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A new analysis of cave stalagmites almost doubles the span of known variations in rainfall over East Asia.

Some of the ocean’s smallest organisms can now be observed in their natural habitat.

Easing the tortuous path for lithium ions improves electrode performance.

Atomic beams, optical pumping, and magnet geometry are the crux of a fledgling method that may help meet the demand for pure isotopes.

Improvements in nonlinear algorithms will harness the full benefits of renewable power.

Students convene in Einstein’s college town for fun and physics.

The electric vehicle’s history offers a lesson to the wise: Harvesting the fruits of basic science requires industrial foresight, investment, and a healthy dose of realpolitik.

Graphene is not the only atomically thin material of technological importance. Diverse families of newly harnessed monolayers have far-reaching implications for basic physics, materials science, and engineering.

When a two-dimensional material abuts a three-dimensional one, a century-old electrical phenomenon finds new applicability.

In many biological systems, structures all grow at the same rate. That phenomenon of proportionate growth has now been observed in a nonequilibrium physical system.