Tag: Physical Review Letters

  • Nation & World

    Sizing up bacteria

    A new theoretical framework outlined by a Harvard scientist could help solve the mystery of how bacterial cells coordinate processes that are critical to cellular division, such as DNA replication, and how bacteria know when to divide.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Needle beam stays on point

    A Harvard-led team of researchers has demonstrated a new type of light beam that propagates without spreading outward, remaining very narrow and controlled along an unprecedented distance. It could greatly reduce signal loss for on-chip optical systems and may eventually assist the development of a more powerful class of microprocessors.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Understanding tiny reactions

    Scientists believe that tiny carbon nanotubes may also create something like atomic-scale black holes.

    3 minutes