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Cold Calculus: Modeling Heat Exchange in the Arctic

A new model captures the flow of heat from ocean water into floating ice, providing an important input for efforts to predict future melting in the Arctic. Read More »

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An Ultrahigh Neutrino Detection Makes Waves

A new underwater neutrino experiment—for now, only partially installed—has detected what appears to be the highest-energy cosmic neutrino observed to date. Read More »

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A Technique for Fingerprinting Multiple Trace Gases

An updated method for detecting trace amounts of gases could allow researchers to identify minuscule amounts of multiple gases in the same sample. Read More »

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Entanglement Can Improve Precision of Gravity Measurements

The first measurement of gravity using quantum mechanically entangled atoms demonstrates the potential of the approach. Read More »

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Quantum Milestones, 1928: The Dirac Equation Unifies Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity

A seminal paper by Paul Dirac, who relied on mathematical intuition, laid the foundation for quantum electrodynamics. Read More »

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How Does a Nucleus Get Its Shape?

A new computational method could help scientists understand the shapes of deformed nuclei from first principles. Read More »

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Soft Solid Flows Through a Pipe

An ultrasoft material can move smoothly through a pipe, but the motion generates “furrows” on the material’s front surface. Read More »

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No Need for Fractional Particles

The scattering of a charged particle off a magnetic monopole does not imply the existence of fractional particle numbers, theorists say. Read More »

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Curtain Rises on the Year of Quantum

The official launch of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology happened in Paris, with a push to make “quantum” more accessible to all. Read More »

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