Issues

Visible light can track molecules with nanometer and millisecond resolution, even amid the complexity of a living cell.

With recent advances in laser technology and cold-atom methods, the technique’s sensitivity to the isotope has reached environmental levels.

Even as shelling of Ukrainian facilities threatens a radiological disaster, Russia’s sales of enriched uranium to the US and the EU continue.

Duplicating or replacing serendipitous encounters in virtual environments is a challenge.

Through a combination of idealized simulations and real-world data, researchers are uncovering how internal feedbacks and large-scale motions influence cloud dynamics.

Fifteen years after the surprising discovery of superconductivity in iron-based materials, researchers are beginning to impart some of their newfound wisdom on a slew of emerging superconductors that display similar traits.

Even as the physical sciences have advanced and transformed, many of the community’s needs and concerns have persisted.

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion, Sean Carroll, Dutton, 2022, $23.00

The Statistical Mechanics of Irreversible Phenomena, Pierre Gaspard, Cambridge U. Press, 2022, $99.99

The predominance of green terrestrial plants stems from chlorophyll’s absorbance wavelengths. Those spectral selections ensure consistent energy harvesting and avoid photo-oxidative stress.