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  • Reconstructing a Five-Star Smashup
    Author(s): Michael Schirber

    A detailed analysis of a stellar cluster has led to a possible explanation for several fast-moving runaway stars around the cluster.


    [Physics 18, 134] Published Fri Jul 11, 2025

  • Photonic Spin Textures
    Author(s): Charles Day

    An arrangement of spins known as a meron turns out to be easier to make in momentum space than in real space.


    [Physics 18, s91] Published Thu Jul 10, 2025

  • Faster Rankings for Group Contests
    Author(s): Ryan Wilkinson

    A new algorithm efficiently ranks competitors in settings ranging from sports tournaments to food-preference surveys.


    [Physics 18, s80] Published Wed Jul 09, 2025

  • Mimicking a Cosmic Accelerator
    Author(s): Charles Day

    A mechanism for accelerating charged particles in astrophysical plasmas has been reproduced with cold atoms in an optical trap.


    [Physics 18, 131] Published Wed Jul 09, 2025

  • Turbulent Waves Behave like a Gas
    Author(s): Susan Curtis

    Experiments with turbulent waves show that energy spreads from small to large scales, producing a steady-state regime that can be described using classical thermodynamics.


    [Physics 18, 129] Published Tue Jul 08, 2025