The week in physics: Einstein’s handwriting; Eunice Foote’s discovery; Paint drips

Einstein's handwriting; Eunice Foote's discovery; Paint drips Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 23–27 AUGUST 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. Eunice Newton Foote's nearly forgotten discovery The scientist, inventor, and women's rights activist demonstrated the heat-absorbing properties of carbon dioxide and their potential effect on climate three years before John Tyndall. Maura Shapiro Analyzing Einstein's handwriting A handwritten letter featuring the famous E = mc2 recently sold for more than a million dollars. But what does Einstein's handwriting tell us about the man himself? Ryan Dahn Advertisement Fear of a Black Universe: A Guide to Science and Society Cosmologist Stephon Alexander argues that physics must embrace the excluded, listen to the unheard, and be unafraid of being wrong. With starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly! "Dance along this read into the unknown and find out that this book may be the best ever answer to 'what is soul?'"—Chuck D, rapper and co-founder of Public Enemy. Learn more. FROM THE VAULT: August 2018 The war over supercooled water How a hidden coding error fueled a seven-year dispute between two of condensed matter's top theorists. Ashley G. Smart Advertisement Attend COMSOL Day: Optics & Photonics Join fellow engineers and simulation specialists at COMSOL Day: Optics & Photonics on 16 September to learn how multiphysics simulation is used for modeling optical systems during this free, 1-day virtual event. Register here! Tilted surfaces prevent paint drips If a pendant drop slides quickly enough across the underside of a surface, it can shrink and disappear. Christine Middleton Metal cations drive carbon dioxide's chemical reduction Experimental evidence confirms one long-standing hypothesis: Positively charged ions stabilize the reaction's intermediate molecules. Alex Lopatka Webinar LIVE WEBINAR: Superconducting circuits, Hamiltonian engineering of qubits and the Kerr-cat metapotential This webinar will discuss how the commercial availability of key technologies including robust cryogenic environments enable the exploration of quantum computation with circuits. We will focus on efforts performed at Yale on the so-called Kerr-cat qubit which presents clear advantages over similar superconducting qubits. Register now FROM THE AUGUST MAGAZINE Viscoelastic fluids with no strings attached Dispensing a fluid is quick and clean when the nozzle is rotated. The fluid's elastic properties are the reason why. Heather M. Hill Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe FEATURED JOBS > Quantum Physicist   |  ColdQuanta > President & CEO  |  Southeastern Universities Research Association 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