In the final stage before pushing, many women experience uncontrollable trembling, nausea, or even vomiting, symptoms that can be startling if you don’t know why they happen. These are not signs of ...

Two-dimensional systems offer a uniquely rich landscape for exploring phase transitions that diverge markedly from their three-dimensional counterparts. In these systems, reduced dimensionality ...

The Kibble-Zurek (KZ) mechanism, confirmed experimentally only for equilibrium phase transitions, is also applicable for non-equilibrium phase transitions, as is now shown in a landmark study. The KZ ...