Issues

Though it’s more reassuring than surprising, this new result from the enormous Auger ground array suggests the discovery potential of cosmic-ray astronomy.

The effect, which occurs without a magnetic field, is a new and topologically distinct electronic state.

Diamond submerged in water can lose some of its electrons and acquire p-type charge carriers, but only at low pH.

A decay mode predicted almost 50 years ago has been directly observed for the first time.

Electric power companies are demonstrating the capacity of new flexible wire to deliver more current in less space and to limit power surges.

Academic institutions fear that an Appropriations rider could undermine the long-established system for recovering research costs and financing new laboratories.

How do you run NASA effectively? Physics Today asks agency head Michael Griffin.

The latest compact systems promise big benefits in a diverse array of practical applications, particularly in the biological and medical arenas.

No successor is apparent for “St. Pete,” who showered funding and new programs on the labs.

South Dakota has taken the initiative to begin installing a variety of experiments in the 8000-foot-deep mine this year–long before the federal government can make its final decision.

Experiments can measure, and theory explain, the energetics behind packaging a virus with DNA and the DNA’s injection into a cell.

The imaging of unstained and fully hydrated biological specimens embedded in vitreous ice is leading to powerful advances in understanding the structural basis of biological phenomena.

The computations for the first-ever numerical experiment were performed by a young woman named Mary Tsingou. After decades of omission, it is time to recognize her contribution.

The system of conduits found in a tree is far larger and more complex than any human-constructed microfluidic system.