The week in physics: Unbeatable squash shots; Tracking US science grant cancellations

The week in physics: 1–5 September Political currents The Eisenhower administration dismissed the director of the National Bureau of Standards in 1953. Suspecting political interference with the agency's research, scientists fought back—and won. Joseph D. Martin A crowdsourced database tracks US science grant cancellations Increasing transparency and informing advocacy and litigation efforts are the main goals of the online resource, which monitors the status of funds awarded by NSF and NIH. Jenessa Duncombe Q&A: Quantum computing researcher Matthias Troyer on his move from academia to industry The main mindset change, he says, is the focus on making things work rather than on understanding why they don't. Toni Feder From the vault: February 1992 The dynamical evidence for dark matter Studies of the dynamics of galaxies show that at least 90% of the mass in the universe is in some invisible, unknown form. Scott Tremaine Reporting in a time of widespread fear Toni Feder The ingredients for an unbeatable squash shot Ryan Dahn Post a Job Get Job Alerts Browse All Jobs Machine Director Canadian Light Source (Saskatoon, Canada) View Job Assistant Professor - Experimental Nuclear Physics Iowa State University (Ames, IA) View Job Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Princeton University (Princeton, NJ) View Job Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Physics in Experimental Applied Physics Davidson University (Davidson, NC) View Job Faculty Position in Theoretical Quantum Information Nanoscience Full-time Delft University of Technology (Delft, Netherlands) View Job Assistant Professor - Space-based and Suborbital Experimental Atmospheric Physics University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada) 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