The week in physics: High-energy neutrinos; Summer reads; Prabhakar to lead OSTP

A star's demise is connected to a neutrino outburst. Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 20–24 JUNE Advertisement Charting A Path for the Next Decade of Space Research Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s presents a visionary plan to pursue discovery and exploration of habitable planets, enhance understanding of the dynamic and changing universe, and study what drives the formation of galaxies. Explore this report's recommendations for an ambitious program of ground- and space-based activities. Read it free online or download. A star's demise is connected to a neutrino outburst The prospect of high-energy neutrinos being formed by tidal forces ripping apart a star near a supermassive black hole has garnered new support. Alex Lopatka Summer reads for physics fanatics Highlights include memoirs and books about timekeeping, the future of astronomy, taking over the world, and more. Ryan Dahn Webinar Live webinar: Cryogenic Raman imaging and spectroscopy This presentation will describe cryogenic Raman imaging before providing application examples that demonstrate its ability to take molecular characterization right to the edge of absolute zero, with full polarization control and in high magnetic fields. Register now. FROM THE VAULT: September 2012 The Higgs particle, or something much like it, has been spotted Further work will show whether it's the last piece of the standard model or a sign of new physics. Johanna L. Miller Webinar Editor's Series Live Webinar: Designing Biomimetic Colloidal Assembly of Active Materials How does nature build materials that make cells move, divide, and multiply? Pushing everything away from equilibrium by consumption of fuels might be the answer! During this webinar, we will show how to take these fuel-dependent processes and translate them to synthetic colloidal systems in a quest for new dynamic materials. Register now. Biden picks former NIST and DARPA head Arati Prabhakar as science adviser The nominee to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has focused on applications-oriented R&D and is an ardent advocate for applying the Advanced Research Projects Agency model to national problems. William Thomas Webinar Live Webinar: Simulating Metamaterials with COMSOL Multiphysics® Metamaterials and metasurfaces have received an increasing amount of interest in academia and industry over the past twenty years. This is because specifically designed metamaterials can control electromagnetic waves in previously unprecedented ways. In this webinar we will cover the basics of metamaterials and metasurfaces and demonstrate how their behavior can be simulated using COMSOL Multiphysics®. Register now. FROM THE JUNE MAGAZINE W-boson mass hints at physics beyond the standard model Nearly a decade of collisions and a decade of analysis yield the fundamental particle's mass with the highest precision to date. Heather M. Hill Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe FEATURED JOBS > Lecturer  |  Princeton Institute of Materials > Chair (W2) of High-Field Terahertz Physics  |  Technische Universität Dresden 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