The week in physics: Growing quasicrystals without defects; Superconducting graphene

The week in physics: 1–5 December ADVERTISEMENT Pumps with LeakTight Safety Backup Handling hazardous or expensive gases and vapors requires extra care. KNF LeakTight pumps offer ultralow leak rates of <6×10-6 mbar L/sec and a safety backup diaphragm, plus safeguards against intrusion contamination. Flow rates from 15–300 L/min. Options include explosion-proof motors and flow path material choices for chemical compatibility. Learn more. A quasicrystal engulfs obstacles to grow without defects The behavior emerges from atomic-scale rearrangements of nonperiodic ordered structures, according to real-time observations and molecular dynamics simulations. Alex Lopatka Energy scales of superconducting graphene come into focus To get a handle on how a superconductor forms its electron pairs, researchers first need to know what it takes to rip them apart. Johanna L. Miller From the vault: December 1975 The Earth's magnetosphere Far from being an empty cavity, as was once believed, the Earth's magnetic environment is filled with a diversity of plasma, wave and field conditions. Syun‐Ichi Akasofu and Louis J. Lanzerotti You might have missed Superconducting quantum circuits: At the heart of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics Although motivated by the fundamental exploration of the weirdness of the quantum world, the prizewinning experiments have led to a promising branch of quantum computing technology. Johanna L. Miller What can physicists do? David Gagnon analyzes baseball to give his team a competitive edge Toni Feder Post a Job Get Job Alerts Browse All Jobs Senior Editor, Physics Today AIP (College Park, MD) View Job Faculty Positions in Mechanical Engineering MIT (Cambridge, MA) View Job Lecturer in Physics University of Georgia (Athens, GA) View Job Instructor of Physics Colorado Mesa University (Grand Junction, CO) View Job Director, School of Earth and Space Exploration Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) View Job Assistant Professor in Condensed Matter Theory University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) View Job Physics Today is published by the American Institute of Physics. To manage your AIP email preferences and newsletter subscriptions, click here. Or unsubscribe from all AIP emails. © 2025 American Institute of Physics. Physics Today 1 Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3842 +1 301 209 3100