The week in physics: Lizard scales; Planetary interiors; Magnetic monopoles

Laser experiments re-create iron dynamics in planetary interiors Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 21–25 FEBRUARY Advertisement Can Your Students Test and Analyze Remotely? As an engineering educator, you empower your students with the best skillsets for success in the real-world. This means giving them hands-on experience — whether they are in the lab or not. See what it takes to set up a hybrid teaching lab that offers professional-grade tools with seamless connectivity and productivity. Learn more. A new search for magnetic monopoles The latest results from CERN's Large Hadron Collider have established a lower mass limit for the still elusive hypothesized particle. Alex Lopatka DOE prepares to put a nearly completed uranium contract up for bid To placate lawmakers, the agency is seeking new proposals for work on an enrichment plant. But the winner seems preordained. David Kramer Webinar Live Webinar: Spectroscopy of color centers in silicon Color centers in Silicon are emerging as quantum information systems operating at telecom wavelength, compatible with large scale fabrication methods and fiber optic networks. The webinar will explain their fabrication, properties and technologies for spectral characterization. Register now. FROM THE VAULT: February 1973 Acoustics as a physical science Acoustics flourishes, despite the tendency of outsiders to regard "true" acoustics as minute and relatively unimportant, with any significant work considered part of some other discipline. Robert T. Beyer Webinar Live Webinar: Zapping gases to detect tiny charge concentrations Although laser-induced avalanche breakdown of air was observed soon after the first demonstration of the laser, its ability to drive exponential charge growth has only recently been harnessed as an ultra-sensitive charge detection technique. I will describe our work making this possible. Register now. Laser experiments re-create iron dynamics in planetary interiors New measurements of pressurized iron offer clues as to the kinds of exoplanets that can sustain liquid-iron cores and magnetospheres. Alex Lopatka A lizard's scales switch colors according to the same rules as spin flips The Ising model, originally formulated for ferromagnets, correctly predicts the complex evolution of reptile skin patterns. Heather M. Hill Webinar Live Webinar: Deterministic single-photon sources for photonic quantum technology Photonics offers a scalable approach to the most daring quantum applications: quantum computers or the quantum internet. The webinar describes deterministic photon source for the generation of high-quality single-photon and multi-photon entanglement and the roadmap to applications. Register now. FROM THE FEBRUARY MAGAZINE DOE medical isotope campaign nears completion The US Department of Energy says it has provided enough support to get a domestic industry off the ground without weapons-usable material. David Kramer Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe FEATURED JOBS > Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in the Center of Complex Flows and Soft Matter Research  |  South University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) > Faculty Positions in the Department of Physics  |  South University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) > Launch Your Quantum Computing Career With or Without Prior Experience  |  Alibaba Quantum Laboratory > Lecturer positions  |  TAMU Physics and Astronomy 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 © 2022 American Institute of Physics. Unsubscribe  |  Email Preferences  |  Privacy Policy  |  Contact Us