http://physics.aps.org/ Physics - spotlighting exceptional research hourly 1 2012-02-09T10:06:18-05:00 rss@aps.org assocpub@aps.org 2012-02-09T10:06:18-05:00 en Copyright © 2012 the American Physical Society. Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Copyright © 2012 the American Physical Society assocpub@aps.org http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.061302?referer=rss Theorists suggest that the weeks-long flare measured last year from a distant galaxy was probably beamed by a jet of material aligned with the rotational axis of a mammoth black hole.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.061302" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Tue Feb 07, 2012
Published Tue Feb 07, 2012]]> Synopsis: Tidal Disruption of a Star 2012-02-07T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-02-07T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.061302?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/17?referer=rss Ferromagnetic fluctuations drive superconductivity in UCoGe.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/640e2325b80283ab" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Mon Feb 06, 2012
Published Mon Feb 06, 2012]]> Viewpoint: Pairing with Spin Fluctuations 2012-02-06T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.17 Physics 5, 17 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.17 17 Physics 2012-02-06T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/17?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/16?referer=rss Helicoidal magnetic order induces a record high electrical polarization.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/c30b6bb497809d0e" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Mon Feb 06, 2012
Published Mon Feb 06, 2012]]> Viewpoint: Multiferroic Propellers 2012-02-06T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.16 Physics 5, 16 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.16 16 Physics 2012-02-06T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/16?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/15?referer=rss Salt crystallizing on walls or old artifacts forms in discrete bunches, rather than coating the surface, because of an unexpected feedback effect, according to experiments and simulations.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/9fff62d6a6fdc2fd" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Fri Feb 03, 2012
Published Fri Feb 03, 2012]]> Focus: Why Salt Clusters Form on Basement Walls 2012-02-03T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.15 Physics 5, 15 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.15 15 Physics 2012-02-03T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/15?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.051302?referer=rss An underground neutrino detector has found the first evidence of a nuclear reaction that produces deuterium in the sun.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.051302" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Feb 02, 2012
Published Thu Feb 02, 2012]]> Synopsis: Rare Fusion Reactions Probed with Solar Neutrinos 2012-02-02T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-02-02T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.051302?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.056604?referer=rss Transport measurements suggest that a lithium-based metal may be a candidate material for thermomagnetic cooling.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.056604" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Feb 02, 2012
Published Thu Feb 02, 2012]]> Synopsis: Giant Nernst Effect in a 1D Metal 2012-02-02T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-02-02T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.056604?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/14?referer=rss An NMR technique tracks the diffusion of water molecules to obtain micron-scale structural information about a porous material.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/029d1b2b67336e67" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Tue Jan 31, 2012
Published Tue Jan 31, 2012]]> Viewpoint: NMR Looks Deep Inside Nooks and Crannies 2012-01-31T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.14 Physics 5, 14 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.14 14 Physics 2012-01-31T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/14?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/13?referer=rss Observation of shallow water motion provides a remarkably good way to simulate the shock wave instabilities that occur in exploding stars.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/4cb45fbb38c68eb1" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Mon Jan 30, 2012
Published Mon Jan 30, 2012]]> Viewpoint: Seeing Stellar Explosions with Shallow Water 2012-01-30T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.13 Physics 5, 13 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.13 13 Physics 2012-01-30T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/13?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/12?referer=rss A sheet of tiny structures, such as nanoscale graphene disks, can absorb all incident light of a specific wavelength coming from any direction, theory suggests.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/e02dd10ce6fc14a5" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Fri Jan 27, 2012
Published Fri Jan 27, 2012]]> Focus: Graphene Arrays Could Be Perfect Absorbers 2012-01-27T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.12 Physics 5, 12 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.12 12 Physics 2012-01-27T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/12?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.043604?referer=rss Quantum interference of pairs of photons emitted by nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond paves the way for entanglement of distant qubits.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.043604" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 26, 2012
Published Thu Jan 26, 2012]]> Synopsis: One Photon Good, Two Better 2012-01-26T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-26T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.043604?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.041601?referer=rss The breaking of charge-parity symmetry at lower temperatures than expected in the initial stages of the big bang could explain the abundance of matter over antimatter in the universe.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.041601" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 26, 2012
Published Thu Jan 26, 2012]]> Synopsis: Tipping the Balance 2012-01-26T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-26T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.041601?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevX.2.011006?referer=rss Semiconductor quantum dots connected by floating metallic gates point the way to a scalable quantum computer.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevX.2.011006" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 26, 2012
Published Thu Jan 26, 2012]]> Synopsis: Floating Gates 2012-01-26T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-26T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevX.2.011006?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/11?referer=rss Advances in a magneto-optical technique will allow researchers to better understand how to control spins in a metal with short optical pulses.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/767a860fcdf78369" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Mon Jan 23, 2012
Published Mon Jan 23, 2012]]> Viewpoint: Spin-Sensitive Optics 2012-01-23T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.11 Physics 5, 11 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.11 11 Physics 2012-01-23T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/11?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/10?referer=rss Cold-atom experiments tread into the land of two-dimensional superconductivity.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/16384a2e78c75cdc" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Mon Jan 23, 2012
Published Mon Jan 23, 2012]]> Viewpoint: Fermion Pairing in Flatland 2012-01-23T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.10 Physics 5, 10 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.10 10 Physics 2012-01-23T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/10?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/9?referer=rss The Millikan oil drop experiment, published in final form in 1913, demonstrated that charge comes in discrete chunks and was a bridge between classical electromagnetism and modern quantum physics.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/646cc3e7c2200a3a" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Fri Jan 20, 2012
