The week in physics: Nobel Prizes; Lunar glass; Thunderstorm electrification

Gamma-ray flashes offer clues about thunderstorm electrification Forward this email View in your browser THE WEEK IN PHYSICS: 7–11 OCTOBER Leaders in artificial neural network development share 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics With inspiration from neuroscience and the physics of atomic spins, John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton created the tools that underpin AI technology. Laura Fattaruso Protein designers and modelers share 2024 chemistry Nobel The prizewinning research enhances understanding of nature's molecular toolkit and enables the construction of novel proteins. Alex Lopatka FROM THE VAULT: June 1989 The concept of mass In the modern language of relativity theory there is only one mass, the Newtonian mass m, which does not vary with velocity; hence the famous formula E = mc2 has to be taken with a large grain of salt. Lev B. Okun Three glass beads bring into question the timeline of lunar volcanism Radiometric dating of material returned from the Moon suggests there was active volcanism on the satellite 120 million years ago, nearly 2 billion years more recent than previous estimates. Laura Fattaruso Gamma-ray flashes offer clues about thunderstorm electrification Newly observed high-energy atmospheric flashes show that clouds glowing with gamma-ray radiation are more dynamic than previously thought. Alex Lopatka FROM THE OCTOBER MAGAZINE Early-career faculty face many challenges Navigating a host of clear—and sometimes not-so-clear—responsibilities is critical to succeeding in academia. Alex Lopatka 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 Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Experimental High Energy Physics (neutrinos) University of Notre Dame/Department of Physics & Astronomy (Notre Dame, IN) View Job Assistant Professor—Experimental Laboratory Astrophysics Auburn University (Auburn, AL) View Job Assistant/Associate/Full Professor—Space Plasma Physics Auburn University Physics Department (Auburn, AL) View Job Assistant Professor—Theoretical Biological Physics University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) View Job Multiple open rank openings in Electrical or Computer Engineering Tufts University School of Engineering (Medford, 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