The week in physics: Noninvertible symmetries; Graduate admissions uncertainties

The week in physics: 2–6 June We want to know how we can better serve our readers. If you're interested in being part of a focus group, please fill out this form. ADVERTISEMENT Unlock Precision in High-Energy Physics: Free Whitepaper! Dive into the world of high-energy physics with the GaGe RazorMax Express Digitizer. Discover how this efficient and cost-effective digitizer/oscilloscope can revolutionize your particle counting applications. Download now to explore unparalleled precision and reliability in your research. Download this essential resource for scientists & researchers! Noninvertible symmetries: What's done cannot be undone Recent research has shown that the traditional notion of symmetry is too limited. A new class of symmetries is bringing surprising insights to quantum systems. Shu-Heng Shao Funding uncertainties muddle graduate admissions Aiming to bring on PhD students who they can keep commitments to, universities are adjusting their admissions processes and offers. Toni Feder Preventing particle leaks in fusion reactors Ryan Dahn ADVERTISEMENT Tell 1,200+ Physics Undergrads About Your Grad Program About half of today's physics bachelor's recipients pursue a path to grad school. How will they know about your grad program? Learn more about accessing the largest gathering of physics and astronomy undergrads—attend the 2025 Physics & Astronomy Congress Grad Fair in Denver, CO on Oct 30-Nov 1. Learn More From the vault: March 1987 The first electronic computer John Vincent Atanasoff, a theoretical physicist faced with tedious quantum mechanical computations, built an electronic device that featured binary logic, regenerative memory and vector processing in 1939. Allan R. Mackintosh A hovering resonator enhances the quantum Hall effect Electromagnetic vacuum-field fluctuations are capable of reshaping the electronic correlations of solid-state systems. Johanna L. Miller Business, STEM jobs offer strong starting salaries to new physics PhDs Tonya Gary From the June issue Re-remembering Benjamin Whisoh Lee, promoter of gauge theories The Korean American physicist made the framework underlying the standard model accessible to a generation of particle physicists. Eun-Joo Ahn Post a Job Get Job Alerts Browse All Jobs Assistant Professor positions at IISER Thiruvananthapuram IISER Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala, India) View Job Canada Excellence Research Chair in Engineering Physics Polytechnique Montréal (Montréal, Canada) View Job Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN) View Job Purdue-Technion Quantum Postdoctoral Fellowship Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) View Job Editor, Conference Proceedings AIP Publishing (Remote) View Job Quantum Information Physicist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA) View Job Physics Today is published by the American Institute of Physics. To manage your AIP email preferences and newsletter subscriptions, click here. Or unsubscribe from all AIP emails. © 2025 American Institute of Physics. Physics Today 1 Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3842 +1 301 209 3100