I'll be in Brazil for the coming ~2 weeks 7/28: Talk at Instituto de Física, University of São Paulo Attending #ICHEP in Natal 7/31: Talk IIP-UFRN in Natal portal.if.usp.br/ifusp/pt-br/...
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#RIP Stanley G. Brown Stan joined APS in 1974 and fully retired in 2016. He was PRL's Editor for particle, nuclear, & astrophysics, and served as the APS Editorial Director for many years. He was exacting and cared deeply about this work. His passion was contagious. He was 87.
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🤖New @apsphysics.bsky.social policy on Appropriate Use of AI Tools You can use AI if disclosed and done responsibly journals.aps.org/authors/appr...
PRL Journal Club Please join us on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 11 am EDT for a live discussion with the authors of Bühler et al about Microscopy of Cavity-Induced Density-Wave Ordering in Ultracold Gases PRL: go.aps.org/4v7YMW9 Free registration: go.aps.org/43ite3f
See PRL's latest forward-looking Essay on Topological Phases and Exceptional Points in Non-Hermitian Systems go.aps.org/4tHe17s #OpenAccess
Essay: Topological Phases and Exceptional Points in Non-Hermitian Systems
In this forward-looking PRL Essay, Peng Xue examines emerging non-Hermitian phenomena that challenge established paradigms in condensed matter and quantum physics, exploring the interface between non-...
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Data on two different cosmic-ray “knees” were reported yesterday in PRL: helium: t.co/HSJbmlvtfD neutrinos: t.co/n7qSKxHIgo
#RIP Tony Leggett. He was a great physicist, winning the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics. He contributed to several fields of physics, just look at his papers: journals.aps.org/search/resul... He was also an outstanding & thoughtful referee for decades. physicsworld.com/a/condensed-...
Condensed-matter physics pioneer and Nobel laureate Anthony Leggett dies aged 87 – Physics World
Leggett made Nobel-prize-winning contributions to the theory of superfluidity in the 1970s
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The gravitational collapse of protogalactic clouds can superexponentially amplify their nascent magnetic fields PRL: go.aps.org/4sjJOdA #astrophysics PhysMag: go.aps.org/4sshG8e 🧪⚛️
Turbulent Dynamos in a Collapsing Cloud
A coordinate transformation devised for an expanding universe leads to new insights into how a collapsing protogalaxy acquires a large magnetic field.
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PRL has again selected about one issue’s worth of some of the best Letters across physics to create the second annual PRL Collection of the Year. promo.aps.org/prl2025 #PRLCotY
#OTD Ten years ago, PRL published the @ligo.org discovery paper Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
Gravitational waves emitted by the merger of two black holes have been detected, setting the course for a new era of observational astrophysics.
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A combined experimental and theoretical study reveals the emergence of quantum chaos in a complex system, suggesting that it can be described with a universal theoretical framework. PRL: go.aps.org/3ZYoga9 PhysMag: go.aps.org/4a5NitV
Error-Resilient Reversal of Quantum Chaotic Dynamics Enabled by Scramblons
A combined experimental and theoretical study reveals the emergence of quantum chaos in a complex system, suggesting that it can be described with a universal theoretical framework.
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PRL seeks part-time Associate Editor Part-time position, for someone with a settled academic position in condensed matter with strong research connections in East Asia, and the willingness and ability to represent PRL at conferences in these regions, particularly China. go.aps.org/4bWT3vt
Job Opening: Full-Time Associate Editor, PRL We seek a dynamic and personable individual with postdoctoral experience in soft matter and statistical physics, to join our close-knit team of editors running the world’s leading physics journal. aps.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a27...
Tunable Einstein-Bohr Recoiling-Slit Gedankenexperiment at the Quantum Limit journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
Tunable Einstein-Bohr Recoiling-Slit Gedankenexperiment at the Quantum Limit
A single-atom interferometer confirms Niels Bohr's resolution of a seemingly paradoxical thought experiment devised by Albert Einstein.
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Physics World@physicsworld.bsky.social · 6mo agoResearchers have brought a thought experiment devised by Albert Einstein into the laboratory, using a single trapped atom as a movable slit. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/einsteins-...
"I really want to emphasize the interconnections between democracy and science, so I’ve been going back and reading about the Age of Enlightenment, the American Revolution" -APS President Brad Marston www.aps.org/apsnews/2026...
