A South Pole neutrino experiment has measured radio waves induced by cosmic rays—thus demonstrating that its detection method works.

[Physics 19, 58] Published Fri Apr 17, 2026

Researchers exploit quantum entanglement to measure the interference of light signals from two distant detectors, opening a path toward quantum-enhanced astronomy.

[Physics 19, 56] Published Thu Apr 16, 2026

A tunable quantum device can model the energy profiles of chemical reactions and improve physicists’ understanding of reaction dynamics.

[Physics 19, s48] Published Thu Apr 16, 2026

The DESI Collaboration has finished its five-year survey ahead of schedule, setting the stage for analyses that could reshape our understanding of dark energy.

[Physics 19, 48] Published Wed Apr 15, 2026

Snapshot measurements of cold-atom gases reveal hidden spin correlations that could force an update of some superconductivity theories.

[Physics 19, 54] Published Wed Apr 15, 2026

Moiré systems incorporating lead iodide can host exotic quantum states and enable near-lossless electrical transport.

[Physics 19, s44] Published Wed Apr 15, 2026

A wire-sharing protocol can minimize the number of wires in a quantum processor without significantly reducing speed, a new theoretical study shows.

[Physics 19, 55] Published Tue Apr 14, 2026

A free-falling video camera enabled researchers to observe a falling cloud of particles and infer the particles’ charges.

[Physics 19, s47] Published Tue Apr 14, 2026

A robotic metamaterial shows that the odd mechanics of active solids depend on how the active constituents connect across the system.

[Physics 19, 49] Published Mon Apr 13, 2026

Physicists often regard writing with dread, yet they can grow into stronger writers by embracing bad first drafts and trusting the evolutionary power of self-editing.

[Physics 19, 53] Published Mon Apr 13, 2026

An isolated magnet’s intrinsic angular momentum induces gyroscopic motion, an observation that could lead to ultrasensitive magnetometers.

[Physics 19, 51] Published Fri Apr 10, 2026

Thanks to its unusual band structure, a metal alloy could speed up a potentially sustainable production process.

[Physics 19, s40] Published Thu Apr 09, 2026

Precise spectroscopy of a simple molecular ion opens a new path toward stringent tests of quantum electrodynamics.

[Physics 19, s41] Published Wed Apr 08, 2026

Experiments with a proton beam striking a carbon target have uncovered events that may be due to a short-lived meson residing within a nucleus.

[Physics 19, s27] Published Tue Apr 07, 2026

Dense drops of cornstarch and water usually stiffen when they strike a surface, but sometimes they flow fleetingly like a liquid.

[Physics 19, s42] Published Tue Apr 07, 2026

A new microscope captures how atoms rearrange themselves when they are illuminated inside an optical cavity.

[Physics 19, 47] Published Mon Apr 06, 2026

Acoustic waves can be guided through a narrow “tunnel” that lacks walls and thus presents no obstruction to sound traveling across its path.

[Physics 19, 46] Published Fri Apr 03, 2026

Representing bird flocks and insect swarms as nodes connected in a complex structure yields new insights into animal collective behavior.

[Physics 19, s45] Published Thu Apr 02, 2026

Electrons in graphene follow various spiraling paths when they flow around a circular barrier under the influence of a magnetic field.

[Physics 19, s46] Published Thu Apr 02, 2026

Researchers have improved trapping of polyatomic molecules while also controlling their collisions—two important advances for ultracold polyatomic molecular physics.

[Physics 19, 44] Published Wed Apr 01, 2026

Like its slowly perturbed counterpart, a rapidly perturbed quantum system stays closer to the ground state than to any excited state.

[Physics 19, s43] Published Wed Apr 01, 2026

A physics grad student waltzed away with the top prize in the 2026 Dance Your PhD contest.

[Physics 19, 43] Published Tue Mar 31, 2026

Our ability to hear relies on tiny “hair bundles” in the inner ear. A new thermodynamical model offers an explanation for the different ways that bundles oscillate.

[Physics 19, 45] Published Tue Mar 31, 2026

Weak tidal forces alter the gravitational-wave signal from merging neutron stars by just enough that the telltale signature could be detected in large sensitive surveys.

[Physics 19, s37] Published Tue Mar 31, 2026

A theoretical study reveals how to control and drive a quantum system without causing its decoherence.

