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The Physics of Glass Opens a Window Into Biology

By Jordana Cepelewicz
June 11, 2018
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The physicist Lisa Manning studies the dynamics of glassy materials to understand embryonic development and disease.

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Elusive Higgs-Like State Created in Exotic Materials

By Sophia Chen
February 28, 2018
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Two teams of physicists have created the “Higgs mode” – a link between particle physics and the physics of matter. The work could help researchers understand the strange behavior of deeply quantum systems.

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Physicists Aim to Classify All Possible Phases of Matter

By Natalie Wolchover
January 3, 2018
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A complete classification could lead to a wealth of new materials and technologies. But some exotic phases continue to resist understanding.

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The Math That Promises to Make the World Brighter

By Kevin Hartnett
September 6, 2017
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The color of LED lights is controlled by a clumsy process. A new mathematical discovery may make it easier for us to get the hues we want.

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Seeing Emergent Physics Behind Evolution

By Jordana Cepelewicz
August 31, 2017
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Nigel Goldenfeld applies the physics of condensed matter to understand how evolution sprinted for the earliest life — and then slowed down.

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Mathematicians Tame Rogue Waves, Lighting Up Future of LEDs

By Kevin Hartnett
August 22, 2017
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The mathematician Svitlana Mayboroda and collaborators have figured out how to predict the behavior of electrons — a mathematical discovery that could have immediate practical effects.

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Dark Matter Recipe Calls for One Part Superfluid

By Jennifer Ouellette
June 13, 2017
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A different kind of dark matter could help to resolve an old celestial conundrum.

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‘Digital Alchemist’ Seeks Rules of Emergence

By Natalie Wolchover
March 8, 2017
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Computational physicist Sharon Glotzer is uncovering the rules by which complex collective phenomena emerge from simple building blocks.

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Inside the Knotty World of ‘Anyon’ Particles

By Frank Wilczek
February 28, 2017
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A new class of quantum particle is about to emerge from the tangled considerations of quantum statistics.


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