The week in physics: Born–Oppenheimer approximation; Royal Astronomical Society bicentennial; Paul Langevin

A solid-state failure of the Born–Oppenheimer approximation. Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 19–30 DECEMBER Webinar Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know About the Ocean If scientists seek to discover fundamental truths about the world, and they do so in an objective manner using well-established methods, then how could it matter who's footing the bill? In science, as elsewhere, money is power. Tracing the recent history of oceanography, Naomi Oreskes discloses dramatic changes in American ocean science since the Cold War, uncovering how and why it changed. Register now. Paul Langevin's contribution to early quantum physics After studying Max Planck's work on thermal radiation, the famed French physicist was instrumental in spreading early ideas on quantum theory. Martha Cecilia Bustamante de la Ossa The bicentennial of the Royal Astronomical Society The story of the organization includes many of the past two centuries' key advances in astronomy and geophysics. Deborah Kent Advertisement Special Offer: Post Your REU at SPS Jobs, FREE SPS Jobs offers FREE postings for recruiting seasonal REU's and interns. Students are on the hunt for summer opportunities now and positions on SPS will also appear on Physics Today, AAPT, APS Physics, and AVS Science and Technology. Create or login to your SPS Jobs account and select the "Summer Research/Internship" Job Level. Post Your REU Now. FROM THE VAULT: January 1963 "No Fugitive and Cloistered Virtue"—A tribute to Niels Bohr Niels Bohr was the first recipient of the Atoms for Peace Award. The following tribute was delivered as part of the award ceremony on October 24, 1957. John A. WHeeler Advertisement Call for Submissions: NASA StarShade Undergraduate Challenge NASA's Hybrid Observatory for Earth-like Exoplanets team is seeking undergraduate students to design and construct an orbiting starshade that could help examine extreme exoplanets from an Earth-stationed observatory. Students are encouraged to form teams from their local departments or universities. The deadline for phase 1 submissions is 1/20/23. Learn more. Seasonal variations on a planet without seasons Forty years of data on the temperatures of Jupiter's cloud-filled atmospheric layer reveal surprising cyclic patterns and correlations between hemispheres. Andrew Grant A solid-state failure of the Born–Oppenheimer approximation According to a keystone principle of molecular physics, atoms striking semiconductor surfaces shouldn't excite surface electrons. But they do. Johanna L. Miller FROM THE JANUARY MAGAZINE Ethics in physics: The need for culture change A new American Physical Society survey shows that although ethics education is more prevalent than it was nearly two decades ago, unethical research practices and harassment are still significant problems in the physics community. Frances A. Houle, Kate P. Kirby and Michael P. Marder Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe FEATURED JOBS > Assistant Professor of Practice |  Purdue University > Assistant/Associate Professor of Physics  |  University of Louisiana at Lafayette 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 © 2023 American Institute of Physics. Unsubscribe  |  Email Preferences  |  Privacy Policy  |  Contact Us