The week in physics: Volcanic Io; Behind the cover

Io was always extremely volcanic, evidence indicates Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 29 APRIL–3 MAY Io was always extremely volcanic, evidence indicates The Jovian moon's abundance of a heavy sulfur isotope is higher than that of any other object in the solar system. Alex Lopatka A refined forecast for satellite displacements Radiation reflected from storm systems can change the trajectory of instruments orbiting Earth. Weather models can tell us by how much. Laura Fattaruso 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: September 2006 A glossary of cellular components A physicist turned biologist offers an introductory tour of some of the many structures that reside in a cell. Ned S. Wingreen Behind the Cover: May 2024 Interstellar shocks can provide a crucial jump-start to star formation. Jennifer Sieben You might have missed 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 Advertisement A Thirteenth-Century Perspective on Optical Science and Experiment: The Case of Roger Bacon Wednesday, May 8th, at 6:30 pm EDT! Discover the role of optics in the natural philosopher Roger Bacon's scientia experimentalis with the University of Pennsylvania's Professor Elly Truitt. RSVP today. FROM THE MAY MAGAZINE Science for All at CERN In the 1960s CERN initiated a series of popular-science talks for nonacademic staff in the belief that getting them interested in science was key to its becoming a world-leading laboratory. Barbara Hof 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 Fellow in Condensed Matter Quantum Physics Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (Chalk River, Ontario, Canada) View Job Research Fellow Positions Korea Institute for Advanced Study (Computational Science & AI Center) (Seoul, South Korea) View Job Lecturer (Physics) United States Coast Guard Academy (New London, CT) View Job Senior Executive Service as the Superintendent of the Optical Sciences Division US Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, DC) View Job Air Quality Specialist (Air Quality Modeling/Emissions Inventory Unit) South Coast AQMD (Diamond Bar, CA) View Job Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics Maharishi International University (Fairfield, IA) 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