Vera Lux

Vera Lux

Vera Lux writes about science the way a poet writes about grief — precisely, and without flinching.

Articles by Vera Lux
Ocean Circulation Slowdown Is Ahead of Schedule — By Two Decades
CLIMATE SCIENCE

Ocean Circulation Slowdown Is Ahead of Schedule — By Two Decades

The AMOC weakening that climate models placed in the 2060s is already measurable today. New sediment core data rewrites the timeline for North Atlantic disruption.

Metamaterials That Learn: A New Class of Adaptive Structures Changes Shape in Response to Mechanical History
MATERIALS SCIENCE

Metamaterials That Learn: A New Class of Adaptive Structures Changes Shape in Response to Mechanical History

Engineers have created a metamaterial lattice that accumulates a 'memory' of how it has been loaded and uses that history to optimize its mechanical response — without any electronics.