The week in physics: Gravitational lenses

Learning to see gravitational lenses Forward this email View in your browser The week in physics: 3–7 February Beginning this month, all Physics Today newsletters will be sent from PhysicsToday@aipcomm.org. To ensure that you continue to receive our newsletters without interruption, please add our new email address to your contacts. Advertisement Pumps with LeakTight Safety Backup Handling hazardous or expensive gases and vapors requires extra care. KNF LeakTight pumps offer ultra-low leak rates of <6×10−6 mbar l/sec and a safety backup diaphragm, plus safeguards against intrusion contamination. Flow rates from 15–300 L/min. Options include explosion-proof motors and flow path material choices for chemical compatibility. Read now. Learning to see gravitational lenses In the 1970s and 1980s, iconoclastic astronomers used diagrams, computer models, and their own intuition to convince the community that they had observed celestial objects that noticeably bend background light. Sebastian Fernandez-Mulligan From the vault: May 2019 Celebrating and supporting African American women in physics Fewer than 100 African American women have received PhDs in physics. AAWIP lists their names and provides resources for students, job seekers, and departments. Jami Valentine Miller You might have missed Q&A: Historian of science Jahnavi Phalkey starts a museum The founding director at Science Gallery Bengaluru in India aims to "bring science back into the culture." Toni Feder Advertisement In Case You Missed it: Special Issue on Quantum Quantum mechanics is all around us and early debates about quantum theory, epitomized by Schrödinger's cat, have morphed into real-world quantum applications. In this special issue, we present articles from our archives that describe the birth of modern quantum mechanics, the emergence of several key concepts, and new applications that have the potential to transform both science and society. Read now. From the February magazine Early debates in space science Does the Sun generate a wind or a breeze? Where do gamma-ray bursts originate? Here's how five of the biggest questions in the field were answered with the help of satellites. W. David Cummings and Louis J. Lanzerotti 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 Nuclear Diagnostic Scientist Pacific Fusion (Livermore, CA) View Job Post-Doctoral Positions Indiana University Physics Department (Bloomington, IN) View Job Superconducting Magnet Division Director Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, NY) View Job Department of Physics—Faculty (Open Rank) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL) View Job Physics Teaching Jobs at K–12 Private Schools ATOMS Placement Services (Nationwide) View Job Research Chair in Experimental Quantum Materials Physics University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) View Job Physics Today is published by the American Institute of Physics 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 USA +1 301 209 3100 © 2025 American Institute of Physics. Unsubscribe  |  Email Preferences  |  Privacy Policy  |  Contact Us