March 2017 (Volume 26, Number 3)

Gravitational Waves: Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid
LIGO team continues to look for new events and radio telescopes join the search

Physical Review Materials
The newest addition to the Physical Review Journals hopes to attract a wide variety of authors and interdisciplinary research

"Science is Not Just For Scientists"
Physicists urge colleagues to get involved in policymaking at the APS April Meeting 2017

Little Boy and Fat Man Cast Shadows Over April Meeting
As nuclear threats grow, physicists are being urged to lend their expertise

Fish Schools and Dolphin Tails
Research on swimming animals was featured at the 2016 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics annual meeting

Solar Eclipse Offers Up a Scientific Bonanza
Physicists seek a better understanding of the solar corona and space weather

Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman: Advice for Young Scientists
2011 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry looks back on his discovery of quasicrystals

International Firsts in Physics
SESAME’s first light, New Underground Laboratories, and the Next Einstein Initiative at the APS April Meeting 2017

Kavli Foundation Keynote Plenary: From Quarks to the Cosmos
The APS April Meeting 2017 featured a keynote plenary session sponsored by the Kavli Foundation

Research News: Editors’ Choice
First sight of an infant supernova, shampoo tips from physicists, and more in our monthly wrap-up of papers in the physics literature.

Spotlight on Development
APS Supports Industrial Physics — You Can Too!

This Month in Physics History
March 19, 1800: Alexander von Humboldt Hunts Electric Eels

Education and Diversity Update
Updates from the APS Office of Education and Diversity

News from the APS Office of Public Affairs
APS Leads in Capitol Hill Meetings with New Congress

The Back Page
Physics for the Masses