nanoscale views

A blog about condensed matter and nanoscale physics. Why should high energy and astro folks have all the fun?

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Science journalism - dark times

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At this point it's old hat to decry the problems facing traditional news media.  Still, it is abundantly clear in our late stage capital...
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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Interesting preprints: chirality-induced spin selectivity + quantum gravity

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This continues to be a very busy time, but I wanted to point out two preprints that caught my eye this week.  Their subjects are completely ...
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Thursday, October 09, 2025

Postdoctoral opportunity in materials

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The Rice Advanced Materials Research Institute is having its 2025-2026 competition for prestigious postdoctoral fellowships - see here:  ht...
Tuesday, October 07, 2025

2025 Physics Nobel: Macroscopic quantum tunneling

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As announced this morning, the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke , Michel Devoret , and John Martinis , for a ser...
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Sunday, October 05, 2025

ACS National Nanotechnology Day webinar, Thursday Oct 9

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Time for a rare bit of explicit self-promotion on this blog.  This coming Thursday, October 9, as part of the American Chemical Society ...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Annual Nobel speculation thread

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It’s that time of year again.  The physics Nobel will be announced next Tuesday, and the chemistry prize on Wednesday.  Who will it be this ...
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Sunday, September 28, 2025

Fluid mechanics of electrons

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Condensed matter physicists often speak of the "electronic fluid" in conductors, and we use a lot of vocabulary that makes analogi...
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Douglas Natelson
I am a physics professor at Rice University. My group uses nanoscale tools to address open questions in condensed matter physics, the study of the remarkable emergent properties of materials. Views expressed here are my own; they do not represent the views of my employer or any other entity.
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