Metamaterials make a chip-sized synchrotron, a strange new state of matter called rigid light, and claims casting doubt on LIGO’s first detection of gravitational waves …
Physics Week in Review: November 3, 2018 Continue Reading >>
A weird phase of water called ice-VII, a critical tipping point for the demise of Angkor, and when rock moves like a fluid are among …
Physics Week in Review: October 27, 2018 Continue Reading >>
Astronomers spot another neutron star merger, the first BEC created in space, and how Leonardo da Vinci’s vision disorder may have influenced his art are …
Physics Week in Review: October 20, 2018 Continue Reading >>
More mysterious fast radio bursts; pilot wave theory might be dead at last; and Stephen Hawking’s final paper suggests that black holes have “soft hair” …
Physics Week in Review: October 13, 2018 Continue Reading >>
The 2018 physics Nobel Prize, extra dimensions are probably tiny, and the physics of a perfect baseball pitch are among this week’s physics highlights. Me …
We’re back from our wanderings! And we have two weeks’ worth of tantalizing physics-y links for your reading pleasure. Among the highlights: reimagining Schroedinger’s cat …
Physics Week in Review: September 29, 2018 Continue Reading >>
Antimatter seen in two places at once, a “lens-less” camera, and a quantum version of Maxwell’s Demon were among this week’s physics highlights. (Note: Our …
Physics Week in Review: September 15, 2018 Continue Reading >>
A Breakthrough Prize for Jocelyn Bell Burnell, when solid cargo (granular media) mysteriously liquefies, and the physics of perfect pork butt were among this week’s …
Physics Week in Review: September 8, 2018 Continue Reading >>
Happy Labor Day weekend! This week’s physics highlights include computer vision to see around corners; LHC detects most favored Higgs boson decay; and the debate …
Physics Week in Review: September 1, 2018 Continue Reading >>
Black holes might be stringy fuzzballs, concrete blocks are great for storing energy, and using cosmic rays to image Brunelleschi’s famous dome are among this …
