Issues

A 250-year-old effect still has some surprises in store.

Concepts from dynamical systems help to elucidate the subtle physics of how we move.

Gaseous hydrocarbons may cluster into sooty particles through a chain reaction.

Some institutions seek better career paths for non-tenure-stream teachers.

Technology has made it possible to robotically service satellites in orbit, but is it cost-effective?

Disorder, confinement, and symmetry breaking contribute to the formation of new phases when liquid helium-3 is infused in a highly porous random solid such as a silica aerogel.

The rich molecular structures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons—essentially planar flakes of fused benzene rings—and their fullerene cousins are revealed through their vibrational and electronic spectra.

Although quenching one’s thirst may be the primary appeal of soda pop or a cold beer, there’s a lot of physics in the drinks’ two-phase flow.

Mathematics and technology combine to make a virtue of the graininess imposed on astrophysical images by atmospheric turbulence.