The week in physics: A nearby planetary nebula; Antineutrino anomaly; Jessica Wade

A step toward resolving the reactor antineutrino anomaly Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 9–13 JANUARY Advertisement A Radical New Approach to Freshman Mechanics All at a price students can afford — $19.99 Vectors and calculus weave systematically through the text. Homework uses symbolic reasoning, not pocket calculators. Based on two equations: F = dp/dt Physics – Calculus = Nonsense Learn more Q&A: Jessica Wade is passionate about chirality and inclusivity The materials researcher believes that transformative technologies and a more welcoming physics culture will aid in tackling global challenges. Toni Feder Neighboring stars shaped a planetary nebula Early JWST images reveal previously unseen fingerprints of stellar interactions with a dying star. Heather M. Hill Live webinar Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don't Know About the Ocean What difference does it make who pays for science? Some might say none. 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? History, however, suggests otherwise. In science, as elsewhere, money is power. Register Now. FROM THE VAULT: September 2015 How many asteroids are out there, exactly? The effort to find objects that might threaten Earth is far from complete, and NASA admits it won't meet a 2020 congressional deadline to find the bigger ones. David Kramer 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. A step toward resolving the reactor antineutrino anomaly Bolstering models with precision measurements of nuclear fission products could explain why multiple neutrino-detection experiments have attained puzzling results. Andrew Grant New books: January 2023 A listing of newly published books spanning several genres of the physical sciences. Live webinar Actions to Advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Physics Across science, many groups of people continue to be underrepresented, and representation gaps appear set to persist for a long time. For example, it is projected to take 258 years to reach gender parity in physics. What factors lead to disparities in representation? What are the challenges faced by equity-deserving groups? Why should we be motivated to effect change? What can we do? Register Now. FROM THE JANUARY MAGAZINE The early universe in a quantum gas With a Bose–Einstein condensate in a magnetic field, researchers see hints of particle production and cosmic sound waves—and they can run the experiment more than once. Johanna L. Miller Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe FEATURED JOBS > TECHNOLOGIST/ MICROSCOPIST |  New Mexico Tech > Assistant/Associate Professors  |  Naval Postgraduate School 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