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Toward faster, safer proton therapy

Johanna Miller
Physics Today 76 (9), 15–17 (2023);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5304
Published: September 2023
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Uranus’s hidden polar cyclone, revealed

Johanna Miller
Physics Today 76 (8), 14–16 (2023);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5285
Published: August 2023
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How a cloud of insects is (and isn’t) like a magnet

Johanna Miller
Physics Today 76 (7), 14–16 (2023);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5265
Published: July 2023
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Squeezing mechanical motion

Johanna Miller
Published: October 2015
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
Manipulating quantum zero-point fluctuations may pave the way for ultraprecise measurements of forces and positions.
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Charged polymer nanostructures

Johanna Miller
Published: June 2014
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
A new theoretical description provides a roadmap to designing better battery electrolytes.
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Stable self-assembled monolayers

Johanna Miller
Published: April 2014
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
There's a need for organic substances that can interface with metal surfaces under harsh laboratory conditions. A class of unusual, reactive molecules just might do the trick.
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Solar magnetic reconnection seen in detail

Johanna Miller
Published: July 2013
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
New observations provide the most complete picture yet for the most energetic explosions in the solar system.
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A long-sought phase transition in superconducting cuprates

Johanna Miller
Published: June 2013
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
It's been more than a quarter century since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in a class of copper oxide compounds, and the materials still harbor many secrets.
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Modeling bursting bubble dynamics

Johanna Miller
Published: May 2013
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
Separation of scales enables the first realistic simulations of the evolution of a foam.
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New transparency in brain imaging

Johanna Miller
Published: April 2013
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
Researchers can now probe the brain neuron by neuron deep beneath the surface without cutting it apart.
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Biomechanics and bird brains

Johanna Miller
Published: March 2013
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
An interdisciplinary collaboration tests whether birds can recognize a model’s reproduction of their own songs.
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Water dimer yields to spectroscopic study

Johanna Miller
Published: March 2013
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
Water is Earth's principal greenhouse molecule: It's responsible for well over half of the atmosphere's absorption of solar and terrestrial radiation.
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Nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance

Johanna Miller
Published: February 2013
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
Detecting the tiny magnetic field from a few thousand atomic nuclei is a first step toward imaging molecular structures directly.
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Bioelectricity gets a leg up

Johanna Miller
Published: January 2013
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
Tinkering with an organism’s electric signaling can affect its growth in powerful and often surprising ways.
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Building a better OLED

Johanna Miller
Published: December 2012
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
Organic LEDs are an emerging technology for electronic displays and lighting. And the materials that can be used to make them just got more diverse.
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Cooling molecules the optoelectric way

Johanna Miller
Published: November 2012
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
In a new experiment, the complex rotational and vibrational motions of molecules are not a hindrance but a help.
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Temperature-sensitive colloids show off a new type of melting

Johanna Miller
Published: October 2012
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
Micron-sized spheres offer a useful model for studying phase-transition dynamics.
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Imaging fractional differences in chemical bond order

Johanna Miller
Published: September 2012
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
High-resolution atomic force microscopy can map out subtle variations in a molecule’s electronic structure.
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A mysterious player on the atmospheric stage

Johanna Miller
Published: August 2012
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
The unidentified molecule reacts with sulfur dioxide, with implications for climate and human health.
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Artificial materials manipulate heat flow

Johanna Miller
Published: June 2012
TOPICS: Research & Technology
Abstract
The layered composites conduct heat anisotropically, to counterintuitive effect.
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