Physics TodayPub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1063/pt.vkew.bmgd
Cecilia Ceccarelli, C. Codella
{"title":"A shocking beginning to star formation","authors":"Cecilia Ceccarelli, C. Codella","doi":"10.1063/pt.vkew.bmgd","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.vkew.bmgd","url":null,"abstract":"The birth of stars is tightly entangled with interstellar shocks, which makes shocked regions a paradise for astrochemistry.","PeriodicalId":503729,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141031749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1063/pt.amsp.vgty
David Kramer
{"title":"Code changes could drastically reduce bitcoin’s enormous electricity requirements","authors":"David Kramer","doi":"10.1063/pt.amsp.vgty","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.amsp.vgty","url":null,"abstract":"As the value of bitcoin soars to record levels, the environmental impacts of cryptocurrency mining are attracting scrutiny from governments.","PeriodicalId":503729,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"14 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140353976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1063/pt.xkpj.fvsv
Toni Feder
{"title":"State anti-DEI laws sow uncertainty in public colleges and universities","authors":"Toni Feder","doi":"10.1063/pt.xkpj.fvsv","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.xkpj.fvsv","url":null,"abstract":"Inclusivity efforts are thwarted as faculty and institutions navigate new laws with unclear penalties.","PeriodicalId":503729,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"52 48","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140357361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1063/pt.gqbw.iirw
David Kramer
{"title":"Will AI’s growth create an explosion of energy consumption?","authors":"David Kramer","doi":"10.1063/pt.gqbw.iirw","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.gqbw.iirw","url":null,"abstract":"Further improvements in hardware and software efficiencies may counteract an expected surge in demand for electricity needed to power the new large language models.","PeriodicalId":503729,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"73 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140355708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2024-02-22DOI: 10.1063/pt.uhbm.kvou
Johanna L. Miller
{"title":"Attosecond analysis illuminates a watery mystery","authors":"Johanna L. Miller","doi":"10.1063/pt.uhbm.kvou","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.uhbm.kvou","url":null,"abstract":"With powerful x-ray free-electron lasers, researchers are making great strides in ultrafast spectroscopy—with lessons about how molecules arrange themselves at rest.","PeriodicalId":503729,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"7 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140441592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2024-02-21DOI: 10.1063/pt.tcky.luoi
Stephen Case
{"title":"A 3D map of galactic magnetic fields","authors":"Stephen Case","doi":"10.1063/pt.tcky.luoi","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.tcky.luoi","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":503729,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140442361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2024-02-15DOI: 10.1063/pt.ndeu.qalc
Sarah Wild
{"title":"Prominent astrophysics library is set to close","authors":"Sarah Wild","doi":"10.1063/pt.ndeu.qalc","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.ndeu.qalc","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":503729,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"16 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139776176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}