Issues
Readers' Forum
Another way to prevent cheating
Laudable lectures
Mavericks who failed
Hubble has more time
Superdeterministic loophole
Search and Discovery
A family of two-dimensional conductors comes into bloom
MXenes, a promising group of atomically thin materials, can now be fabricated without harsh acids and with little waste.
Theory and experiment disagree on alpha particles
Electron-scattering experiments on excited helium nuclei open questions about the accuracy and sensitivity of state-of-the-art nuclear models.
Issues and Events
Urgent measures are needed to shore up NIST’s crumbling facilities
Researchers must cope with flooding, power surges, and other difficulties.
World-leading rare isotope facility is on line in Michigan
Ion beams from oxygen to uranium contribute to research for applications and fundamental nuclear science at a new DOE user facility.
Articles
Nanophotonics for a sustainable future
As the field matures, its researchers are finding practical applications in solar-energy harvesting, chemical manufacturing, optical refrigeration, and energy-efficient computing.
Optical analogues to NMR spectroscopy
By using tunable lasers to entangle rotational, vibrational, and electronic states, researchers are learning more about molecules and their properties than from previous methods.
John Herschel’s reform of science
The son of the world’s most famous astronomer, Herschel helped liberate science from the realm of aristocratic privilege.
Books
A synthesis of physical connectedness
Topological Phases of Matter, Roderich Moessner and Joel E. Moore
New Products
Quick Study
Making soft and reconfigurable electronics with liquid metals
Gallium-based alloys can change shape when an electric potential reversibly alters its surface tension.