- The Best of the Physics arXiv (week ending August 25, 2018)
- Waymo takes a tiny step into China
- Bowtie-funnel combo best for conducting light; team found answer in simple equation
- Mutations in this molecule may have helped mammoths tolerate the cold
- Japan teams up with Uber, Boeing, and Airbus to deploy flying cars within a decade
- Sweeter dreams in a peaceful mind
- Smoked out: Researchers develop a new wildfire smoke emissions model
- Disappearing into thin air
- Nanotubes change the shape of water
- Self-healing reverse filter opens the door for many novel applications
- Why polluted air may be a threat to your kidneys
- NASA’s OSIRIS-REx begins asteroid operations campaign
- No safe level of alcohol, new study concludes
- Being the market leader is not everything
- Carbon emissions in African savannas triple previous estimates
- An avatar uses your gait to predict how many calories you will burn
- A CRISPR cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is closer after a trial in dogs
- Shape-shifting material can morph, reverse itself using heat, light
- Effective fisheries management can reduce extinction risk of marine fish stocks
- Many young adults lack financial literacy, economic stability, study finds
- Producing hydrogen from splitting water without splitting hairs
- Tree species richness in Amazonian wetlands is three times greater than expected
- Genetically engineered virus spins gold into beads
- Fresh and raw diets for dogs may have health benefits, study says