Compass Needles Detect Tiny Fields, Spin Can Induce Precession
🧪⚛️ How sensitive is a compass needle at detecting magnetic fields? Can the total spin angular momentum lead to mechanical precession of a hunk of ferromagnet? Read on.... https://t.co/evd47M7UVk
Light Improves Electrical Performance of Low‑Temp 2D Materials
🧪⚛️ Disorder and illumination - how shining light on 2D systems at low temperatures can sometimes dramatically improve electrical properties, including a preprint from this week. https://t.co/86FPuy8rht
Weekly Science Roundup: Quantum Uncertainty, Magnets, Sprinkler, Funding
🧪⚛️ Science items for the week, including causal uncertainty in quantum mechanics, magnets, the reverse sprinkler problem, and some funding talk. https://t.co/93lsIoh8xP
AI Could Soon Supplant Grad Students in Theory Physics
🧪⚛️ Some thoughts on a recent essay that argues AI/LLM tools can soon largely replace grad students in theoretical physics. https://t.co/F3Hi4OMWw4
Final Morning Reflections From the 2026 APS Summit
🧪⚛️ Quick thoughts on my last morning at the 2026 APS Global Summit and some wrap-up. https://t.co/LEhMpyK5fp
Day 1 Highlights From APS Global Physics Summit
🧪⚛️ A brief write-up of random highlights from Day 1 of the big annual APS Global Physics Summit (formerly known as the March Meeting). https://t.co/tO5dvFZm3Q
Current State of US Government Research Funding
🧪⚛️ A very incomplete look at where we are on government support for research in the US right now. https://t.co/C4McqCRrX1 https://t.co/Ef8HSF2kRH