The week in physics: Physics Today turns 75; Mars Sample Return; Naming moons

The controversial origins of naming moons. Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 1–5 MAY Advertisement Join Optica and Receive a Complimentary T-Shirt Learn more about exclusive member benefits and services by visiting www.optica.org. This offer is valid through 31 December 2023. Reflections on 75 years of Physics Today Anniversary issues offer snapshots of the physical sciences and the magazine. Q&A: Cosmologist Shaun Hotchkiss is in business to share your research Through conferences, videos, and more, he's looking to engage scientists and the public in new ways. Toni Feder 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. FROM THE VAULT: January 2008 Fermi, Pasta, Ulam, and a mysterious lady The computations for the first-ever numerical experiment were performed by a young woman named Mary Tsingou. After decades of omission, it is time to recognize her contribution. Thierry Dauxois 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. The controversial origins of naming moons After centuries of designating the solar system's moons with numbers, astronomers adopted mythology-inspired names in the 1800s to keep national rivalries out of the sky. Stephen Case Concerns grow over Mars Sample Return mission With NASA's cost estimates rising, criticism is building in the scientific community and among members of Congress that the mission is siphoning money from other projects. WIlliam Thomas Live webinar Live webinar: Quantum Measurement and Why It's a Problem Quantum mechanics has been our most successful fundamental theory of nature since the 1920s, but we still don't fully understand what the theory actually says. Sean Carroll will discuss what the problem is, why it is important, and how a better understanding could help us with other pressing problems in physics. Register Now. FROM THE MAY MAGAZINE Fluorescence microscopy watches proteins at their own scale Visible light can track molecules with nanometer and millisecond resolution, even amid the complexity of a living cell. 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 Non-Tenure Track Teaching Position in Physics Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL) View Job Instructor of Physics Tennessee Tech University (Cookville, TN) View Job Instrument Scientists (f/m/d) European XFEL GmbH (Schenefeld, Germany) View Job Bucher-Jackson Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Sciences Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA) View Job Instructional Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) View Job Chief Medical Physicist - Central New York Associated Medical Professionals of New York (Syracuse, NY) 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