Institution
Physical Sciences (United States)
Recent research
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Abstract The study of young and fast astronomical transients is often limited by the difficulty of acquiring data, particularly spectra, within hours to days of explosion. Historically, follow-up programmes have rarely obtained spectra until many days after discovery; coupled wit...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Hidden in Plain Sight: Aromaticity of Hexagonal Boron Nitride
ABSTRACT Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and graphene are similar in many ways ‐ they are isoelectronic, have the same structure, are chemically inert, and show persistence. All of these properties are indicators of a deeper connection that has, thus far, been overlooked. Unlike gr...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Time-boundary scattering and topological resonant transmissions
Time boundaries (TBs), temporal analogues of spatial interfaces, offer a powerful handle to engineer quantum systems. However, unlike the well-developed stationary scattering theory at spatial interfaces, a unified framework for quantum scattering at TBs has been missing. Here we...
- BiologyOpen access
Abstract Plasma membrane blebs, or giant plasma membrane vesicles (GPMVs), serve as excellent biomimetics for studying the compositional complexity of native cell membranes. However, current supported membrane models often lack the stability or submembrane reservoir necessary for...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Beyond the Markovian limit: Exact solutions for active motion in a power-law viscoelastic bath
Active particles from bacteria to synthetic microswimmers often navigate viscoelastic media with complex relaxation dynamics. The classical active Brownian model that assumes instantaneous friction is clearly not applicable to describe such motility, while the non-Markovian proce...