Ultracold matter Research update Physicists take the temperature of second sound Results could have applications for studies of high-temperature superconductors and neutron stars Read article: Physicists take the temperature of second sound
Ultracold matter Research update Physicists observe false vacuum decay in a ferromagnetic superfluid First experimental evidence of true vacuum “bubbles” could have implications for cosmology as well as condensed-matter physics Read article: Physicists observe false vacuum decay in a ferromagnetic superfluid
Ultracold matter Research update Machine learning takes hassle out of cold-atom experiments Reinforcement learning can make cooling apparatus more robust Read article: Machine learning takes hassle out of cold-atom experiments
Quantum computing Research update Entangled molecules make a novel qubit platform Two independent groups report a new tool for quantum science Read article: Entangled molecules make a novel qubit platform
Quantum mechanics Research update No-heat quantum engine makes its debut Researchers demonstrate a prototype engine powered by the quantum statistics of bosons and fermions Read article: No-heat quantum engine makes its debut
Gravity Research update Antimatter does not fall up, CERN experiment reveals ALPHA-g is first to observe antihydrogen in freefall Read article: Antimatter does not fall up, CERN experiment reveals
Ultracold matter Research update ‘Alice rings’ spotted in a Bose–Einstein condensate Laboratory experiment could shed light on cosmological questions Read article: ‘Alice rings’ spotted in a Bose–Einstein condensate
Quantum mechanics Research update Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox gets a 1000-atom test New experiment brings EPR thought experiment to reality for the first time in massive, many-particle systems Read article: Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox gets a 1000-atom test
Condensed matter Research update Fractional quantum Hall state appears in ultracold atoms Strongly interacting Laughlin state had previously only been observed in condensed-matter systems and in photons Read article: Fractional quantum Hall state appears in ultracold atoms
Ultracold matter Research update Interactions between ultracold molecules controlled by physicists Discoveries opens new possibilities for controlling chemical reactions Read article: Interactions between ultracold molecules controlled by physicists
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