The week in physics: MXenes; Superconductive ink; Plutonium production

A new way to make two-dimensional conductors on the MX-scene. Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 17–21 APRIL Welcome to the new Physics Today website We're excited to announce that Physics Today has moved to the Silverchair web platform. Our refreshed website brings a streamlined design, improved search, and other enhancements to the user experience. If you were a registered user of the previous Physics Today platform (known as Scitation), you will need to reset your password the first time you log in to the new platform. Superconductive two-dimensional ink: Just add water Stable at room temperature, a new ink may change the way integrated circuits are made. JEnnifer Sieben Live webinar Live webinar: The Physics of Active Matter Birds flock. Bees swarm. Fish school. These remarkable examples of natural collective behavior inspired researchers to study active matter—matter made not of atoms and molecules but of entities that consume energy to generate their own motion and forces. This unusual class of nonequilibrium systems can exhibit remarkable self-organization. Register Now. Plutonium production for NASA carries avoidable risk, safety panel says An independent oversight group encourages the Department of Energy to minimize the risk of earthquake-driven contamination at Los Alamos by upgrading the glove boxes used to make fuel for spacecraft. Sarah Scoles FROM THE VAULT: August 2017 A paper on field theory delivers a wake-up call to academics Oliver Rosten believes the postdoctoral system played a role in his friend's suicide. Disseminating that opinion in a scientific journal took perseverance. Andrew Grant A new way to make two-dimensional conductors on the MX-scene MXenes, a promising family of atomically thin materials, can now be fabricated without harsh acids and with little waste. Johanna L. Miller Advertisement Mark Your Calendar: Careers Special 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 APRIL MAGAZINE Actin assembly is a physics problem Simple mechanical forces may be key to understanding an essential biological process: the formation of cytoskeletal components that give structure to every cell in your body. Johanna L. Miller 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 Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track) or Associate Professor (non-tenure-track) in Natural Sciences Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS), Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) View Job Non-tenure-track Teaching Assistant or Associate Professor University of Missouri-Physics and Astronomy Dept (Columbia, MO) View Job Spedding Postdoctoral Fellowships at Ames National Laboratory Iowa State University (Ames, IA) View Job R&D High Voltage Postdoctoral Appointee Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM) View Job Teaching Assistant Professor of Physics University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND) View Job Vacuum Systems Technician Commonwealth Fusion Systems (Devens, MA) 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