Physics Today magazine

Chaos at fifty

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

In 1963 an MIT meteorologist revealed deterministic predictability to be an illusion and gave birth to a field that still thrives.

Niels Bohr between physics and chemistry

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Bohr’s atomic theory was addressed as much to chemical problems as to physical ones. But the great scientist’s intent to establish a new framework for atomic and molecular chemistry was less successful, and was unacknowledged by most chemists.

Getting a grip on the electrical grid

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

As our electrical grid systems become smarter and more autonomous, they require greater control technologies to protect them from failing.

Graphene yields evidence of atomic collapse

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

A relativistic phenomenon predicted for highly charged nuclei has been seen in a tabletop experiment.

Gigantic IceCube tightens limits on theories that predict dark-matter particles

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

The more one looks for WIMPs without finding them, the greater are the constraints on supersymmetric extensions of standard particle theory.

Birds can recognize a model’s reproduction of their own songs

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

An interdisciplinary collaboration integrates physical, acoustic, and biological approaches to the study of birdsong.

A seismometer in orbit

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Mesoporous crystals

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

A vortex knot caught on camera

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

When dust slams into spacecraft

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

West Coast national labs trying to cope with roller-coaster budget picture

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Complying with sequestration will entail pay cuts and stalled construction projects and will halt new research programs.

China prepares to spend billions on science and technology

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

With its strong economy, the country wants to play a bigger role on the world science stage.

Carbon capture may be a ways off, but ARPA–E is working on it

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Several technologies are aimed at minimizing the cost of removing CO2 during coal burning. But their deployment will require subsidies or a price on carbon emissions.

GROWing abroad

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Bassi–Veratti archives online

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Rewards and risks for physicist entrepreneurs

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Rewards and risks for physicist entrepreneurs

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Beyond the classical view of atoms

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Beyond the classical view of atoms

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

An early start for superfluid applications in geodesy

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Fundamentals of Condensed Matter and Crystalline Physics: An Introduction for Students of Physics and Materials Science

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Atoms in Intense Laser Fields

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

String Theory and Particle Physics: An Introduction to String Phenomenology

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

New books

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Focus on lasers and imaging

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Alfred Kenneth Mann

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

The care and feeding of an Antarctic telescope

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST

Antarctica’s Dome A region is an excellent site for housing telescopes that look at terahertz radiation. But getting the telescopes down to the continent and maintaining them once they’re in place is a challenge.

Separating stem cells by shear force

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:00 EST