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How the blue-ringed octopus flashes its rings

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Lydia Mäthger
Physics Today 75 (12), 62–63 (2022);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5146
Published: December 2022
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Time-reversed laser absorbs nearly all light

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Heather M. Hill
Physics Today 75 (11), 21–22 (2022);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5118
Published: November 2022
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When fizzy water levitates

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Philippe Bourrianne, Gareth H. McKinley
Physics Today 75 (8), 62–63 (2022);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.5070
Published: August 2022
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A field guide to angle-independent structural color

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Vinothan N. Manoharan, Anna B. Stephenson
Physics Today 74 (1), 62–63 (2021);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4663
Published: January 2021
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Shedding light (and dark) on quantum probabilities

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Steven K. Blau
Physics Today 70 (6), 24–25 (2017);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3584
Published: June 2017
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Boiling water one bubble at a time

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Sung Chang
Physics Today 69 (4), 22 (2016);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3128
Published: April 2016
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A quantum cascade laser gets a geometric makeover

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R. Mark Wilson
Physics Today 69 (2), 16–19 (2016);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3070
Published: February 2016
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An ultrathin film as near-perfect IR absorber

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R. Mark Wilson
Physics Today 66 (1), 18 (2013);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1843
Published: January 2013
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When a dusty plasma gets dirty

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Stephen G. Benka
Physics Today 65 (8), 19 (2012);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1667
Published: August 2012
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Quantum Physics for Poets

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Robert March
Physics Today 65 (2), 51 (2012);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1440
Published: February 2012
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Gobbling up light with an antilaser

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A. Douglas Stone
Physics Today 64 (11), 68–69 (2011);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1341
Published: November 2011
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Focusing light with a photon sieve

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Physics Today 64 (9), 96 (2011);
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1269
Published: September 2011
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Simple molecules mimic double slits

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Ashley G. Smart
Physics Today 64 (6), 18 (2011);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3605465
Published: June 2011
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Radio interferometry measures the black hole at the Milky Way’s center

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Bertram Schwarzschild
Physics Today 61 (11), 14–, 16, 18 (2008);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027977
Published: November 2008
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Iridescences: The Physical Colors of Insects

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George Kattawar
Physics Today 61 (2), 64–65 (2008);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2883914
Published: February 2008
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Intense X-Shaped Pulses of Light Propagate Without Spreading in Water and Other Dispersive Media

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Charles Day
Physics Today 57 (10), 25–26 (2004);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1825261
Published: October 2004
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Somewhere Under the Rainbow

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E. Blaise Saccocio
Physics Today 57 (3), 16–17 (2004);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796420
Published: March 2004
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Light as a Feather: Structural Elements Give Peacock Plumes Their Color

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Steven K. Blau
Physics Today 57 (1), 18–20 (2004);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1650059
Published: January 2004
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Covering Condensed Matter Fundamentals

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Philip L. Taylor, Olle Heinonen
Physics Today 56 (12), 18–19 (2003);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1650211
Published: December 2003
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A Quantum Approach to Condensed Matter Physics

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Piers Coleman
Physics Today 56 (5), 64–65 (2003);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1583540
Published: May 2003
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