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.

Sample Physical Review Focus Articles

Piecing a Virus Together
A purely mathematical theory suggests why a wide variety of virus families construct their genome-storing shells out of a mosaic of trapezoids.    Read "Piecing a Virus Together"

Squeezed into Darkness
Researchers propose a new and less challenging way to "squeeze" light, strongly reducing quantum fluctuations to make a beam with unwavering intensity.   Read "Squeezed into Darkness"