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The orientation boundaries in a liquid crystal can be characterized by a topological charge that always sums to one, no matter the shape of the container.  

Charged particles accelerated by magnetic reconnection in astrophysical plasmas should get stuck in flux ropes. Simulations show that kink instabilities set them free.  

Researchers explore the question of whether a Kondo cloud—a phenomenon common in conventional metals—can also occur in superconductors.

Electric deceleration brings a beam of the largest molecules yet to a standstill.  

Climate models based on changes in Pluto’s orbital tilt suggest that the dwarf planet’s heart-shaped ice sheet continues to undergo cycles of sublimation, condensation, and reorientation.

Researchers have kept a Floquet system in a prethermal state for a record length of time.

A cosmological model that doesn’t require dark matter has overcome a major hurdle in matching observations from the cosmic microwave background.

A model captures the influence of plant flexibility, leaves, and current on wave dissipation by a meadow of marsh plants.

Researchers have visualized the nanoscale jumps in a ferroelectric’s polarization that are thought to play a key role in how well some ferroelectric devices function.

The process of osmosis is predicted—under certain conditions—to act in the opposite direction within charged membranes.