Issues

Although similar to ultracold atomic gases, fluids of quasiparticles in a solid have more in common with forest fires.

Two simple geometric rules predict the wrinkle patterns of curved surfaces that are flattened.

A simple design overcomes a substantial limitation on potential applications for coherent perfect absorbers.

To buy equipment, build infrastructure, foster collaborations, and more, scientists are benefitting from—and relying on—private money.

The Parker Solar Probe is braving extreme conditions to explore the mysterious solar corona, a region that harbors some of the most difficult-to-understand phenomena in astrophysics.

A physical system that retrieves information from the past and acts on it appropriately can efficiently solve difficult combinatorial-optimization problems.

Created in 1917 to detect German U-boats, Paul Langevin’s piezoelectric quartz transducer remains the foundation of all modern ultrasonic techniques.

Materials scientists increasingly turn to the sedentary mollusks for inspiration when developing glues that adhere to wet surfaces.