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Physical Review Focus
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Physical Review Focus is a free online service that provides brief explanations of selected research papers from APS journals at a level accessible to students and researchers in all fields of physics. The stories are written in the style of a news article, including color images and occasionally related videos. Focus serves as a useful introduction to current research topics.
Current Highlights in Physical Review Focus
Paper Stretches Unevenly
The stretching of a sheet of paper shows spatial variations that become more important over time. Such uneven stretching could also be important when other materials are stressed.
Image: J. Koivisto/Aalto Univ.
A Better Picture of Molecules
A new technique gives more detailed images of molecules by measuring the quantum mechanical repulsion between the imaged molecule and a small probe molecule.
Image: Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 086103 (2010)
Corrosion Makes Precision Cuts in Silicon
The combination of stress and corrosion that can prove deadly in bridges and other structures also allows silicon to be sliced with the nanometer-scale precision required for the latest computer chips, according to simulations.
Image: Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 075502 (2010)
