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Marcus Woo

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materials science

The Shape-Shifting Squeeze Coolers

By Marcus Woo
August 24, 2020
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Push or crush a new class of materials, and they’ll undergo record-breaking temperature changes.

Abstractions blog

Mathematicians Calculate How Randomness Creeps In

By Marcus Woo
November 12, 2019
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Mathematicians have figured out exactly how many moves it takes to randomize a 15 puzzle.

Abstractions blog

How the Neutrino’s Tiny Mass Could Help Solve Big Mysteries

By Marcus Woo
October 15, 2019
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The KATRIN experiment is closing in on the mass of the neutrino, which could point to new laws of particle physics and shape theories of cosmology.

quantum physics

Quantum Machine Appears to Defy Universe’s Push for Disorder

By Marcus Woo
March 20, 2019
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One of the first quantum simulators has produced a puzzling phenomenon: a row of atoms that repeatedly pops back into place.

mathematical physics

A Child’s Puzzle Has Helped Unlock the Secrets of Magnetism

By Marcus Woo
January 24, 2019
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People have known about magnets since ancient times, but the physics of ferromagnetism remains a mystery. Now a familiar puzzle is getting physicists closer to the answer.

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quantum physics

‘Quantum Atmospheres’ May Reveal Secrets of Matter

By Marcus Woo
September 25, 2018
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A new theory proposes that the quantum properties of an object extend into an “atmosphere” that surrounds the material.

geophysics

The Hunt for Earth’s Deep Hidden Oceans

By Marcus Woo
July 11, 2018
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Water-bearing minerals reveal that Earth’s mantle could hold more water than all its oceans. Researchers now ask: Where did it all come from?

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statistical physics

The Atomic Theory of Origami

By Marcus Woo
October 31, 2017
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By reimagining the kinks and folds of origami as atoms in a lattice, researchers are uncovering strange behavior hiding in simple structures.

About the author

Marcus Woo is a science journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His work has appeared in WIRED, New Scientist, National Geographic, Smithsonian, NPR, the BBC, and other publications.
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