The week in physics: 21-25 June

Fire season intensifies; Revamping biophysics education; Molecular choice. Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 21–25 JUNE Advertisement Achieve Higher Vertical Resolution ADC resolution, combined with digital signal processing and a low-noise front end, can provide even higher resolution than found in conventional high bit-rate ADC implementations. This paper describes the specification of Effective Number of Bits (ENOB) and how this important measure of system performance is properly applied, as well as its limitations. Learn more. Fire season in the western US is intensifying Forests in the Rocky Mountains are burning more frequently than in any other time over the past 2000 years. Alex Lopatka Commentary: Revamping graduate biophysics education Graduate programs should address the needs of students in a growing interdisciplinary field. Micah Brush, Jonathan Liu, and QinQin Yu FROM THE VAULT: August 1971 The search for high‐temperature superconductors Although superconductivity at room temperature will always remain a pipedream, temperatures as high as 25–30 K are a realistic possibility and will trigger a technological revolution. Bernd T. Matthias Webinar LIVE WEBINAR: Wave Optics Simulations Tune into this webinar to learn how to perform full-wave optical simulations using the COMSOL Multiphysics® software. We will give an overview of the Wave Optics Module and demonstrate how to use it for simulating the propagation of a Gaussian beam through a light guide. Register Now. When does a molecule make up its mind? Speedier laser measurements are unlocking long-sought secrets of chemical dynamics. Johanna L. Miller Daily sodium layers appear in Boulder's sky The regularly occurring phenomenon could serve as a new probe of atmospheric dynamics. Madison Brewer Whitepaper WHITEPAPER: Multichannel Digital Microwave Control Coherently synthesize and analyze arbitrary waveforms up to 10 GHz without analog mixers, on 16 synchronous channels, in one instrument! Presto brings the latest RFSoC signal processing technology to the quantum physics laboratory. Only Python programming required. Read now. FROM THE JUNE MAGAZINE Living cells on the move Spectacular collective phenomena, such as jamming, turbulence, wetting, and waves, emerge when living cells migrate in groups. Ricard Alert and Xavier Trepat Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe FEATURED JOBS > Tenured/Tenure Track: Open Rank  |  Texas A&M University - Department of Aerospace Engineering > Tenured Faculty Fellow - Jefferson Science Fellows Program  |  The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Are you hiring? Do you want your job to appear here? Post with Physics Today and select the "Featured Job Listing: Physics Today 'The Week in Physics' e-newsletter" upgrade to easily showcase your job to 66 000 physicists and engineers. Physics Today is published by the American Institute of Physics 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 USA +1 301 209 3100 © 2021 American Institute of Physics. Unsubscribe  |  Email Preferences  |  Privacy Policy  |  Contact Us