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Switching the polarization in metal-nitride ferroelectrics. Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 19–23 JUNE Live webinar Webinar—Rediscovered Artifacts & Mysteries from the Hunt for the Neutrino A recently uncovered cache of materials that neutrino pioneers Clyde Cowan and Fred Reines collected includes records, keepsakes, and images that were packed away shortly after the electron antineutrino was first discovered in the flux from a reactor in South Carolina in 1956. Notes, images, and invoices offer an intimate glimpse of the efforts that led to first direct detection of neutrinos. Register now. Switching the polarization in metal-nitride ferroelectrics Electron microscopy images and first-principles calculations reveal a model that describes the atomic configuration that atoms in a boron-doped metal-nitride film adopt when they flip their polarization. R. Mark Wilson FROM THE VAULT: July 1969 Sensors in the deep sea Tiny variations in temperature, pressure and currents can be measured with modern electronics. Problems arise, though, when variations in one parameter affect the reading of another. Work on the Deep‐Sea Capsule has found some solutions. Douglas R. Caldwell, Frank E. Snodgrass, and Mark H. Wimbush 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. July issue preview Free textbooks and other open educational resources gain popularity Affordable and customizable, they contribute to making higher education more inclusive and accessible. Toni Feder Live webinar Webinar—How to Become a Successful Physicist The problem-solving process of many skilled scientists is based on a consistent set of 29 decisions. These decisions provide guidance for learning both how to become a good physicist and how to train aspiring physicists. I will provide examples for how to provide students opportunities to practice these decisions and for how to provide feedback on how to improve. Register Now. FROM THE JUNE MAGAZINE A family of two-dimensional conductors comes into bloom MXenes, a promising group of atomically thin materials, can now be fabricated without harsh acids and with little waste. 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 Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics Trinity College (Hartford, CT) View Job Postdoc Physicist / Engineer (m/f/div) for the Development of RF-Driven Ion Sources Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Garching, Germany) View Job Physics Faculty (10 - Month Position) Wor-Wic Community College (Salisbury, MD) View Job ST&E Technical Writer / Research Analyst Universities Research Association, Inc. (Albuquerque, NM) View Job Postdoctoral Appointee - Fire Science & Technology Optical/Laser Diagnostics Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, NM) View Job Tenured Physics Professor - Simons Center for Geometry & Physics Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, 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