The week in physics: Uncertain art of reconstructing history; 3D printing of living material; Unusual Arctic wildfire

Uncertain art of reconstructing history; 3D printing of living material; Unusual Arctic wildfire Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 2–6 JANUARY Advertisement High-Accuracy Laser Wavelength Meters Bristol Instruments offers a family of wavelength meters that provide accurate information for scientists and engineers who need to know the exact wavelength of their laser. Wavelength can be measured to an accuracy as high as ± 0.0001 nm. Systems are available for CW and pulsed lasers that operate at wavelengths from 375 nm to 12 µm. Learn more: bristol-inst.com The uncertain art of reconstructing history For historians, interpreting what is left unsaid in a letter can be as important as understanding the words on the page itself. Ryan Dahn Three-dimensional printing of living material A newly developed hydrogel ink is loaded with fungi, whose metabolic activity allows the printed structure to grow and heal itself. R. Mark Wilson FROM THE VAULT: December 2019 John Wheeler's H-bomb blues In 1953, as a political battle raged over the US's nuclear future, the eminent physicist lost a classified document, about the hydrogen bomb, on an overnight train from Philadelphia to Washington, DC. Alex Wellerstein 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. Behind the Cover: January 2023 Unusual Arctic fire activity in 2019–21 was driven by, among other factors, earlier snowmelt and varying atmospheric conditions brought about by rising temperatures. Alex Lopatka You might have missed The most popular Physics Today articles of 2022 This year's Nobel Prize confirmed the appeal of quantum mysteriousness. And readers couldn't ignore the impact of international affairs on science. Andrew Grant 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. FROM THE JANUARY MAGAZINE Enceladus erupts In the frozen reaches of the outer solar system, one Saturnian moon hosts rich geological activity, sustained by liquid water. Michael Manga and Maxwell Rudolph Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe FEATURED JOBS > Tenured or Tenure Track Faculty Position in Materials Science and Engineering |  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute > NPI Science Writer  |  Thorlabs 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