Atomic and molecular Research update Five-body recombination could cause significant loss from atom traps Efimov states could be used to build molecules and achieve nuclear fusion Read article: Five-body recombination could cause significant loss from atom traps
History Opinion and reviews Mathematical genius: celebrating the life and work of Emmy Noether Isabel Rabey reviews Einstein’s Tutor: the Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics by Lee Philips Read article: Mathematical genius: celebrating the life and work of Emmy Noether
Quantum mechanics Research update Could an extra time dimension reconcile quantum entanglement with local causality? “Toy model” could be tested using photons Read article: Could an extra time dimension reconcile quantum entanglement with local causality?
Personalities Opinion and reviews So you think you know Roger Penrose? Be prepared to be shocked Chanda Prescod-Weinstein reviews The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius by Patchen Barss Read article: So you think you know Roger Penrose? Be prepared to be shocked
Mathematical physics Research update Curious consequence of special relativity observed for the first time in the lab Real 3D objects appear rotated rather than contracted when moving at relativistic speeds Read article: Curious consequence of special relativity observed for the first time in the lab
Mathematical physics Research update Theorists propose a completely new class of quantum particles Paraparticles are fundamentally different from bosons and fermions and could be created using ultracold atoms Read article: Theorists propose a completely new class of quantum particles
Mathematical physics Research update String theory may be inevitable as a unified theory of physics, calculations suggest Physicists explore particle scattering at tiny length scales Read article: String theory may be inevitable as a unified theory of physics, calculations suggest
Mathematical physics Blog Universe’s lifespan too short for monkeys to type out Shakespeare’s works, finds study About 200,000 monkeys could type out “I chimp, therefore I am” before the universe ends, however Read article: Universe’s lifespan too short for monkeys to type out Shakespeare’s works, finds study
Mathematical physics Opinion and reviews Confused by the twin paradox? Maybe philosophy can help Robert P Crease discusses a puzzle that goes to the heart of science and philosophy Read article: Confused by the twin paradox? Maybe philosophy can help
Quantum Research update Open problem in quantum entanglement theory solved after nearly 25 years Non-existence of universal maximally entangled isospectral mixed states has implications for research on quantum technologies Read article: Open problem in quantum entanglement theory solved after nearly 25 years