The week in physics: 7-11 June

Gender diversity in biophysics; Robotic fish; Citation statistics. Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 7–11 JUNE Why does biophysics attract a disproportionate number of women? A welcoming environment, multidisciplinarity, and a critical mass of women at least partly explain the numbers. Toni Feder Q&A: Taviare Hawkins forged her own path in physics; now she meets students where they are After earning her physics bona fides, she moved into biophysics. Toni Feder 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: August 1981 Low temperature science—what remains for the physicist? Although the perennial forecast of a bleak future for fundamental physics seems to ring true every time we hear it, the actual end of new discoveries never seems to arrive. Robert C. Richardson A robotic fish mimics real swimming Researchers replicate a sense of proprioception in a bioinspired robot. R. Mark Wilson Promoted physics studies are cited more A statistical analysis of Physical Review Letters papers shows correlations between number of citations and press coverage. Dalmeet Singh Chawla 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 Muon measurements embolden the search for new physics Evidence is mounting that the value of the particle's anomalous magnetic moment cannot be predicted by the best-available theory. Christine Middleton Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe FEATURED JOBS > Membership Specialist  |  The Optical Society > Research Project Manager  |  University of Nebraska-Lincoln 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