The week in physics: Richard Garwin; Self-building nanostructures; Nonlinear wave dynamics

The week in physics: 3–7 November ADVERTISEMENT Micro-LED Production—Can Hexapods Provide Advantages? Hexapods—six-axis parallel-kinematic platforms—enable precise alignment by controlling all six degrees of freedom (X, Y, Z, pitch, roll, yaw) simultaneously. Their high stiffness, compact footprint, and user-defined pivot point make them ideal for micro-LED transfer, alignment, and repair applications. Remembering Richard Garwin, physicist and science adviser The polymath scientist leaves behind a monumental legacy in both the scientific and political realms. John P. Holdren, Raymond Jeanloz, and Frank N. von Hippel Recent physics degree recipients use AI at work for coding, repetitive tasks, and more Tonya Gary Teaching nanostructures to build themselves Bottom-up self-assembly is a powerful approach to engineering at small scales. Special strategies are needed to formulate components that assemble into predetermined shapes with precise sizes. Gregory Grason, W. Benjamin Rogers, and Michael Hagan ADVERTISEMENT Science belongs in Congress. Apply for an AIP Fellowship. Congress needs your expertise now more than ever. From technology and energy to national security and education, sound scientific insight is essential to informed decision-making—and that's where AIP's Congressional Science Policy Fellows make their mark. Spend a year in Washington applying your scientific and technical knowledge where it matters most: shaping policy. Applications are due December 1. Learn more and apply . From the vault: November 1983 Current trends in atomic spectroscopy Using modern experimental and theoretical techniques, an old field has come alive, motivated by applications in a wide variety of areas, ranging from measurement in fundamental physics to elemental analysis in astrophysics. James J. Wynne Sea-level reconstruction offers new interpretation of Pleistocene climate Researchers find that large changes in global sea level occurred throughout the last ice age, rather than just toward the end of the period. Alex Lopatka Micron-sized wave pools offer insights into nonlinear wave dynamics Superfluid helium flowing on a silicon wave flume operates in a regime of nonlinear hydrodynamics that conventional fluid experiments can't access. Laura Fattaruso What can physicists do? Steluta Dinca puts solar shingles to the test Toni Feder Post a Job Get Job Alerts Browse All Jobs Post-Doctoral Position in Theoretical Nuclear/Hadronic Physics Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN) View Job Assistant Professor in Condensed Matter Theory University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) View Job Chair, Materials Science and Engineering Department FAMU-FSU College of Engineering (Tallahassee, FL) View Job Assistant Professor of Physics Saginaw Valley State University (University Center, MI) View Job Assistant Professor in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Rio Grande Valley, TX) View Job Assistant Professor—Physics of Materials under Extreme Conditions University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, AL) 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