The week in physics: Nuclear clock; Explaining Einstein

Slow-motion spectroscopy paves the way for a nuclear clock Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 8–12 APRIL Webinar Webinar—El Niño and climate change: What can we expect for the rest of 2024? This webinar will provide an overview of El Niño and La Niña and their global impacts. We will review the strong El Niño of 2023–24 and the current forecast for the rest of 2024. We will also cover what is understood about ENSO and global warming. Register now. Slow-motion spectroscopy paves the way for a nuclear clock For the first time, the energy level of an atomic nucleus has been directly manipulated with a laser. Johanna L. Miller The high-profile contest to explain Einstein In 1920 Scientific American held a contest for the best essay explaining relativity to the lay public. The winner was an unknown amateur. Ryan Dahn FROM THE VAULT: September 1965 The structure of nucleons With the examination of the structure of the proton and neutron one is investigating a new hierarchical level in the material organization of the physical universe. L. L. Foldy You might have missed The many lives of an 11th-century astrolabe An art historian uncovers an astronomical device that exposes centuries of cross-cultural exchange. Ryan Dahn Webinar Workshop—Inspiring Students to Think Like Physicists with Hands-On Data Collection and Real-World Modeling In the first half of this workshop, we will highlight how your students can investigate physics in the world around them. Discover how you can use your students' surroundings to introduce the concept of "goal-less problems," helping your class learn—and think—like physicists. Register now. FROM THE APRIL MAGAZINE State anti-DEI laws sow uncertainty in public colleges and universities Inclusivity efforts are thwarted as faculty and institutions navigate new laws with unclear penalties. 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 Lecturer UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) View Job Senior Computational Physicist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) View Job Visiting Faculty in Physics Grand Valley State University Physics (Allendale, MI) View Job Instructor - Physics University of Idaho (Moscow, ID) View Job Lecturer of Engineering Physics University of Wisconsin - Platteville (Platteville, WI) View Job Quantum Optics and Quantum Sensing - Postdoctoral Appointee (Onsite) Sandia National Laboratories (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 © 2024 American Institute of Physics. Unsubscribe  |  Email Preferences  |  Privacy Policy  |  Contact Us