The week in physics: Making The Feynman Lectures; Commercial fusion; Acoustic jets

How to create an acoustic jet with a metamaterial lens Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 6–10 DECEMBER Advertisement A Unique 2 Amplifier Solution with the 250S1G6C With a minimum of 250 W across its operating bandwidth of 1.0 - 6.0 GHz, the 250S1G6C is a solid-state, Class A, self-contained, air-cooled, broadband power amplifier designed for applications designed for EMC Testing. When combined with a U series amplifier it forms a unique two amplifier solution covering 10 kHz - 6 GHz, a testing range typically requiring three to four amplifiers. Learn more. How to create an acoustic jet with a metamaterial lens A type of spherical lens first conceived by James Clerk Maxwell could help harvest ambient acoustic energy. Charles Day Commentary: The making of Chapter 46 of The Feynman Lectures It took a lot of work to turn Richard Feynman's physics lectures into published volumes. Don Groom was one of the Caltech graduate students who edited transcripts of the original lectures. Don Groom Advertisement UCLA Master's Degree Prepares Students for Quantum Industry The UCLA Master of Quantum Science and Technology is a year-long in-person program designed to prepare students and recent graduates for a quantum career in industry and government. A rigorous curriculum emphasizes solid academics and hands-on laboratory skills development. Launch a career in quantum today. FROM THE VAULT: December 1974 Origins of the American Astronomical Society The date was 1899: Lick Observatory was a dozen years old, Yerkes brand‐new; astrophysics was a young but fast‐growing discipline, and the AAS held its inaugural meeting. Richard Berendzen Investors flock to MIT fusion spinoff Commonwealth Fusion Systems plans to build a tokamak with high-temperature superconducting magnets to demonstrate net fusion power. David Kramer Webinar LIVE WEBINAR: MICROWAVE FRUIT PHOTONICS AND THE SHAPE OF WATER Pairs of grapes and other similarly sized fruit dimers will often spark in a household microwave oven. Explanations abound, but recent research is showing that simply treating the objects as optically-resonant spheres of water yields surprisingly rich physics, with broad photonics applications. Register now. Behind the Cover: December 2021 A venomous octopus does double duty to symbolize soft matter and colloidal assembly. Charles Day New books: December 2021 A listing of newly published books spanning several genres of the physical sciences. Advertisement The Only Grad Guide You Will Ever Need The Student Guide to Grad School in Physics, Astronomy & Related Fields is here! Read this new magazine from GradSchoolShopper to get advice from real students, faculty and leadership at the Society of Physics Students. Then use GradSchoolShopper.com to explore hundreds of grad programs exclusively in the physical sciences! Read the issue now. FROM THE DECEMBER MAGAZINE Ten billion years ago, galaxies were already running out of gas A look into the distant reaches of the universe offers clues about when, why, and how star formation shuts off. Johanna L. Miller Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe FEATURED JOBS > Physics Teaching Jobs at K-12 Private Schools  |  ATOMS Placement Services > Lab Solutions Engineer  |  Thorlabs, Inc. > Tenure-track Positions in Physics and Astrophysics  |  Florida Institute of Technology Are you hiring? Do you want your job to appear here? Post with Physics Today and select the "Publication" enhancement 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