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

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

A fluid made of light can simulate a black hole’s boundary, providing insights into the mysterious quantum phenomena that occur at such a boundary.

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.

A new symmetry-breaking scenario provides a comprehensive description of magnetic behavior associated with the anomalous Hall effect.