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Physics Today 74 (12), 8 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4890

Readers’ Forum

Physics Today 74 (12), 10 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4891
Physics Today 74 (12), 10–11 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4892
Physics Today 74 (12), 11–12 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4893
Physics Today 74 (12), 12 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4894

Search and Discovery

In Special Collection: The Nobel Prize
Physics Today 74 (12), 14–16 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4895

Syukuro Manabe pioneered the simulation of Earth’s climate. Klaus Hasselmann extracted climate trends from noisy weather data and identified patterns of human-induced warming.

In Special Collection: The Nobel Prize
Physics Today 74 (12), 17–19 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4896

The laureate’s solution to a spin-glass model underlies techniques used in a variety fields, including neuroscience and computer engineering.

Physics Today 74 (12), 20–22 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4897

A look into the distant reaches of the universe offers clues about when, why, and how star formation shuts off.

Issues and Events

Physics Today 74 (12), 24–27 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4898

A supportive government, available capital, and world-class academic institutions are some of the factors behind the nation’s quantum ascendance.

Physics Today 74 (12), 27–29 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4899

Archaeologists and geophysicists in Canada are trying to pinpoint the signatures of unmarked burials by using geophysical methods in varied terrains.

Articles

Physics Today 74 (12), 30–35 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4900

How can researchers geometrically tune the extent to which a material embodies a stiff or flexible structure?

Physics Today 74 (12), 38–43 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4901

The fuel-driven assembly of colloids has opened a route to new, biologically inspired active materials.

Physics Today 74 (12), 44–51 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4902

In many kinds of irregular media, propagating waves enter a beautiful and relatively neglected regime called branched flow. It affects sound, light, water, and matter waves over vastly different length scales.

Books

Physics Today 74 (12), 53 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4903
Physics Today 74 (12), 54–55 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4904
Physics Today 74 (12), 55 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4905

New Products

Physics Today 74 (12), 57–61 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4906

Obituaries

In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 74 (12), 64 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4907

Quick Study

Physics Today 74 (12), 66–67 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4908

Although a liquid’s viscosity depends strongly on temperature and pressure, its minimum value is fixed by fundamental physical constants.

Back Scatter

Physics Today 74 (12), 68 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4909
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