Christopher Crockett

Strange entities called collexons hint at undiscovered physics among interacting subatomic particles in a semiconductor.

Molecular defects can improve the mechanical flexibility of graphene nanoribbons without affecting their electrical properties, new experiments show.

Simulations provide a detailed picture of the emission of dust grains in our Galaxy, which is known to interfere with measurements of the cosmic microwave background.

Researchers have spotted a never-before-seen collective spin oscillation in a Bose-Einstein condensate of chromium atoms.

Line failures can emerge and propagate in power grids because of varying power injections such as those from wind and solar plants.

Head-on collisions between icy moonlets might be responsible for the peculiar shapes of some of Saturn’s moons.

Simulations suggest that the gamma rays accompanying the neutron star merger detected in 2017 came from a short gamma-ray burst viewed at a 30° angle.

Calculations show that dark matter affects the propagation of gravitational waves but at a level far below the sensitivity of current detectors.

An MRI imaging technique reveals a structure of chiral domains in a slab of superfluid helium-3.

The inclusion of short-range interactions in models of neutrinoless double-beta decay could impact the interpretation of experimental searches for the elusive decay.

A search for gamma rays from dark matter annihilation comes up empty while improving constraints on parameters of candidate dark matter particles known as WIMPs.

Experiments involving a magnetic quantum Newton’s cradle provide insights into how interacting quantum particles achieve thermal equilibrium.

The thermal radiation transfer between two quartz plates separated by a 200-nm gap is 45 times greater than predicted by conventional laws for blackbodies.

The electrical properties of a graphene bilayer can be tuned by stretching and rotating one of the bilayer’s sheets. By stacking one-atom-thick sheets, researchers can construct ultrathin materials with tailored electrical and optical properties. These properties can depend on how the sheets are arranged. A pair of graphene sheets stacked slightly askew, for example, can superconduct (see 14 March 2018 Meetings). However, no one has yet looked at what happens when one sheet is stretched relativ

A new theoretical framework connects the exponential growth of a cell population to the stochastic replication of individual cells within the population.

New software increases the reliability of measuring how strongly genes are expressed in an individual cell, even when the cell is barely reading certain genes.

Polar cyclones, surprisingly deep atmosphere and a fluid mass spinning as a rigid body are among the latest discoveries at Jupiter.

The rate of a nuclear transition of thorium-229 can be controlled by placing the atom in a cavity or in a thin film—an effect that could lead to ultraprecise nuclear clocks.

A proposed dipole source of electromagnetic waves can selectively couple its emission into either of two neighboring waveguides.

An analysis of distortions in the cosmic microwave background reveals information about the gas inside large voids in space.