This month, we're pushing the limits of ideal models. A recent study in Nature Communications shows how the physics of 1D systems deviates from the model in unexpected ways when the temperature is raised. Tune in to find out more...

Featuring Ruwan Senaratne (Rice University, USA) and Bishwanath Gaire (Nature Communications).

Hosted by Ankita Anirban (Nature Reviews Physics) and Cristiano Matricardi (Nature communications)

Ref: Cavazos-Cavazos, D., Senaratne, R., Kafle, A. et al. Thermal disruption of a Luttinger liquid. Nat Commun 14, 3154 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38767-0

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This month, we're looking into the impressive white colour of the Pacific Cleaner shrimp. A recent study in Nature Photonics reveals how birefringence enables the the shrimp to overcome optical crowding. Tune in to find out more...

Featuring Benjamin Palmer and Tali Lemcof (Ben-Gurion University, Israel) and Giampaolo Pitruzzello (Nature Photonics).

Hosted by Ankita Anirban (Nature Reviews Physics) and Cristiano Matricardi (Nature communications)

Ref: Lemcoff, T., Alus, L., Haataja, J.S. et al. Brilliant whiteness in shrimp from ultra-thin layers of birefringent nanospheres. Nat. Photon. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-023-01182-4

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This month, we're going back to a classic quantum experiment - done with a twist. A recent study in Nature Physics does Young's double-slit experiment, but in time rather than in space. Tune in to find out more...

Featuring Riccardo Sapienza (Imperial College London, UK) and Nina Meinzer (Nature Physics)

Hosted by Ankita Anirban (Nature Reviews Physics) and Cristiano Matricardi (Nature communications)

Ref: Tirole, R., Vezzoli, S., Galiffi, E. et al. Double-slit time diffraction at optical frequencies. Nat. Phys. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-01993-w

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