This Week in Physics — Wildfire Predictions from a Water Tank

This Week in Physics Magazine — June 26, 2023 Focus Wildfire Predictions from a Water Tank June 23, 2023 According to experiments with a fluid model, turbulent air around the treetops could help a wildfire spread. Research News Gravitational Waves from a Dying Star May Be Detectable June 20, 2023 Simulations indicate that it could be possible to detect gravitational-wave signals emanating from a dying star. Viewpoint Artificial Atoms Go Chiral Anton Frisk Kockum – June 26, 2023 A device's selective interaction with left- and right-propagating modes could pave the way for directional information flow in quantum computing based on superconducting circuits. synopsis Liquid Iron Measured under the Most Extreme Conditions Yet June 26, 2023 Researchers have measured the electrical resistivity of liquid iron at a pressure of 1.4 megabars, the most extreme conditions under which this material has been studied. synopsis Clock Comparison Limits Dark Matter June 22, 2023 A search for oscillations in the frequencies of optical clocks has come up empty, implying new bounds on ultralight dark matter particles. synopsis Design for a Molecule-Based Quantum Processor June 21, 2023 A detailed blueprint for a molecular-spin-based quantum processor brings this technology closer to reality. 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 © 2023 American Physical Society | All rights reserved View Email Online You are receiving this message because you signed up to receive Physics Magazine email alerts or are a member of APS. Manage Email Preferences.

This Week in Physics — Long-Range Quantum Cryptography Gets Simpler

This Week in Physics Magazine — June 20, 2023 Viewpoint Long-Range Quantum Cryptography Gets Simpler Marco Avesani – June 20, 2023 A series of demonstrations considerably ease the requirements for implementing quantum cryptography protocols over large distances. Research News Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument Releases First Data June 16, 2023 The first data collected by the Dark Energy Spectroscopy Instrument contain close to 2 million objects, including a roughly 12-billion-year-old quasar. The collaboration expects to report their first cosmology-related results within a year. Q&A From Whiskey to Oreos June 15, 2023 When the pandemic hit, Arnold Mathijssen embraced food physics, a field he thinks exemplifies the need for science to become more interdisciplinary and diverse. Video Controlling the Bounce of a Bottle June 16, 2023 Dropping a rotating plastic bottle containing water results in a bounce whose height depends on the rotation rate. Research News Sensor Judges Taste of Raw Maple Syrup June 15, 2023 Climate change is altering late-season maple syrup, but a portable plasmonic sensor could help avoid waste by detecting molecules in a tree's sap that lead to an off-tasting batch. synopsis Radio Bursts Precede Coalescence of Neutron Stars June 16, 2023 Warning of the catastrophic collapse of a neutron star could come in the form of potentially detectable radio bursts in the 10–20 gigahertz range. synopsis Accretion Explored through Gravitational Waves June 15, 2023 Future space-based gravitational-wave detectors could probe the physics of accretion disks surrounding massive black holes. synopsis Excited Sodium-32 with a Spherical Wave Function June 13, 2023 Researchers may have found an unstable sodium nucleus that has an excited state with a spherical wave function—an elusive prospect for the study of nuclear shapes. Research News Phonons on the Splitting Block June 13, 2023 Using a "bad" acoustic mirror, physicists demonstrate a phonon beam splitter, a device that could one day be used to make phonon-based quantum logic gates. synopsis Squeezing Superconductors June 14, 2023 Experiments on a family of cuprate superconductors resolve discrepancies in previous work and elucidate why the critical temperature varies with pressure. 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 © 2023 American Physical Society | All rights reserved View Email Online You are receiving this message because you signed up to receive Physics Magazine email alerts or are a member of APS. Manage Email Preferences.

This Week in Physics — More than One Way to the Egg

This Week in Physics Magazine — June 12, 2023 Viewpoint More than One Way to the Egg Kirsty Y. Wan – June 12, 2023 Mammalian sperm adopt a complex stochastic navigation strategy that depends on the local environment's chemical conditions and rheological properties. Research News X-Ray Spectroscopy of a Lone Atom June 6, 2023 A technique that combines x-ray spectroscopy with scanning tunneling microscopy has delivered x-ray spectra of single atoms. Research News Stuffing Water into Bird Feathers June 6, 2023 Researchers have uncovered the details of how the feathers of a desert sandgrouse absorb water, a finding that could aid in the design of water-storing artificial materials. Viewpoint A New Science for Describing Unhealthy Online Environments Elisabeth Wilhelm – June 5, 2023 A theory derived from nonlinear fluid dynamics is able to reproduce the formation dynamics of online hate communities—offering insights that could inform public policies. Focus Active Matter Turns Pinwheels June 9, 2023 The chaotic motion in a fluid of microscopic, actively moving rods can be harnessed to drive the rotation of a small propeller-like object. synopsis A Different Angle on the Color Glass Condensate June 12, 2023 Predictions indicate that a new type of measurement at the future electron–ion collider could spot an elusive high-density regime of gluons called the color glass condensate. synopsis Pitch-Perfect Corrections for Turbulence June 8, 2023 A new system could allow autonomous aircraft to correct the pitch of their wings to account for gusts of wind that abruptly change lift in real time. synopsis Pinpointing Problems in Transmission Power Grids June 7, 2023 Researchers have developed an optimization algorithm to help identify the location of an electric current surge in a power grid, without knowledge of the grid's broad structure. synopsis Grazing Model Gets an Update June 6, 2023 Model improvements uncover more information on the link between grazing animals and the formation of spiral vegetation patterns in arid climates. 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 © 2023 American Physical Society | All rights reserved View Email Online You are receiving this message because you signed up to receive Physics Magazine email alerts or are a member of APS. Manage Email Preferences.