The week in physics: Unmixable metals; Extinction risk; 11th-century astrolabe

Estimating the extinction risk from climate change Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 25–29 MARCH 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. Estimating the extinction risk from climate change Marine life faces evolutionary pressures from multiple intersecting fronts, according to a combination of paleontology observations and paleoclimate simulations. Alex Lopatka When unmixable metals mix At the bulk scale, gold and rhodium separate like oil and water, but at the nanoscale, they can mix completely. The reason for the miscibility is not what it seems. Laura Fattaruso FROM THE VAULT: May 1970 Physicists with unusual careers The experiences of seven young physicists may be relevant for their colleagues who are looking for jobs as well as for the future of physics. Marian S. Rothenberg Webinar Workshop—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. The many lives of an 11th-century astrolabe An art historian uncovers an astronomical device that exposes centuries of cross-cultural exchange. Ryan Dahn FROM THE APRIL MAGAZINE Attosecond analysis illuminates a watery mystery With powerful x-ray free-electron lasers, researchers are making great strides in ultrafast spectroscopy—with lessons about how molecules arrange themselves at rest. 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 Lecturer UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) View Job Two Instructors of Physics Tennessee Tech University (Cookeville, TN) View Job Visiting Assistant Professor - Physics Florida Polytechnic University (Lakeland, FL) View Job Postdoctoral researcher (f/m/d) for ultrafast X-ray and electron diffraction European XFEL (Schenefeld, Germany) View Job Paid Internship - Undergraduate and Graduate Students Quantum Biology Laboratory (Washington, DC) View Job Cryogenics Facility Manager University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) 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