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  • Machine Learning Predicts Liquid–Gas Transition

    Author(s): Mark Buchanan Conventional theory has trouble predicting the conditions that will cause a liquid to boil, but a neural-network-based approach performs better. [Physics 18, 17] Published Fri Jan 24, 2025

  • Quantum Refrigerator Keeps Qubits Cool

    Author(s): Susan Curtis Physicists have demonstrated a quantum machine that could reduce errors in quantum computers by ensuring that the qubits they use remain in their initial state before a calculation starts. [Physics 18, 16] Published Thu Jan 23, 2025

  • Robotic Vacuum Cleaner for Microplastics

    Author(s): Katherine Wright Seong Jim Kim and Myoung-Woon Moon of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology have developed a device that can “vacuum” up tiny pieces of plastic floating on the surface of a body of water. [Physics 18, 6] Published Thu Jan 23, 2025

  • Bumpy Particles Take One Step to Become Glass

    Author(s): Rachel Berkowitz Roughing up the surfaces of particles in a colloidal system can smooth its transition into a glassy state. [Physics 18, s11] Published Thu Jan 23, 2025

  • Quantum Milestones, 1905: Einstein and the Photoelectric Effect

    Author(s): Jennifer Ouellette In one of his annus mirabilis papers, Einstein explained the photoelectric effect by considering light as a stream of energy quanta—which were later called photons. [Physics 18, 15] Published Wed Jan 22, 2025

  • Noise Becomes a Quantum Ally

    Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson Noise is typically detrimental to quantum effects, but simulations suggest that it can boost entanglement under certain conditions. [Physics 18, s5] Published Wed Jan 22, 2025

  • How Having Extra Chromosome Sets Shapes Evolution

    Author(s): Sachin Rawat Researchers predict that having extra sets of chromosomes can both speed up and slow down the evolution of an organism, depending on the organism’s “fitness landscape.” [Physics 18, 14] Published Tue Jan 21, 2025
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