The week in physics: 50 years of Gravitation; Contaminated aerosols; Nocturnal birds

The nocturnal bird with ultrabright feathers. Forward this email  View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 6–10 MARCH Advertisement KNF Leak-Tight Pumps Always Safer Get the added safety of a backup system when handling hazardous and/or expensive gases and vapors. KNF LeakTight pumps offer ultra-low leak rates of <6×10-6 mbar L/sec and a safety back-up diaphragm, plus safeguards against intrusion contamination. Flow rates from 15 – 290 L/min. Options include explosion-proof motors and material choices. Learn more. Gravitation's attraction, 50 years later How has a massive textbook that has not been updated remained so relevant? Ryan Dahn How contaminated water creates contaminated aerosols Bursting bubbles can produce droplets with concentrated particulate matter. But the process is more complicated than previously thought. Richard J. Fitzgerald Live webinar Live webinar: The Principles of Deep Learning Theory Deep learning is an exciting approach to modern artificial intelligence that is based on artificial neural networks. The goal of this talk is to provide a blueprint—using tools from physics—for theoretically analyzing realistic deep neural networks. Register Now. FROM THE VAULT: March 2003 Rosalind Franklin and the double helix Although she made essential contributions toward elucidating the structure of DNA, Rosalind Franklin is known to many only as seen through the distorting lens of James Watson's book, The Double Helix. Lynne Osman Elkin The nocturnal bird with ultrabright feathers With the help of multiple reflectance-maximizing elements, the Eurasian woodcock has whiter feathers than any other bird, according to a new study. Andrew Grant The rise and fall of beer foam Simulations and experiments track the turbulent process of filling up a glass with beer at various temperatures and pressures. Heather M. Hill Advertisement Mark Your Calendar: Special Careers Issue The October 2023 issue of Physics Today will mark the fifth annual special issue focused on careers & recruitment. Don't miss out on the hottest jobs, career advancement advice, real insights from those in the field and special recruitment packages that deliver! Learn more. FROM THE MARCH MAGAZINE Splitting atoms together Despite the US's strict postwar limitations on sharing nuclear knowledge, Norway and the Netherlands together were able to build a nuclear reactor several years after World War II ended. Machiel Kleemans and Hans Wilschut 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 Physics Writer Aptara (Boston, MA) View Job Postdoctoral Fellow(s) The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China) View Job Research Assistant/Associate Professor University of Tennessee Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN) View Job Director (f/m/x) at the Jülich Centre for Neutron Science and Peter Grünberg Institute Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Julich, Germany) View Job NSF CMAP Summer Physics Workshop University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) View Job Assistant Teaching Professor in Physics Arizona State University, Physics Department (Tempe, AZ) 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