In a First, Physicists Glimpse a Quantum Ghost

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December 08, 2021

Quantum Physics In a First, Physicists Glimpse a Quantum Ghost After a decade of work, researchers have achieved the first ever experimental reconstruction of a quantum wave function By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

Vaccines Boosters Can Help End the COVID Pandemic The extra shot doesn't mean that vaccines are ineffective; our bodies just need a reminder By Hayley A. Gans,Yvonne A. Maldonado

Astronomy NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Is Fueled for Late December Launch After some two decades of development, the orbital observatory is set to at last reach space on December 22 By Chelsea Gohd,SPACE.com

Vaccines How Scientists Can Update COVID Vaccines against Omicron A microbiologist explains how Pfizer and Moderna would rapidly adjust mRNA vaccines By Deborah Fuller,The Conversation US

Reproduction Abortion Doesn't Have to Be an Either-Or Conversation Treating the decision with nuance and care is essential to reproductive justice By Amy Alspaugh,Linda S. Franck,Renée Mehra,Daniel Suárez-Baquero,Nikki Lanshaw,Toni Bond,Monica R. McLemore

Climate Change Rich Americans Have Higher Carbon Footprints than Other Wealthy People Those with higher incomes are also responsible for more emissions than those with lower incomes By Sara Schonhardt,E&E News

Animals To See Where a Whale Has Been, Look in Its Mouth The baleen that hangs from the jaws of some whale species contains clues about their migrations and diets By Jack Tamisiea

Biochemistry See Strands of Ice That Look like Hair Build up on a Dead Tree Branch This mesmerizing ice formation has befuddled scientists for a century By Leslie Nemo

Behavior This Protein Could Boost Brain Function without Exercise An exercise pill might one day produce health gains without the exertional pain. By Emily Willingham

Cosmology Astronomers Spot Two Dust Bunnies Hiding in the Early Universe The scientists found several previously hidden galaxies that date back to 13 billion years ago—and many more might be missing from our current census of the early universe. By Christopher Intagliata | 02:20

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Mind, Volume 32, Issue 6

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Nil Communication: How to Send a Message without Sending Anything at All Physicists have exploited the laws of quantum mechanics to send information without transmitting a signal. But have they, really? By Joshua Roebke | June 2017

QUOTE OF THE DAY "What has been characterized for a long time is the energies [of the electrons]. That's the basis for all electronics...But now, with quantum information technology, the next level is to go beyond that and eventually get these [wave function] phases." Mackillo Kira, physicist at the University of Michigan

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