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Behind the Cover: February 2023

R. Mark Wilson
Published: February 2023
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
Clogging can take place whenever a suspension of discrete objects flows through a confined space.
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New books: January 2023

Physics Today
Published: January 2023
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews, New books
Abstract
A listing of newly published books spanning several genres of the physical sciences.
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Behind the Cover: January 2023

Alex Lopatka
Published: January 2023
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
Unusual Arctic fire activity in 2019–21 was driven by, among other factors, earlier snowmelt and varying atmospheric conditions brought about by rising temperatures.
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The most popular Physics Today articles of 2022

Andrew Grant
Published: December 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
This year’s Nobel Prize confirmed the appeal of quantum mysteriousness. And readers couldn’t ignore the impact of international affairs on science.
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The year in reviews: Books and more that stood out in 2022

Ryan Dahn
Published: December 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
Dive into reads about “quantum steampunk,” the military’s role in oceanography, and a social history of “square” physicists.
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Behind the cover: December 2022

R. Mark Wilson
Published: December 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
Tissue engineers are striving to produce the functional building blocks that create or restore damaged human tissues and organs.
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Behind the Cover: November 2022

Alex Lopatka
Published: November 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
A new NASA mission, featured on this month’s cover, is exploring the Sun’s corona more closely than any previous effort.
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New books: October 2022

Physics Today
Published: October 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews, New books
Abstract
A listing of newly published books spanning several genres of the physical sciences.
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Behind the Cover: October 2022

Heather M. Hill
Published: October 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
The custom cover art for this year’s Careers issue illustrates the many job options available to physicists in government.
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Behind the cover: September 2022

R. Mark Wilson
Published: September 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
The cover photograph shows a natural sculpture whose physical origins were, until recently, a mystery.
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New books: August 2022

Physics Today
Published: August 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews, New books
Abstract
A listing of newly published books spanning several genres of the physical sciences.
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Behind the cover: August 2022

Johanna L. Miller
Published: August 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
Astronomer Maria Mitchell graces the cover as a representative of the 19th-century women in natural philosophy, the predecessor subject of physics.
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Behind the cover: July 2022

Christine Middleton
Published: July 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
A look inside one of the prototype detectors for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment conveys the program’s massive scale.
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Summer reads for physics fanatics

Ryan Dahn
Published: June 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
Highlights include memoirs and books about timekeeping, the future of astronomy, taking over the world, and more.
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Commentary: How to determine the right conditions for alien life

Abel Méndez
Published: June 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
To develop best practices for evaluating the habitability of extraterrestrial environments, astrobiologists should learn from the work of ecologists studying life on Earth.
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Behind the cover: June 2022

Toni Feder
Published: June 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
This month’s cover image of a destroyed school in Ukraine symbolizes the need to rebuild science in that country once peace returns.
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New books: June 2022

Physics Today
Published: June 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews, New books
Abstract
A listing of newly published books spanning several genres of the physical sciences.
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Behind the Cover: May 2022

Heather M. Hill
Published: May 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
An artistic representation of the brain highlights the essential but hard-to-probe gaps between neurons.
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Commentary: More than conformality lost at APS March Meeting

Philip Phillips
Published: April 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
“If physics thought its observer-independent subject matter shielded it” from concerns such as the war in Ukraine, says physicist Philip Phillips, “this meeting proved otherwise.”
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The AIP Books Donation program

Tonya Gary
Published: April 2022
TOPICS: Commentary & Reviews
Abstract
A two-decade-old program seeks to advance the physical sciences globally by shipping books to understocked physics libraries.
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