Physical Review Physics Education Research
A look back at the founding and development of an open-access home for physics education research.

Update on the APS Strategic Plan
Members, leadership, and staff have made progress towards preparing a new Strategic Plan to guide the future of APS.

Diversifying the Dark Matter Portfolio
The hunt for dark matter continues with better detectors and new ideas.

LIGO Labs Chosen as APS Historic Sites
LIGO laboratories in Livingston, Louisiana and Hanford, Washington honored as historic sites for their detection of gravitational waves.

Bend it Like Bernoulli
Exploring the aerodynamics-and personalities-of World Cup balls.

Homer Neal 1942-2018
Particle physicist was the first African American President of APS

Foundation Helps Advance New Ideas in Physics
APS partners with Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to support fundamental physics awards

The APS Topical Group on Plasma Astrophysics
Learn about exciting research being done by members of the APS Topical Group on Plasma Astrophysics.

This Month in Physics History
July 2, 1698: Thomas Savery Patents an Early Steam Engine

News from the APS Office of Government Affairs
Two APS Student Members Lead National Petition Drive to Oppose Congressional Legislation

FYI: Science Policy News from AIP
U.S. Policymakers Grapple with China’s Emergence as R&D Power

International News
Supporting Physics Education in Ethiopia

The Back Page
Quantum Mechanics as a Stimulus for American Theoretical Physics

APS Outreach at Comic-Con International 2018
The world’s only physics-focused STEM comic book series goes to the largest annual comic book convention.

2018 Fall Prize & Award Recipients
APS announces the Fall 2018 prize and award recipients in the fields of fluid dynamics and plasma physics.

APS Celebrates the First International LGBTSTEM Day
The first international LGBTSTEM Day recognizes LGBTQ+ people in science, technology, engineering, and math.

APS Designates LIGO Labs as Historic Sites
In recognition of their immense importance in unlocking the mystery of gravitational waves, the two LIGO lab locations were honored on June 20.

2018 U.S. Physics Team Prepares for Portugal
Twenty of the top high school physics students from around the nation came together to train to be a part of the U.S. team traveling to the 2018 International Physics Olympiad.