Issues

With a Bose–Einstein condensate in a magnetic field, researchers see hints of particle production and cosmic sound waves—and they can run the experiment more than once.

The summers of 2019–21 have seen temperatures high enough to melt snow unseasonably early and alter polar atmospheric circulation.

They are working to lower greenhouse gas emissions without compromising research.

Neuromorphic computing promises energy savings, a deeper understanding of the human brain, and smarter sensors.

A new American Physical Society survey shows that although ethics education is more prevalent than it was nearly two decades ago, unethical research practices and harassment are still significant problems in the physics community.

Topological data analysis, which allows systematic investigations of the “shape” of data, has yielded fascinating insights into many physical systems.

Today, Jordan algebras are a sprawling mathematical subfield, but the strange story of their discovery amid Adolf Hitler’s seizure of power is not widely known.

First Woman: Joanne Simpson and the Tropical Atmosphere, James Rodger Fleming, Oxford U. Press, 2020, $36.95

The Sky Is for Everyone: Women Astronomers in Their Own Words, Virginia Trimble and David A. Weintraub, eds., Princeton U. Press, 2022, $29.95

In the frozen reaches of the outer solar system, one Saturnian moon hosts rich geological activity, sustained by liquid water.