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Capitol dome thumbnailAPS Responds to Proposed Drastic Cuts to Federal Science Agencies in FY20 Budget
The President’s budget for fiscal year 2020 proposes harmful cuts to federal science agencies – including the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Science Foundation.

PRResearchNew Journal Launch: Physical Review Research
Set to open for submissions soon, the new open access journal published by APS will cover the full spectrum of research topics of interest to the physics community

PhysTEC Coalition logoFive Institutions Join the PhysTEC 5+ Club
PhysTEC announces the colleges and universities that graduated 5 or more physics teachers in the 2017-2018 academic year.


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The American Physical Society Launches New Open Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal: Physical Review Research
The American Physical Society Launches New Open Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal: Physical Review Research
PhysTEC Recognizes Leading Universities and Colleges in Physics Teacher Preparation
Nationwide physics teacher preparation program recognizes colleges and universities helping to address the severe national shortage of high school physics teachers
Spring 2019 American Physical Society Prizes and Awards Announced
The American Physical Society (APS) has announced the Society’s Spring 2019 prize and award recipients, and the 2018 Apker Award and Nicholson Medal recipients.
Laser Tweezers and Intense, Ultrashort Laser Pulses win 2018 Nobel in Physics
Half the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Arthur Ashkin for optical tweezers, and half shared between Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland for technology to create high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses

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