The week in physics: HyperPhysics at 25; A dust shield for Earth; A planetoid's distant ring

HyperPhysics, the popular online physics resource, turns 25 Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 6–10 FEBRUARY Advertisement Vacuum Hardware and Components Webshop The Pfeiffer Vacuum Valves and Engineering webshop offers a fast and responsive design, quick shipping, 3D models, hyper-realistic photos, spec sheets, credit card or PO-based shopping, order status tracking, prompt online support, and real-time freight calculations. We stock an extensive range of vacuum hardware, including flanges, fittings, adapters, and transitions. Learn more. HyperPhysics, the popular online physics resource, turns 25 Distinguished by its simple design and explanations, the physics education website remains a valuable resource for millions around the world. Sarah Wild Lowering Earth's temperature with a dust shield If a cloud of dust were to be launched from the Moon's surface, it could reduce the sunlight reaching Earth for several days, a new set of calculations reveals. Alex Lopatka FROM THE VAULT: August 2003 The discovery of rapid climate change Only within the past decade have researchers warmed to the possibility of abrupt shifts in Earth's climate. Sometimes, it takes a while to see what one is not prepared to look for. Spencer Weart 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. A distant planetoid hosts a curiously distant ring The Kuiper belt object Quaoar has a ring system that is located well beyond the distance where particles should start accreting into moons. Andrew Grant Q&A: Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann designs virtual humans and social robots Computer science, physics, psychology, and biology are just some of the fields she draws on in the highly interdisciplinary world of modeling humans. Toni Feder 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 FEBRUARY MAGAZINE Consulting can be stimulating and lucrative for physicists Skills from physics training transfer well to a career that comes in many flavors. Toni Feder Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe Accelerating career connections worldwide for over 75 years BROWSE ALL JOBS POST A JOB CREATE JOB ALERTS FEATURED JOBS Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies Harvard University Department of Physics (Cambridge, MA) View Job Theory Postdoctoral Research Associates in Strongly Correlated Electronic Materials Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, NM) View Job Assistant Professor The Institute of Optics - University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) View Job Research Associate for the Project "Polaritons in Binary Nanoparticle Superlattices" Universität Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany) View Job Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Computational Materials Modeling George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) View Job Cleanroom Manager Baylor University (Waco, TX) View Job 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