A decades-old neutrino mystery might be solved not by undiscovered physics but by improved calculations.

A pattern of surface waves bestowed with fivefold symmetry hosts topological structures. Soon after quasicrystals made their debut in 1984, physicists realized that the ordered, nonrepeating ...

A hallmark property of unconventional superconductivity has been discovered in a type-I superconductor, whereas it’s normally observed only in type-II materials. Superconductors can be broadly ...

A proposed lab-based quantum sensor could precisely measure within seconds the warping of spacetime caused by Earth’s rotation. Einstein’s theory of general relativity predicts that Earth’s rotation ...

Increasing the charging rate of a quantum battery leads to unavoidable fluctuations in the total energy stored. A quantum battery exploits quantum correlations between its component cells to achieve ...

Researchers demonstrate a new quantum memory device that will enable faraway nodes in a network to coordinate in time, a key ingredient for a future quantum Internet. To sustain delicate light-based ...

A carbon nanotube foam springs back to its initial state, regardless of the speed of the compression, a property that could lead to a new type of shock absorber. Perfect padding. Vertically aligned ...

A recent experiment points the way toward making the intense, energetic beams of positrons needed for next-generation electron–positron colliders. An artist’s conception of a detector harvesting ...

Chess grandmasters move toward a less complex game faster than AI players, suggesting different approaches for balancing short- and long-term prospects. Game of trade-offs. Chess players need to ...

Figure 1: Chaotic behavior in active systems with nonreciprocal interactions. Left: A two-species Vicsek model with nonreciprocal interactions. Particles of the red species tend to align with those of ...

A crystal with special geometric properties can be optically driven to produce an output beam with any desired polarization. Researchers have developed a method for controlling the polarization of ...