[Physics 19, 41] Published Mon Mar 30, 2026

This year’s “Gallery of Soft Matter” contest features self-assembling nanostars, wrinkle patterns, and a drum full of tumbling grains.

[Physics 19, 42] Published Fri Mar 27, 2026

New observations of cosmic rays that distinguish between hydrogen and helium find unexpected complexity in a long-observed spectral feature.

[Physics 19, s32] Published Thu Mar 26, 2026

The IceCube observatory at the South Pole has found evidence for a break in the spectrum of cosmic neutrinos, with theoretical implications for their generation.

[Physics 19, s7] Published Thu Mar 26, 2026

Andrea Damascelli recounts the struggles of coordinating different sectors to establish a quantum technology ecosystem in Canada.

[Physics 19, 35] Published Wed Mar 25, 2026

A new approach manufactures many high-quality diamond-based quantum memory chips simultaneously on a single wafer.

[Physics 19, s34] Published Tue Mar 24, 2026

A delicate interference experiment elucidates the collective behavior of quasiparticles that are neither bosons nor fermions, but something in between.

[Physics 19, 39] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026

Researchers recreate key features of atmospheric turbulence in a meter-sized rotating cylinder.

[Physics 19, 40] Published Fri Mar 20, 2026

Measuring the acceleration of stellar remnants called pulsars helps researchers map how mass is distributed in our region of the Galaxy.

[Physics 19, s30] Published Thu Mar 19, 2026

New theoretical work shows how an unusual state of matter that oscillates between spin states could be used in timekeeping.

[Physics 19, s39] Published Wed Mar 18, 2026

Through a quantum-switch experiment, researchers attempt to reveal “indefinite causal order”—a quantum phenomenon involving events in a before-and-after superposition.

[Physics 19, 38] Published Tue Mar 17, 2026

A new technique efficiently and reliably manipulates information held in a quantum memory.

[Physics 19, s29] Published Tue Mar 17, 2026

Materials from a new class of magnets could host permanent dissipationless spin currents when they enter a superconducting state.

[Physics 19, 33] Published Mon Mar 16, 2026

A floating block of ice with an asymmetric bottom is propelled through water by its own melting—a process that may be relevant for icebergs.

[Physics 19, 36] Published Fri Mar 13, 2026

Using a rapid pressure-quench technique, researchers have preserved a metastable phase in a superconductor at a record 151 K under ambient pressure.

[Physics 19, 37] Published Fri Mar 13, 2026

Applying thermodynamic principles makes quantum machine-learning protocols more efficient.

[Physics 19, s28] Published Thu Mar 12, 2026

Planting vacancies into the atomic lattice of a brittle material increases its toughness and hardness.

[Physics 19, s38] Published Thu Mar 12, 2026

A new ring-shaped resonator for light can do a job that normally requires at least two rings.

[Physics 19, s36] Published Wed Mar 11, 2026

A new mathematical framework based on perturbation theory could yield new insights into cosmic structure and fundamental physics.

[Physics 19, s33] Published Tue Mar 10, 2026

High-temporal-resolution fluorescence measurements reveal how quickly proteins cross energy barriers separating unfolded and folded states.

[Physics 19, 30] Published Mon Mar 09, 2026

Researchers can adjust the frequency and bandwidth of single photons inside an optical fiber, which will be useful for future quantum networks.

[Physics 19, 32] Published Fri Mar 06, 2026

A simple model can reproduce the distribution of tour lengths harvested by a social media app used by thousands of visitors to Los Angeles and New York.

[Physics 19, s35] Published Fri Mar 06, 2026

With the debut of a public alert stream, the Rubin Observatory demonstrates the ability to report transient signals—from supernovae, variable stars, active galactic nuclei and asteroids—in near real time.

[Physics 19, 31] Published Thu Mar 05, 2026

Electrons accelerated to relativistic speeds in a dielectric material can produce bursts of x rays, similar to a phenomenon found in thunderstorms.

[Physics 19, s24] Published Thu Mar 05, 2026

A coordinate transformation devised for an expanding universe leads to new insights into how a collapsing protogalaxy acquires a large magnetic field.

