Geomimicry offers a new framework for engineering sustainable materials

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Latest in Physics

When engineers look to nature for inspiration, they often turn to living systems. The flight of birds has influenced aircraft design, gecko feet inspired new adhesives and lotus leaves led to the development of self-cleaning surfaces. Go to Source

Going beyond simple models of neural networks: Extended mean-field theory offers a better approach

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Physics is most readily applied to relatively simple systems: a pendulum, two electrons colliding or the structure of the solar system. But when systems become complicated—when many particles interact with one another, in condensed matter systems such as gases and...

Light particles reveal critical scaling in a two-dimensional photon gas

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Latest in Physics

A team of researchers from the University of Bonn, Heidelberg University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico has studied the critical behavior of light particles (photons) close to a phase transition. This critical scaling behavior, which sees...

The crisis in cosmology continues: Critical problems in a recent defense of cosmic acceleration

by quasarn01 | Aug 26, 2026 | Astronomy

Doubts about the standard model of cosmology are deepening after a new study identified fundamental problems in a recent analysis that defended the conventional view that the universe is currently undergoing accelerated expansion driven by dark energy. Go to...

Ramped fields create more robust entanglement between trapped-ion qubits

by quasarn01 | Aug 26, 2026 | Latest in Physics

While quantum computing could be the future, it is currently plagued by finicky hardware. To make the technology practical, researchers must demonstrate that it consistently and continuously works and performs at scale. In a new study, published in Physical Review...