Chocolate syrup-like fluid stores multiple interacting memories

Animals and electronic devices aren't the only things with memory. Materials can retain memories of past deformations in their microscopic structure. A common example is a crease in a sheet of paper ...

For only third time ever, a woman shares math’s top prize

This year’s Fields Medal honors four mathematicians in their 30s who have made their mark in geometry and physics.
Nanowerk

Shaking atoms to bring black-hole quantum chaos into the lab

Physicists have discovered a surprisingly simple way to reproduce one of the most fascinating models in modern physics - ...

In 1907, an Indian govt accountant challenged Newton's ideas. Years later, he changed physics forever and won the Nobel Prize

How a young clerk in the Indian government's finance department, working nights at a small Calcutta laboratory, went on to ...
Physics World

Nanopositioning, customization and control: opening new frontiers in optical computing

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