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A new future lies in store for Reports on Progress in Physics as the journal turns 90
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Sidney Perkowitz explores the science behind the work of Japanese painter Akiko Nakayama
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Liquid–metal interfaces show large thermoelectric effect
Discovery could help us better understand Jupiter’s magnetic field as well as improve liquid–metal batteries
‘Poor man’s Majoranas’ offer testbed for studying possible qubits
A new approach could put Majorana particles on track to become a novel qubit platform, but some scientists doubt the results’ validity
Domain walls in twisted graphene make 1D superconductors
Structures could have applications in future electronic devices
Protecting phone screens with non-Newtonian fluids
Fluids that get runnier during impact are optimized for preventing damage to phone screens
Wigner crystal appears in bilayer graphene
First direct observations made of a lattice structure consisting solely of electrons
Laser light makes a material magnetic
Researchers demonstrate a new way to induce a relatively large magnetic moment in room-temperature materials
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Philip Ball investigates the strange quantum effects that control water flow in carbon nanotubes
Heat capacity measurements reveal Majorana fermions
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Quasiparticles called merons appear in a synthetic antiferromagnet for the first time
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Reflection and polarization benefit from sharper atomic interfaces
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Drinking bird toy generates usable electricity
Dippy bird device powers 20 liquid-crystal displays
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Findings contradict central electromagnetic principle that the force between like charges is always repulsive
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APS March Meeting: connecting physicists from around the globe
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