The week in physics: Anticipating the Nobel Prize

Coming Tuesday: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 30 SEPTEMBER–4 OCTOBER Advertisement Zirconia Benefits Medical Applications The nature of yttria-stabilized zirconia supports extremely fine features and great resiliency against impact. Medical Designers find these features useful for in vitro applications where general ceramic benefits like strength, wear resistance, electrical resistivity and biocompatibility are required. Learn more. Coming Tuesday: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 Up to 3 people will join the 224 who have been awarded the prize since 1901. You might have missed 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 FROM THE VAULT: September 2022 Physics Nobel nominees, 1901–70 Analyzing more than 3300 nominations from the first seven decades of the world's preeminent physics prize reveals trends and shortcomings. Greg Stasiewicz and Andrew Grant FROM THE OCTOBER MAGAZINE Careers by the numbers What's the next career step for new recipients of physics bachelor's degrees? Of physics PhDs? Data give some insights. Richard J. Fitzgerald 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 Senior Equipment Specialist—Physics Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) View Job Physics Teaching Jobs at K–12 Private Schools ATOMS Placement Services (Nationwide) View Job Associate or Full Professor Faculty Position The Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA) View Job Faculty Position in Experimental or Theoretical Condensed/Soft Matter Physics Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX) View Job Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Theoretical Nuclear Physics University of Arizona Department of Physics (Tucson, AZ) View Job Assistant Professor, Physics University of Tampa (Tampa, FL) 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