Brad Marston on science, democracy, and the hard work ahead
In an interview, the 2026 APS president outlines his career, his goals for the year, and where he finds optimism in challenging times.
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Two different LHC measurements of the radial flow of quark-gluon plasma confirm the collective hydrodynamic behavior of the plasma. ATLAS: go.aps.org/4jWqhNt #OpenAccess ALICE: go.aps.org/3ZpsTJZ #OpenAccess
Our colleague Katherine Wright, who began as an editor for PRL and went on to explore her passion as a great writer for @physicsmagazine.bsky.social, passed away this fall from cancer, far too young. Here is a tribute to her: physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
In Memory of Katherine Wright | Physics Magazine
We pay tribute to our friend and colleague, whose journalistic talent and commitment to inclusivity left an indelible mark on Physics Magazine.
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Empirical evidence that stocks follow a square root law: You need to buy four times as much stock to have twice the effect on the market. PRL: go.aps.org/3MF4zRm PhysMag: go.aps.org/4pBJTIp
Strict Universality of the Square-Root Law in Price Impact across Stocks: A Complete Survey of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Analysis of a large dataset from the Tokyo Stock Exchange validates a universal power law relating the price of a traded stock to the traded volume.
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Evidence (3.4σ) from @atlasexperiment.bsky.social that Higgs bosons decay into muon pairs, as predicted by the Standard Model mass mechanism for leptons as laid out in Steven Weinberg's 1967 model of leptons. Glibly, Weinberg was right. PRL: go.aps.org/3MoU2JT #OpenAccess PhysMag: go.aps.org/3XtwWUV
Realization of the Einstein-Bohr Gedankenexperiment using a single atom as tunable recoiling "slit" 🧪⚛️ #IYQ2025 PRL: go.aps.org/44C02Fn PhysMag: go.aps.org/4pf6bQl
#PRLjournalclub Please join us in a week, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025 12p EST for a live discussion with the authors of Lysak et al about New Plasma Regime in Jupiter’s Auroral Zones PRL: go.aps.org/4lpgnng #OpenAccess Free registration: go.aps.org/4oZN8ZK
Job Opening: Full-Time Associate Editor, PRL We seek a dynamic and personable individual with postdoctoral experience in gravitation, astrophysics, or cosmology, to join our close-knit team of editors running the world’s leading physics journal. aps.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a27...
Quantum memory with protocol that enhances efficiency while *reducing* noise. Efficiency: 94.6±1% Fidelity: 98.9±0.1% PRL: go.aps.org/4qnrz6C PhysMag: go.aps.org/4qklrvV
Near-Perfect Broadband Quantum Memory Enabled by Intelligent Spin-Wave Compaction
A new approach stores and retrieves quantum states with record reliability, paving the way for improved quantum information processing.
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Quasicrystals grow defect-free around pores, thus accommodating structural disruptions due to phasonic degrees of freedom PRL: go.aps.org/4nYh5cx PhysMag: physics.aps.org/articles/v18...
Quasicrystals Grow Smoothly Around Obstacles
Large-scale obstacles to crystal growth can throw the whole lattice off kilter, but quasicrystals can accommodate them without losing their atomic-scale order.
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Chills from a condensed matter abstract from 40 yrs ago: "We report the first observation of quantized energy levels for a macroscopic variable, namely the phase difference across a current-biased Josephson junction in its zero-voltage state." @nobelprize.bsky.social journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
Energy-Level Quantization in the Zero-Voltage State of a Current-Biased Josephson Junction
We report the first observation of quantized energy levels for a macroscopic variable, namely the phase difference across a current-biased Josephson junction in its zero-voltage state. The position of...
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Congratulations to John Clarke, Michael Devoret, & John Martinis Nobel in Physics "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling & energy quantization in an electric circuit" in 3 PRLs journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... journals.aps.org/prl/abstract... journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
30% of PRL authors use End Matter after just a year! I’ve seen it improve many a Letter. #PeerReviewWeek
I'd like to thank everyone who helped carefully & quickly vet this Letter & bring it to publication: authors, editors, other staff, and especially the referees. (Received 13 August 2025; revised 25 August 2025; accepted 26 August 2025; published 10 September 2025) journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