[Physics 19, s26] Published Thu Mar 05, 2026

A new layered material enabled researchers to document a dramatic change in metallic electron behavior as the material goes from 3D to 2D.

[Physics 19, s31] Published Tue Mar 03, 2026

Neutron scattering has provided a new and broader view of the twirling collective atomic vibrations in a magnetic crystal.

[Physics 19, 28] Published Mon Mar 02, 2026

An oil droplet within a watery fluid becomes nonspherical at certain temperatures—reversibly transforming from a hexagon to a six-pointed star.

[Physics 19, 29] Published Fri Feb 27, 2026

A group of physicists is developing a quantum computer that’s entirely open source, from hardware to software

[Physics 19, 24] Published Thu Feb 26, 2026

Contrary to previous suggestions, hydrodynamic interactions impede the clustering of tiny biological and artificial swimmers.

[Physics 19, s25] Published Wed Feb 25, 2026

Two investigations underscore the role of orbital instabilities in accounting for the diversity of planetary systems.

[Physics 19, 27] Published Tue Feb 24, 2026

Statistical physics is shedding light on how network architecture and data structure shape the effectiveness of neural-network learning.

[Physics 19, 26] Published Mon Feb 23, 2026

In response to changes in illumination, a swimming microorganism reverses the direction of its circular trajectory by tilting its flagella’s planes of motion.

[Physics 19, 25] Published Fri Feb 20, 2026

New modeling explains why smoke-filled vortices in the upper atmosphere have all been observed rotating in a single direction.

[Physics 19, 23] Published Thu Feb 19, 2026

An apparent shift in the value of an important inflation parameter may be an artifact of differences between cosmological datasets.

[Physics 19, s23] Published Wed Feb 18, 2026

An optical clock based on a pair of calcium ions achieves a given precision more quickly when the ions are entangled.

[Physics 19, 20] Published Tue Feb 17, 2026

Scientists and policymakers gathered in Ghana to close out the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, calling for stronger global collaboration and a more inclusive quantum future.

[Physics 19, 22] Published Tue Feb 17, 2026

Researchers have used molecular dynamics simulations to study changes in the charge-transport properties of a room-temperature ionic liquid under a strong electric field.

[Physics 19, s21] Published Tue Feb 17, 2026

A chemical reaction involving a flowing fluid leads to a striking visual pattern—a result that could benefit research on other propagating fronts, such as flames.

[Physics 19, 21] Published Fri Feb 13, 2026

Small rotations of a graphene layer relative to its neighboring layer expose previously unseen topological phases.

[Physics 19, s19] Published Thu Feb 12, 2026

Researchers have designed and demonstrated an ultraviolet laser that removes a major bottleneck in the development of a nuclear clock.

[Physics 19, 19] Published Wed Feb 11, 2026

A statistical approach yields a fast, flexible model for how particles in a powder acquire electric charge from each other and their surroundings.

[Physics 19, s15] Published Wed Feb 11, 2026

Before determining the correct quantum theory of gravity, researchers need to know if gravity is actually quantized. Experiments testing that assumption are now being developed.

[Physics 19, 18] Published Tue Feb 10, 2026

Researchers have used an artificial-intelligence tool to reveal long-sought equations that describe small-scale features in 2D turbulent systems.

[Physics 19, s16] Published Tue Feb 10, 2026

A combined experimental and theoretical study reveals the emergence of quantum chaos in a complex system, suggesting that it can be described with a universal theoretical framework.

[Physics 19, 12] Published Mon Feb 09, 2026

[Physics 19, 16] Published Mon Feb 09, 2026

Galaxies can collect in large filamentary structures that have—until now—been considered rigid. A new study suggests one filament may be rotating.

[Physics 19, 17] Published Mon Feb 09, 2026

Nova Jacobs reflects on how she came to write murder mysteries set in the world of physics.

[Physics 19, 14] Published Fri Feb 06, 2026

Experiments with structured light beams provide the first observation of “lump” solitons, shape-preserving solitary waves in a 2D setting.

[Physics 19, s22] Published Fri Feb 06, 2026

By exploiting defects in a superconductor, scientists have observed the switching of a material’s two superconducting states into one.

[Physics 19, s14] Published Wed Feb 04, 2026

A crystal whose arrangement of atoms lacks chirality can nevertheless host a chiral electronic state.

