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How can physicists reap the benefits of conferences while reducing their environmental impact? New formats, such as online and multisite conferences, may be part of the solution.
A Nature Communications paper reports a new model describing friction in layered materials and explaining previous results that were in apparent contradiction with one another.
The integration of gate-defined quantum dots with superconducting resonators results in a hybrid architecture that holds promise for quantum information processing. This Review discusses recent experimental results in the field, including the achievement of strong coupling between single microwave photons and the charge and spin degrees of freedom, and examines the underlying physics.
A PNAS paper presents a neural network of physics publications that can identify trends and provide suggestions for future research directions in quantum physics
A Nature Physics paper reports a hardware-independent variational quantum algorithm that can be used to verify sampling and characterize unknown physical processes.
The increasing entropy of a black hole that evaporates by emitting Hawking radiation is at odds with the predictions of quantum mechanics. Juan Maldacena discusses the latest advances in solving this puzzle, known as the black hole information paradox.
Cosmological computer simulations of galaxy formation emerged as the primary tool to study structure formation in the Universe. This Technical Review describes the main techniques and ingredients of such simulations and their application to develop and constrain galaxy formation theories.
Cilia are hair-like organelles that enable cellular locomotion. This Review considers cilia from a dynamical systems perspective, discussing the nonlinear oscillations seen in the single cilia of microorganisms and the emergent topological phenomena seen in the ciliary arrays of animals.
Neutron spectroscopy is a powerful probe to study the dynamics in materials. This Technical Review assesses the state-of-the-art experimental spectroscopic methods, which are optimized to provide high energy resolution and can reveal dynamic processes on the picosecond and nanosecond timescales.
