The week in physics: Report on NASA priorities; Salt crystals

NASA urged to boost R&D at expense of near-term missions Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 16–20 SEPTEMBER Advertisement Silicon Carbide Wear Plate Inserts Technical ceramics like silicon carbide can be a terrific solution to wear problems, even at elevated temperatures. Simple plate inserts are designed to prevent wear and contamination when directing high-speed continuous fibers or other abrasive material or part flows. Learn more. NASA urged to boost R&D at expense of near-term missions An independent committee says the space agency must urgently rebalance its budget to invest in people, research, and infrastructure. Lindsay McKenzie October issue preview Q&A: Tareq Abu Hamed champions environmental cooperation in the Middle East The Palestinian director of a research institute in Israel uses dialog and science diplomacy to tackle regional challenges related to water, energy, climate adaptation, and more. Toni Feder FROM THE VAULT: January 1981 AIP Member Societies entering the 1980s Professional self‐identification, employer, work activity, subfield and salary all show a wide variation in this statistical sampling of society members. Beverly Fearn Porte October issue preview Self-removing salt crystals A newly discovered mechanism by which salt crystals leap off nanoengineered surfaces may lead to the development of industrial materials that resist the buildup of minerals from fresh and salt water. Samantha McBride FROM THE SEPTEMBER MAGAZINE A menagerie of Martian auroras The red planet's auroral activity stems from processes that are not seen on Earth. Justin Deighan 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 Interdisciplinary search for multiple tenured/tenure-track faculty positions in Microelectronics Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN) View Job Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Theoretical Neutrino Physics Virginia Tech Department of Physics (Blacksburg, VA) View Job Associate Professor - Computational Mechanics Tufts University Mechanical Engineering (Medford, MA) View Job Flatiron Research Fellow, Center for Computational Astrophysics Simons Foundation (New York, NY) View Job Multiple Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Quantum Science and Engineering Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) View Job GT Open Rank, Non-Tenure Track Academic Professional or Sr. Academic Professional Faculty Position Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) 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