The week in physics: El Niño impacts; Latest from NIF

El Niño and its impacts this year and in the future Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 7–11 AUGUST Advertisement Nanopositioning Tools for Microscopy Explore the latest XY & XYZ nanopositioning stages for super-resolution microscopy, fast Z-focus stages, 6-axis closed-loop AFM stages with sub-nanometer accuracy, piezo scanner tubes, and user-configurable microscope platforms. See our Solutions / Watch the Video. El Niño and its impacts this year and in the future How will the well-understood El Niño–Southern Oscillation change as the planet warms? Emily Becker National Ignition Facility earns its name for a second time Promotion of the achievement is muted as the laboratory saves the details of fusion energy gain for the scientific literature. David Kramer Live webinar Webinar—Multiphysics Software for Optics Simulation In this webinar, you will get an overview of what is possible when using multiphysics software for optics simulation and an introduction to the practical implementation of a ray-optics simulation project. Register now. FROM THE VAULT: December 2018 Commentary: Condensed matter's image problem Researchers and science communicators should be working to better convey the richness and depth in the physics of materials to a broad audience. Douglas Natelson Brown carbon aerosols warm the air more than previously thought Some organic particulates found in wildfire smoke absorb visible solar radiation but are unaccounted for in climate models. Alex Lopatka You might have missed How dessert icing crystallizes in the kitchen and the lab The supersaturated solution of sugar and water cools out of equilibrium to crystallize into the creamy glaze used in all sorts of confectionaries. Alex Lopatka Live webinar Webinar—Boost Your Signal-to-Noise Ratio with Lock-in Detection New technologies based on smaller and ever-more powerful devices often require precise measurements of tiny signals that are buried in noise. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use lock-in amplifiers and optimize measurement parameters to get the best signal-to-noise ratio. Register now. FROM THE AUGUST MAGAZINE Embracing imperfection for quantum technologies Solid-state spin qubits unlock applications in nanoscale quantum sensing and are at the forefront of creating distributed, long-distance entanglement that could enable a quantum internet. Christopher P. Anderson and David D. Awschalom 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 Chief Research Officer American Institute of Physics (College Park, MD) View Job Assistant or Associate Professor American University (Washington, DC) View Job Assistant Professor of Physics Providence College (Providence, RI) View Job Lasker Prize Fellowship Space Telescope Science Institute (Baltimore, MD) View Job Assistant Professor of Physics Smith College (Northampton, MA) View Job UNM - CQuIC - Postdoc University of New Mexico - Center for Quantum Information and Control (Albuquerque, NM) 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