The week in physics: Blueberries' color; Bending phonons

What makes blueberries blue? Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 26 FEBRUARY–1 MARCH Advertisement GaGe RazorMax PCIe 16-Bit 1 GS/s PC Digitizer/Oscilloscope Featuring unprecedented speed and resolution with four or two 16-bit input channels, 700 MHz input bandwidth, and 31 software-selectable A/D sampling rates from 1 kS/s to 1 GS/s per channel. Standard 8 GB of onboard memory. PCIe data streaming rates up to 6 GB/s. PC Oscilloscope application and SDKs for C/C#, Python, MATLAB, & LabVIEW included. Learn more. What makes blueberries blue? A new study reveals how the berries and some other waxy fruits look blue despite a lack of blue pigment. Jennifer Sieben Phonons bend in a magnetic field New experiments demonstrate that the phonons scatter from impurities and defects in a magnetic insulator. R. Mark Wilson Webinar Webinar: The Global Helium Market: Update and Expectations In this presentation on the state of the helium market, we will review the causes of Helium Shortage 4.0, summarize the current situation in the helium market, and discuss the outlook for helium supply and demand going forward. Register now. FROM THE VAULT: October 1961 Plowshare: A program for the peaceful uses of nuclear explosives Several major research programs currently under way are aimed at developing methods of containing and controlling fusion reactions to permit adapting their power output to conventional power‐distribution systems. David B. Lombard Behind the Cover: March 2024 Soap. Bubble. Laser. Johanna L. Miller Webinar Webinar: Modeling Optical Nanostructures with COMSOL Multiphysics® Accurate simulation of optical interaction with wavelength-sized structures requires full-wave modeling. The COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation platform, with the add-on Wave Optics Module, makes it possible to model periodically arranged nanostructures as well as single metallic or dielectric nanoparticles on substrates. Register now. FROM THE MARCH MAGAZINE NASA unveils a supersonic plane with a quiet boom A simple concept, a sophisticated process: Reshape contours to prevent coalescence of shock waves. Toni Feder 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 Postdoctoral Research Scientist Position in Quantum Information Science University of Maryland (College Park, MD) View Job Visiting Faculty in Physics Bard College at Simon's Rock (Great Barrington, MA) View Job Advanced Computing Technologies Program Manager U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science (Germantown, MD) View Job Dean of Math, Science & Engineering Elgin Community College (Elgin, IL) View Job REU in Nanomanufacturing of Emerging 2D Materials and Devices Penn State University (University Park, PA) View Job Journal Manager AIP Publishing (Melville, 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 © 2024 American Institute of Physics. Unsubscribe  |  Email Preferences  |  Privacy Policy  |  Contact Us