earth could possess a magnetic-field-generating dynamo before the planet’s inner core began to solidify.

    Y. Lin/SUSTech

    Earth’s dynamo could…

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  • A simple metal could solve the world’s plastic recycling problem

    A simple metal could solve the world’s plastic recycling problem

    The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious.

    In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can drastically reduce — or perhaps even fully…

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