April 2018 (Volume 27, Number 4)

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams: Open-Access Pioneer and Community Organizer
Marking 20 years of Physical Review Accelerators and Beams and the 125th anniversary of The Physical Review

Astrophysicist Helms the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate
Anne Kinney, previously chief scientist at the W. M. Keck Observatory, is looking forward to developing big ideas for future NSF projects and fostering collaboration.

Condensed Matter Physics Gets an AI Assist
Machine learning and neural networks aid the search for new states of matter

Kavli Symposium: LIGO, Quantum Computers, and More
Highlights from the Kavli Symposium plenary session at the 2018 APS March Meeting

The Hunt For the Elusive Majorana Qubit
Weird quasiparticles might be used in robust quantum computers

Q&A with Danielle Bassett on the Physics of Brains
Researcher combines network theory and neuroscience

"Silent Sky" Sparks Discussion of Women in Physics
A play about Henrietta Swan Leavitt and the Harvard Observatory "computers"

Spotlight on Development
The Millie Dresselhaus Fund

This Month in Physics History
April 17, 1969: Robert R. Wilson’s Congressional Testimony on Founding Fermilab

Education & Diversity Update
Updates on programs and events

International News
First physics society in Qatar setting ambitious precedents in the Region

Letter to the Editor
AIP and The Physical Review

The Back Page
For SHE’s a Jolly Good Fellow?