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Internal Feedback Shapes Coral Reefs
A 1D model based on mineral accumulation and polyp mortality shows traveling pulses that drive atoll-like patterns. Read More »
How Magnetic Reconnection Jolts Electrons
An analysis using unprecedented satellite observations reveals important information about how electrons get heated throughout the Universe. Read More »
Cold-Trapped Atoms Stay Trapped Longer
By housing an optical tweezer array inside a cryogenic vacuum chamber, researchers have trapped rubidium Rydberg atoms for up to 50 minutes. Read More »
Inertia of Superconducting Particles in Twisted Trilayer Graphene
The graphene multilayer’s kinetic inductance is both high and tunable, making it a promising material for quantum technologies. Read More »
Predicting When Ketchup Will Start Flowing
For a wide range of complex fluids, the transition from solid-like at rest to liquid-like when pushed can be predicted from properties of the at-rest state. Read More »
Strong Nuclear Force Is Not So Weak at Electroweak Temperatures
A new model of quark–gluon plasma finds that the strong force was more potent in the early Universe than previously thought. Read More »
Ice Loss Is Transforming the Light-Absorption Properties of Seawater
This disappearing ice is narrowing the range of wavelengths available to light-harvesting organisms in Earth’s polar regions, which has implications for the sea life that feed in these icy regions of Earth. Read More »
Peering into Protons
The internal structure of protons bound in nuclei has been probed by studying short-lived particles created when high-energy photons strike nuclei. Read More »
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 »