Published Fri Jan 20, 2012]]> Focus: Landmarks–Millikan Measures the Electron’s Charge 2012-01-20T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.9 Physics 5, 9 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.9 9 Physics 2012-01-20T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/9?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011130?referer=rss Using a simplified airplane seating arrangement, theorists have found that boarding time is less dependent on the number of passengers than one might expect.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011130" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 19, 2012
Published Thu Jan 19, 2012]]> Synopsis: Now Boarding All Rows 2012-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011130?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.024032?referer=rss A well-known model for studying magnetic phase transitions may provide a path to developing a quantum theory of gravity.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.024032" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 19, 2012
Published Thu Jan 19, 2012]]> Synopsis: Gravity Finds a New Partner 2012-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.024032?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.036102?referer=rss Simulations reveal both solid- and liquidlike frictional properties in molecularly thin lubricants.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.036102" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 19, 2012
Published Thu Jan 19, 2012]]> Synopsis: Slipping By 2012-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-19T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.036102?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/8?referer=rss A technique from ion spectroscopy reveals the quantum nature of a mechanical system at low temperature.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/6f54cf07c6fd74f9" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Tue Jan 17, 2012
Published Tue Jan 17, 2012]]> Viewpoint: Seeing the “Quantum” in Quantum Zero-Point Fluctuations 2012-01-17T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.8 Physics 5, 8 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.8 8 Physics 2012-01-17T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/8?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/7?referer=rss New theoretical tools could take spintronic lasers to the next phase of their evolution.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/a6471129ca29bf2e" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Tue Jan 17, 2012
Published Tue Jan 17, 2012]]> Viewpoint: Spins Jump Another Threshold 2012-01-17T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.7 Physics 5, 7 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.7 7 Physics 2012-01-17T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/7?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/6?referer=rss A proposed device improves on past designs and would sort small particles from large ones to a purity of over 99 percent, without any moving parts.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/09cae8abfbee92b1" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Fri Jan 13, 2012
Published Fri Jan 13, 2012]]> Focus: Particles Sorted by Entropy 2012-01-13T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.6 Physics 5, 6 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.6 6 Physics 2012-01-13T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/6?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.027401?referer=rss An algorithm for simulating animal evolution has been adapted to predict a silicon-based material fit for optoelectronics applications.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.027401" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 12, 2012
Published Thu Jan 12, 2012]]> Synopsis: New Recipe for Optics-Friendly Silicon 2012-01-12T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-12T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.027401?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.026403?referer=rss Researchers have observed a new phase transition as the geophysically important mineral FeO becomes metallic when compressed in a diamond anvil cell.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.026403" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 12, 2012 FeO becomes metallic when compressed in a diamond anvil cell.

Published Thu Jan 12, 2012]]> Synopsis: Lowered Resistance Under Pressure 2012-01-12T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-12T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.026403?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.021601?referer=rss Liquids that approach an often-quoted lower limit for viscosity are deemed “perfect,” but now this lower limit is itself being questioned.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.021601" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 12, 2012
Published Thu Jan 12, 2012]]> Synopsis: Out of Bounds 2012-01-12T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-12T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.021601?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.022502?referer=rss Experimentalists make considerable progress towards sustained production of superheavy elements.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.022502" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 12, 2012
Published Thu Jan 12, 2012]]> Synopsis: The More the Merrier…and Heavier 2012-01-12T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-12T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.022502?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/5?referer=rss Theorists uncover a new way that interactions between highly excited atoms can affect the way they radiate.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/fd017798cd8c3d5d" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Mon Jan 09, 2012
Published Mon Jan 09, 2012]]> Viewpoint: Rydberg Atoms Jump in Bunches 2012-01-09T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.5 Physics 5, 5 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.5 5 Physics 2012-01-09T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/5?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/4?referer=rss Two new experiments on fluid turbulence have attained conditions needed to establish asymptotic scalings for turbulent transports of heat and angular momentum.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/e6de2e3cb50fbc86" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Mon Jan 09, 2012
Published Mon Jan 09, 2012]]> Viewpoint: The Twins of Turbulence Research 2012-01-09T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.4 Physics 5, 4 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.4 4 Physics 2012-01-09T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/4?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/3?referer=rss A new technique measures each unit of charge that accumulates on a submerged plastic bead, unprecedented resolution for a liquid-solid interface and an experiment that may benefit a variety of commercial devices and processes.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/assets/2845e7c3a069d445" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Fri Jan 06, 2012
Published Fri Jan 06, 2012]]> Focus: Millikan’s Experiment Takes the Next Step 2012-01-06T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited doi:10.1103/Physics.5.3 Physics 5, 3 (2012) article 10.1103/Physics.5.3 3 Physics 2012-01-06T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/3?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.011102?referer=rss A crust-busting vibration of a neutron star—induced by a merger with another dense object—may explain pre-emptive flashes for some gamma-ray bursts.<br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.011102" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 05, 2012
Published Thu Jan 05, 2012]]> Synopsis: Neutron Stars Shattered by Perfect Pitch 2012-01-05T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-05T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.011102?referer=rss http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.010502?referer=rss <br/><img src="http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-image/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.010502" width="78" height="78"><br/> Published Thu Jan 05, 2012
Published Thu Jan 05, 2012]]> Synopsis: Quantum Pairs Walking 2012-01-05T10:00:00-05:00 Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited Physics 2012-01-05T10:00:00-05:00 http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.010502?referer=rss