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Gravity weighs in on spectroscopy

Gravity weighs in on spectroscopy

Apr 8
100 years of superconductivity

100 years of superconductivity

Magnetism’s new hotness

Magnetism’s new hotness

A chip containing tiny mechanical resonators. If cooled down, the resonators are shown to be in a quantum-mechanical ground state, which opens the door for quantum control of mechanical systems!
Photo by Erik Lucero. Paper published in Nature, April 2010. 

A chip containing tiny mechanical resonators. If cooled down, the resonators are shown to be in a quantum-mechanical ground state, which opens the door for quantum control of mechanical systems!

Photo by Erik Lucero. Paper published in Nature, April 2010. 

Sendai

Sendai

Mar 5
Synthesizers for light waves

Synthesizers for light waves

The ‘anti-laser’

The ‘anti-laser’

Light bending to the extreme

Light bending to the extreme

Stewardship of scientific data

Stewardship of scientific data

Feb 4

One of the attractions about using clones is that it makes people ask immediately, What does it mean to be a human being?

- Kazuo Ishiguro (via theparisreview)