Recent Articles
Cheese Flowers Are Shaped by Friction
Scraping the surface of a Tête de Moine cheese wheel produces frilly ribbons whose flower-like forms depend on the local friction. Read More »
Laser Cooling is Optimized for Efficiency
A new laser-based cooling scheme approaches the maximum efficiency that is theoretically achievable. Read More »
Lithium Cosmic Rays Are Not Primordial
A precision measurement of cosmic rays at the International Space Station finds that lithium-7 is produced by the fragmentation of heavier nuclei. Read More »
Insect Larvae Inspire Rolling Robots
A study of the rolling motion of fruit-fly larvae has enabled researchers to create a soft robot that can rotate by itself. Read More »
Roses Offer Mechanical Clues for Shape-Shifting Materials
Understanding the mechanical mechanisms that alter the shape of rose petals as they grow could inspire new types of self-morphing materials and structures. Read More »
Nuclear Glow Illuminates Dark Matter
Ultralight dark matter particles may leave traces in the light emitted by laser-excited thorium nuclei. Read More »
Superconductivity Inspires New Dark Matter Contender
Drawing on an analogy with superconductivity, theorists have proposed a dark matter candidate that could have left observable signatures in the cosmic microwave background. Read More »
Speed Control for Microwaves
Researchers have demonstrated the direction-dependent slowdown of microwave pulses, with potential applications in signal processing and quantum computing. Read More »
Uncloaking a Dark Molecular Cloud
The warm margins of a nearby molecular cloud fluoresce in the far ultraviolet, providing a way to find these shadowy stellar progenitors. Read More »
