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What’s under the hood of a quantum computer?

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Christine Middleton
Physics Today 78 (1), 58–61 (2025);
https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.juzl.eleu
Published: January 2025
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Trapped-atom analysis pushes calcium-41 onto the radiometric dating scene

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Christine Middleton
Physics Today 76 (5), 17–19 (2023);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5231
Published: May 2023
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Stepping into NSF

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Christine Middleton
Physics Today 75 (10), 32–37 (2022);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5099
Published: October 2022
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Jamming connects granulation and flow

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Christine Middleton
Physics Today 75 (9), 19–21 (2022);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5077
Published: September 2022
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Crustaceans make cement stronger

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Christine Middleton
Published: August 2022
TOPICS: Research & Technology
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Incorporating shells into the building material may reduce its environmental impact by increasing its lifetime.
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Jamming links granulation and flow

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Christine Middleton
Published: July 2022
TOPICS: Research & Technology
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A unified model that describes how powders behave when they get wet could inform industrial processing of such disparate products as gunpowder and chocolate.
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Insects inspire ink for 4D printing

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Christine Middleton
Published: July 2022
TOPICS: Research & Technology
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Objects made through additive manufacturing can display iridescent colors that change in response to humidity.
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Behind the cover: July 2022

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Christine Middleton
Published: July 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
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A look inside one of the prototype detectors for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment conveys the program’s massive scale.
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The sound of deep-frying

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Christine Middleton
Published: June 2022
TOPICS: Research & Technology
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Three types of steam-filled bubbles that form in hot oil produce distinct audio signatures.
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Photonic waveguides shed their cladding

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Christine Middleton
Physics Today 75 (6), 20–21 (2022);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5015
Published: June 2022
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Microfluidics with a splash of color

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Christine Middleton
Published: May 2022
TOPICS: Research & Technology
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The channels have porous internal structures that control flow behavior and sense fluid properties.
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Photonic waveguides shed their cladding

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Christine Middleton
Published: May 2022
TOPICS: Research & Technology
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The slimmed-down conduits avoid cross talk between adjacent channels by using materials that support different wave modes.
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Glass ages in material time

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Christine Middleton
Physics Today 75 (5), 14–16 (2022);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4995
Published: May 2022
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Graphene drums detect jiggling cells

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Christine Middleton
Published: April 2022
TOPICS: Research & Technology
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A new technique measures a single bacterium’s nanoscale vibrations with sufficient precision to pinpoint their origin.
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Glass ages in material time

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Christine Middleton
Published: March 2022
TOPICS: Research & Technology
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The long-standing assumption that the same relaxation processes underlie linear and nonlinear aging is now backed up by experiments.
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Physicists happy to be back face-to-(masked)-face at APS March Meeting

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Christine Middleton and Heather M. Hill
Published: March 2022
TOPICS: Politics & Policy
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The meeting recaptures much of the pre-pandemic experience, but the hybrid format still has some issues to iron out.
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A stellar vampire mimics a black hole

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Christine Middleton
Published: March 2022
TOPICS: Research & Technology
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The star system thought to host the Sun’s nearest black hole neighbor is actually just a binary pair at an unusual evolutionary stage.
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Laser pulses probe quantum beats

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Christine Middleton
Physics Today 75 (3), 18–20 (2022);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4957
Published: March 2022
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An electrolyte powers a stretchy thermometer

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Christine Middleton
Published: February 2022
TOPICS: Research & Technology
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Temperature-driven rearrangements in the solution’s charge distribution manifest as a measurable change in voltage.
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Laser pulses probe quantum beats

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Christine Middleton
Published: January 2022
TOPICS: Research & Technology
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The technique could be used to investigate how molecules exhibiting such beats regulate behavior in living organisms.
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