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From the Editor

Physics Today 71 (5), 8 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3908

Readers’ Forum

Physics Today 71 (5), 10–12 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3909
Physics Today 71 (5), 12–13 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3910
Physics Today 71 (5), 13–14 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3911
Physics Today 71 (5), 14 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3912

Search and Discovery

Physics Today 71 (5), 15–19 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3913

When two carbon sheets are misaligned by a mere degree, striking changes result.

Physics Today 71 (5), 19–21 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3914

Gravity measurements by NASA’s Juno spacecraft resolve a long-standing debate about the structure of gas giants.

Physics Today 71 (5), 21–23 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3915

The technique’s spectral resolution is now sharp enough to reveal a molecule’s unique chemical fingerprint.

Physics Today 71 (5), 24 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3916
Physics Today 71 (5), 24 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3917

Issues and Events

Physics Today 71 (5), 26–29 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3918

The team effort is inspired by large physics collaborations.

Physics Today 71 (5), 29–31 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3919

The isotope is used to make and sustain nuclear warheads. Recycling it from old warheads may not meet demand.

Articles

Physics Today 71 (5), 32–38 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3920

In 1945 leaders of the American Institute of Physics conceived a bold experiment: a magazine that would help unify an increasingly balkanized discipline.

Physics Today 71 (5), 40–47 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3921

The power of organic chemistry is opening new possibilities for building customized two-dimensional materials.

Physics Today 71 (5), 50–56 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3922

A historical snapshot of physics education for women illuminates how housework was used to draw women into physics courses—and how science was used to sell home appliances.

Books

Physics Today 71 (5), 57–58 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3923
Physics Today 71 (5), 59 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3924
Physics Today 71 (5), 60–61 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3925
Physics Today 71 (5), 62 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3926

New Products

Physics Today 71 (5), 63–64 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3927

Obituaries

In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 71 (5), 66 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3928

Quick Study

Physics Today 71 (5), 70–71 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3929

Conservators can use the conceptually simple technology to remove corrosion on wrought-iron objects such as the gun turret recovered from the wreck of the USS Monitor.

Back Scatter

Physics Today 71 (5), 72 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3930
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