[Physics 19, s17] Published Wed Feb 04, 2026

Fabricating some structures using niobium instead of aluminum could lead to more resilient superconducting quantum computers.

[Physics 19, s20] Published Tue Feb 03, 2026

Calculations show how the mysterious “magic numbers” that stabilize nuclear structures emerge naturally from nuclear forces—once these are described with appropriate spatial resolution.

[Physics 19, 11] Published Mon Feb 02, 2026

[Physics 19, 15] Published Mon Feb 02, 2026

Using a camera with 2-picosecond time resolution, researchers show that the atoms in a laser-induced plasma are more highly ionized than theory predicts.

[Physics 19, 13] Published Fri Jan 30, 2026

An analysis of a record-breaking gravitational-wave detection tests whether general relativity holds under extreme conditions.

[Physics 19, s2] Published Thu Jan 29, 2026

Entanglement and so-called magic states have long been viewed as the key resources for quantum error correction. Now contextuality, a hallmark of quantum theory, joins them as a complementary resource.

[Physics 19, 9] Published Wed Jan 28, 2026

Light grazing an ultrathin conductive film can be absorbed much more strongly than previously thought.

[Physics 19, s13] Published Wed Jan 28, 2026

Dark matter having a small electric charge would presumably generate a magnetic-field variation on Earth’s surface, but observations find no such signal.

[Physics 19, s10] Published Tue Jan 27, 2026

The melting point of alkali-metal nanoparticles was determined with high accuracy by measuring the energy required to eject electrons from the particles.

[Physics 19, s18] Published Tue Jan 27, 2026

A systematic exploration of the phase diagram of methane resolves inconsistencies of earlier studies, with potential ramifications for our understanding of planetary interiors.

[Physics 19, 7] Published Mon Jan 26, 2026

A mechanical network of flexible links can be designed to solve a problem in matrix algebra.

[Physics 19, 10] Published Fri Jan 23, 2026

A new theory linking atomic disorder to heat flow offers a strong foundation for predicting thermal conductivity in materials ranging from crystals to amorphous carbon.

[Physics 19, 8] Published Thu Jan 22, 2026

A technique for spinning up molecules in a gas has now been adapted to work with superfluid helium as the host medium.

[Physics 19, s5] Published Thu Jan 22, 2026

The 3D-printed fitting could help to miniaturize cold-atom sensors by reducing the need for continuous pumping.  

[Physics 19, s3] Published Wed Jan 21, 2026

Experiments with programmable electroacoustic cavities reveal that a multistable system can be steered into states that are unreachable with conventional control methods.

[Physics 19, 6] Published Tue Jan 20, 2026

A crystalline mirror coating significantly reduces fluctuations in the resonant frequency of an optical cavity.

[Physics 19, s8] Published Tue Jan 20, 2026

Ions tearing through a crystal leave destructive tracks whose shapes vary with the crystal’s orientation.

[Physics 19, s9] Published Tue Jan 20, 2026

Researchers have quantified the performance of a quantum processor built from semiconductor quantum dots, charting the challenges to scaling up the technology.

[Physics 19, s12] Published Wed Jan 14, 2026

Decades after their experimental realization, wave patterns known as discrete solitons continue to fascinate.

[Physics 19, 3] Published Tue Jan 13, 2026

Photons passing through a specially engineered wafer emerge entangled and spread among multiple output channels.

[Physics 19, s11] Published Tue Jan 13, 2026

Researchers may have detected a dark matter clump, or halo, that doesn’t host a galaxy—providing a possible test bed for dark matter and galaxy formation models.

[Physics 19, 5] Published Mon Jan 12, 2026

A textbook rule for the relationship between the structure and strength of a material breaks down for high-speed deformations, like those caused by strong impacts.

[Physics 19, 4] Published Fri Jan 09, 2026

The temperature dependence of so-called p-wave interactions in an ultracold atomic gas has been measured for the first time.

[Physics 19, s6] Published Thu Jan 08, 2026

A high-sensitivity measurement reveals the asymmetric shifts of electrons along atomic bonds.

[Physics 19, s1] Published Wed Jan 07, 2026

At a newly identified wavelength, trapping light avoids disturbing a specific excited atomic state.

[Physics 19, s4] Published Tue Jan 06, 2026