The week in physics: Studying nuclear decays; Low-pressure diamond formation

Levitating beads reveal radioactivity Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 27–31 MAY Levitating beads reveal radioactivity A new technique for studying nuclear decays relies not on complicated particle detectors but on Newton's third law. Andrew Grant Making diamond without the pressure Most diamonds are formed at pressures exceeding 40 000 atm. With a new approach, diamond film can be grown in a liquid-metal mixture at 1 atm. Laura Fattaruso FROM THE VAULT: November 1997 The cosmic Rosetta Stone Microkelvin variations in the cosmic microwave background encode a wealth of information about the origin and composition of the universe. Charles L. Bennett, Michael S. Turner, and Martin White You might have missed NSF delays major cosmic microwave background experiment The agency's decision to prioritize infrastructure upgrades in Antarctica forces leaders of the Cosmic Microwave Background Stage 4 project to change their design plans. Lindsay McKenzie FROM THE JUNE MAGAZINE Putting microLED technology on display After some two decades of advances in manufacturing processes, microLEDs have the quality and capabilities necessary for many display applications. Vikrant Kumar, Keith Behrman, and Ioannis Kymissis 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 Division Director National Science Foundation (Alexandria, VA) View Job Postdoctoral Research Fellows - Air Force Science & Technology Fellowship Program The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Washington, DC) View Job Design Physicist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) 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 Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics High Point University (High Point, NC) 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