The week in physics: 31 May-4 June

Lead nuclei; Glacier calving; A muon experiment's journey. Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 31 MAY–4 JUNE The long journey to a precise muon measurement It isn't easy transporting a superconducting magnet 5000 kilometers and then reinstalling it seamlessly. Andrew Grant Unjammed ice is a precursor to calving Terrestrial radar data and a particle dynamics model indicate that the flow state of buoyant icebergs predicts the impending failure of a glacier. Alex Lopatka Advertisement Innovate with NRO Research & Development Funding The National Reconnaissance Office Director's Innovation Initiative (DII) program funds cutting-edge, high-risk research to discover innovative concepts that transform overhead intelligence capabilities for future national intelligence needs. The program seeks the brightest minds and breakthrough technologies from industry, academia, national laboratories, and U.S. government agencies. Discover more. FROM THE VAULT: June 1975 Physics in 1975—new problems and insights The retiring president of APS assesses future trends in employment and need for government support, and offers his own analysis of the new fundamental particles. Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky Lead nuclei have a thick skin A precise mapping of the nucleon arrangement constrains models of dense nuclear matter. Christine Middleton Advertisement Evaluate the Behavior of Qubits Modern RF systems like quantum bit controllers are based on a wideband, coherent, multi-channel architecture. A class of high-speed digital-to-analog converters is emerging capable of directly synthesizing complex signals at microwave frequencies. See how you can simplify comprehensive test setups for the most complex quantum systems. Learn more. COVID-19, gender, and science The pandemic has increased stress and decreased productivity in the sciences. Those impacts have fallen disproportionately on women. Laura McCullough New books: June 2021 A listing of newly published books spanning several genres of the physical sciences. Advertisement Oxford Instruments Gains Momentum in Quantum Computing Oxford Instruments NanoScience announced its latest innovation in Cryofree® dilution refrigerator technology for quantum computing scale-up, the ProteoxLX. The LX system can maximize qubit counts with ample coaxial wiring capacity making use of two of the fully customizable Secondary Insert modules. Discover more. FROM THE JUNE MAGAZINE Polarized light shows hot gas swirling around a galactic core The images of galaxy Messier 87 provide evidence of magnetic field lines in its innermost region. Those lines likely trace the event horizon of a supermassive black hole. Rachel Berkowitz Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe FEATURED JOBS > Senior Experimental Nuclear Physicist  |  Schlumberger > Application Scientist Quantum Technology  |  Zurich Instruments > OPN Associate Editor  |  The Optical Society 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