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Physicists’ role in modern life: Reflections from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Physics Today 78 (2), 8–9 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.lyqe.hjje
Demands on early-career faculty
Physics Today 78 (2), 9 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.qgon.rzbr
Physics Today 78 (2), 9–10 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.uplj.znns

Search and Discovery

Physics Today 78 (2), 11–13 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.wcgt.sirc

Mathematical tools from the abstract world of quantum fields have surprising relevance to the seemingly more concrete realm of particles in boxes.

Updates
Physics Today 78 (2), 14 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.uryu.shtv

Decades of satellite imagery held previously unrecognized clues to the ice shelf’s impending collapse—and could help researchers foresee the next one.

Physics Today 78 (2), 15 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.uvjs.akkn

A growing class of materials can cool horizontal surfaces to below the ambient temperature with no power input. Now there’s a material that works on vertical surfaces too.

Physics Today 78 (2), 16 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.ucfe.ubft

A textured honeycomb surface coated in graphene oxide remains frost-free for longer than other specialized materials.

Physics Today 78 (2), 17 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.umsg.yprq

The 1-µm-thick membrane is 5 cm wide, about an order of magnitude as large as diamond membranes produced by previous approaches.

Issues and Events

Physics Today 78 (2), 18–19 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.qque.nmug

Enough of the gas is trapped beneath our planet’s surface to satisfy our energy needs for decades, a new study finds. The question is whether it’s economically viable to use.

Physics Today 78 (2), 20–21 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.wetf.hmzm

The engineer and dancer aims to increase the number of women of color in the sciences.

Physics Today 78 (2), 21–22 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.xgpn.pyku

Eleanor Dunn employs celebrity and crowdsourcing to spark the public’s interest in science.

Physics Today 78 (2), 23 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.vosq.gvoi

Physics Today 78 (2), 24–26 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.skce.rywj

The famed gay rights leader and accomplished scientist was one of thousands of US government employees who lost their livelihoods during the Lavender Scare.

Physics Today 78 (2), 26–28 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.jawx.ywcr

The organization relies on science diplomacy in seeking solutions to global threats.

Physics Today 78 (2), 29 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.nxpw.bwzs

Features

Physics Today 78 (2), 30–36 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.yvjv.skzx

Recent experimental analyses of fleeting clusters of protons and neutrons put the very notion of the atomic nucleus in a new light.

Physics Today 78 (2), 38–44 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.ecmu.lpmo

Does the Sun generate a wind or a breeze? Where do gamma-ray bursts originate? Here’s how five of the biggest questions in the field were answered with the help of satellites.

Physics Today 78 (2), 46–52 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.qmze.bxpx

Capturing the wisdom of hundreds of individuals and departments, the Effective Practices for Physics Programs guide is a handbook for creating significant and sustainable change.

New Products

Physics Today 78 (2), 53 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.rnwv.fuql

Quick Study

Physics Today 78 (2), 54–55 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.nczi.mueu

What is the brightest object in the sky? The obvious answer is the Sun. But the difference between intrinsic brightness and perceived brightness complicates matters.

Back Scatter

Physics Today 78 (2), 56 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.aeno.qcsn
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