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Physics of adherent cells 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Author(s): Ulrich S. Schwarz and Samuel A. Safran In recent years it has become apparent that physical forces play a critical role in many biological processes. This is true for essential cellular pr...
Thermal conduction phenomena in carbon nanotubes and related nanostructured materials 16 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Author(s): Amy M. Marconnet, Matthew A. Panzer, and Kenneth E. Goodson Carbon nanotubes display a variety of electronic and thermal properties that depend on their length, diameter, and chirality and...
White organic light-emitting diodes: Status and perspective 30 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Author(s): Sebastian Reineke, Michael Thomschke, Björn Lüssem, and Karl Leo The conversion of electricity into a photon flux with color quality resembling natural sunlight is desirable for artificial...
Spinor Bose gases: Symmetries, magnetism, and quantum dynamics 26 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Author(s): Dan M. Stamper-Kurn and Masahito Ueda The achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation with atomic gases has opened the way to novel superfluids, including those where the spin degrees of fre...
Hydrodynamics of soft active matter 19 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Author(s): M. C. Marchetti, J. F. Joanny, S. Ramaswamy, T. B. Liverpool, J. Prost, Madan Rao, and R. Aditi Simha Active matter consists of self-driven particles (fish, birds, and many biological syst...
Principles of maximum entropy and maximum caliber in statistical physics 16 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Author(s): Steve Pressé, Kingshuk Ghosh, Julian Lee, and Ken A. Dill The principle of entropy maximization is the foundation of both equilibrium statistical mechanics and information theory. Recently...
Nobel Lecture: Superposition, entanglement, and raising Schrödinger’s cat 12 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Author(s): David J. Wineland The 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics was shared by Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland. These papers are the text of the address given in conjunction with the award. [Rev. M...
Nobel Lecture: Controlling photons in a box and exploring the quantum to classical boundary 12 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Author(s): Serge Haroche The 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics was shared by Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland. These papers are the text of the address given in conjunction with the award. [Rev. Mod. ...
The molecular universe 12 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Author(s): A. G. G. M. Tielens Where, when, and how do chemical processes enter our understanding of the Universe? This review surveys observations in various spectral windows of interstellar molecul...
Silicon quantum electronics 10 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
Author(s): Floris A. Zwanenburg, Andrew S. Dzurak, Andrea Morello, Michelle Y. Simmons, Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg, Gerhard Klimeck, Sven Rogge, Susan N. Coppersmith, and Mark A. Eriksson Silicon is univ...
