Physics TodayPub Date : 2023-11-02DOI: 10.1063/pt.6.3.20231102a
{"title":"Behind the Cover: November 2023","authors":"","doi":"10.1063/pt.6.3.20231102a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.6.3.20231102a","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54615,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"17 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135976124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1063/pt.3.5343
Kristine Palmieri
{"title":"They were astronomers","authors":"Kristine Palmieri","doi":"10.1063/pt.3.5343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.3.5343","url":null,"abstract":"Unlike at most other observatories in the early 20th century, women working at Yerkes Observatory were able to earn graduate degrees. Here are some of their stories.","PeriodicalId":54615,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"258 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1063/pt.3.5347
Andreas Mandelis
{"title":"Focus on software, data acquisition, and instrumentation","authors":"Andreas Mandelis","doi":"10.1063/pt.3.5347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.3.5347","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54615,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"261 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1063/pt.3.5341
Detlef Lohse, Olga Shishkina
{"title":"Ultimate turbulent thermal convection","authors":"Detlef Lohse, Olga Shishkina","doi":"10.1063/pt.3.5341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.3.5341","url":null,"abstract":"Recent studies of a model system—a fluid in a box heated from below and cooled from above—provide insights into the physics of turbulent thermal convection. But upscaling the system to extremely strong turbulence remains difficult.","PeriodicalId":54615,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"260 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1063/pt.3.5344
Scott A. Hughes
{"title":"A relativistic dialog","authors":"Scott A. Hughes","doi":"10.1063/pt.3.5344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.3.5344","url":null,"abstract":"General Relativity: The Theoretical Minimum, Leonard Susskind and André Cabannes","PeriodicalId":54615,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"262 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1063/pt.3.5339
Toni Feder
{"title":"Extreme weather makes monitoring snowpack increasingly relevant","authors":"Toni Feder","doi":"10.1063/pt.3.5339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.3.5339","url":null,"abstract":"A dedicated satellite would provide global coverage to improve understanding of the hydrologic cycle and inform water-use and risk-management strategies.","PeriodicalId":54615,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"262 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physics TodayPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1063/pt.3.5342
Hannah Pell
{"title":"“Peaceful” nuclear explosives?","authors":"Hannah Pell","doi":"10.1063/pt.3.5342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/pt.3.5342","url":null,"abstract":"Proponents of Project Plowshare argued that using nuclear explosives for peaceful means offered technical and economic advantages. But getting the biggest bang for the buck didn’t outweigh the varied environmental and sociopolitical costs of their use.","PeriodicalId":54615,"journal":{"name":"Physics Today","volume":"262 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}