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Making a good review article is a team effort, involving authors, editors and referees. In honour of Peer Review Week, happening this month, we spotlight the essential role of peer reviewers.
More than 40 years ago the first Bell tests translated a purely philosophical conundrum to a physical experiment. In doing so, they changed our understanding of quantum mechanics and contributed to the development of quantum technologies.
A collaboration between art and science shows how to overcome the limits of traditional weaving techniques as reported in a recent article in Physical Review Letters.
Extremely stable laser sources are essential for high-precision experiments, such as interferometric gravitational wave detectors. Marina Trad Nery explains how to use radiation pressure to measure and stabilize power fluctuations in a laser beam.
Since the launch of arXiv 30 years ago, modes of information spread in society have changed dramatically — and not always for the better. Paul Ginsparg, who founded arXiv, discusses how academic experience with online preprints can still inform information sharing more generally.
As new events such as surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing and karate are added to the programme of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, we ponder how physics can help enhance athletic performance in elite sport.
Many scientists consider peer review a crucial part of science, but are frustrated by its perceived failures. Historian of science Melinda Baldwin suggests we consider peer review’s historical development to better understand its present-day form.
Thomas Chalopin explains how optical superlattices enhance quantum gas microscopy by enabling the preparation of low-temperature samples and the simulation of exotic models with single-site resolution.
The mechanism behind high-temperature superconductivity has been an arena of fierce debate in the condensed matter community for 35 years. As the discussion mellows, the time is ripe for new ideas.
Launched 2 years ago, the Deep-Space Atomic Clock (DSAC) mission has exceeded expectations for the first mercury ion clock in space, demonstrating a long-term stability beyond the current performance of other space clocks.
Sergey Borisenko reflects on 99 years of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), a technique widely used today to understand the electronic structure of materials.
A table-top experiment, reported in Physical Review Letters, simulates a shockwave propagating through a solid and provides evidence that continuum models do not capture all the relevant physics.
Anecdotal but elusive reports suggest that hot water quenched in a cold container can sometimes begin to freeze sooner than warm water under similar initial conditions. John Bechhoefer and colleagues discuss recent experiments that show how this ‘Mpemba effect’ can be reliably reproduced and quantitatively understood.
