Issues

The Milky Way’s nearest full-grown neighbor–almost its twin–offers a unique opportunity for studying how galaxies grow.

An extension of a difficult optical technique provides unprecedented information about a semiconductor system.

Doped manganites manifest competing phases of different electronic and magnetic order. Thanks to a new technique, the phases’ nanoscale battleground can now be mapped.

The well-funded, strategically executed yet isolated experiment could fly or flop.

Lab also sees applications in monitoring isotopic content of reactor fuel and assaying nuclear waste.

The study of materials under harsh conditions is essential to meet a range of energy challenges—from creating better turbines, reactors, and batteries to developing future energy systems in dense plasmas.

Loud anthropogenic noises can alter the behavior of whales and other marine mammals, sometimes with fatal consequences.

Dirac practiced theoretical physics for almost 60 years with a unique style: a sometimes baffling combination of intuition, imagination, rectilinear logic, and steam-hammer mathematical power.

Regularly spaced bumps that arise on ski slopes defy intuition by migrating uphill, even though skiers and snow move downhill.