The week in physics: Remembering Sally Ride; Lunar interior; Biomolecular structure

The week in physics: 16–20 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. Q&A: Tam O'Shaughnessy honors Sally Ride's courage and character In a new documentary, Ride's life partner of 27 years chronicles the astronaut's leadership, resilience, and dedication to science. Jenessa Duncombe The Moon's interior is surprisingly irregular Even though NASA's gravity-mapping GRAIL mission ended 13 years ago, the data are still yielding new insights. Alex Lopatka From the vault: February 2021 Whiskey webs: Fingerprints of evaporated bourbon When a water-diluted droplet of American whiskey evaporates, it can leave behind a self-assembled web pattern not found in Scotch or brandy. Stuart J. Williams Q&A: Xiaoxing Xi on the wrongful arrest that upended his research and his life The physicist now advocates for other Chinese-born scientists in the US suspected of spying for China. Toni Feder A quick and easy probe of biomolecular structure By how long they take to escape an entropic trap, slender molecules can be distinguished from compact ones. Johanna L. Miller From the June issue Hippies, Bell tests, and a career studying quantum entanglement Investigating a group of maverick physicists who studied the foundations of quantum mechanics in the 1970s led one physicist-historian to help create a new test of entanglement. David Kaiser Post a Job Get Job Alerts Browse All Jobs Assistant Professor Nuclear Fusion (Research & Education) Durham University (Durham, United Kingdom) View Job Experimental Postdoctoral Position in Ultracold Atoms/Quantum Computing New York University Shanghai (Shanghai, China) View Job Advanced Quantum Testbed Project Scientist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, CA) View Job Assistant Professor, FRIB Experimental Bridge Position North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC) View Job Canada Excellence Research Chair in Engineering Physics Polytechnique Montréal (Montréal, Canada) View Job Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions at CALDES Institute for Basic Science (Pohang, South Korea) 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