The week in physics: Old forests; Ferroelectric data storage; Measuring light polarization

Metamaterial device makes 16 polarization measurements at once Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 13–17 MAY Advertisement NANOscientific Symposium 2024 Park Systems, a global leader in nanoscale microscopy, is pleased to announce the 2024 schedule for the NANOscientific Symposium. The symposium have united thousands of international attendees across five continents, promoting rich discussions and collaborations in the field of nanoscience. The 2024 symposium will continue this tradition, offering participants the opportunity to present their research and compete for prizes in both presentations and poster exhibits. Register now. Old forests are irreplaceably cool Satellite measurements confirm that the sudden disappearance of mature tropical forests has a more drastic effect on local land temperature than does the gradual growth of young forests. Andrew Grant New memory circuit can handle the heat A ferroelectric device can store data at temperatures up to 600 °C for dozens of hours at a time. R. Mark Wilson Webinar Webinar: Nanophotonics for Global Health and Sustainability Imagine a future with plentiful clean-energy harvesting to phase out fossil fuels, chemical manufacturing that does not emit harmful pollutants or produce wasteful byproducts, point-of-care diagnostics and sensors, and computers that operate at light speed and consume little energy. In this webinar, we describe the underlying physics and several emerging applications. Register now. FROM THE VAULT: November 2012 Oliver Heaviside: A first-rate oddity Prickly, reclusive, and unemployed for most of his career, Heaviside nonetheless strongly influenced the evolution of 19th century electromagnetics. Bruce J. Hunt Metamaterial device makes 16 polarization measurements at once Capturing all the ways that an object can affect a light wave's polarization has always been cumbersome. Now it can be done in an instant. Johanna L. Miller You might have missed Mysterious gravity signatures are a window into the Moon's early history Geophysical analysis reveals evidence of the Moon's mantle overturning itself. Jennifer Sieben FROM THE MAY MAGAZINE A shocking beginning to star formation The birth of stars is tightly entangled with interstellar shocks, which makes shocked regions a paradise for astrochemistry. Cecilia Ceccarelli and Claudio Codella 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 Genomics Scientist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) View Job Postdoctoral Reasearcher Positions in Nanophotonics, Quantum Science, and Plasmonic Biosensors Duke University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Durham, NC) View Job Visiting Assistant Professor University of Iowa, Department of Physics & Astronomy (Iowa City, IA) View Job Professor or Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Materials Modeling ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland) View Job Upper School Physics Teacher St. Anselm's Abbey School (Washington, DC) View Job Technical Sales SPECS-TII Inc. (Mansfield, MA) 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