American Physical Society Sites
|
APS
|
Journals
|
Physics Magazine
Login
|
Become a Member
|
Contact Us
American Physical Society Sites
APS
Journals
Physics Magazine
Publications
Physical Review Journals
APS News
Physics Magazine
Physics Today
Other APS Publications
Meetings & Events
March Meeting
April Meeting
Meeting Calendar
Abstract Submission
Meeting Archive
Policies & Guidelines
Programs
Education
Ethics
International Affairs
Public Engagement
Women in Physics
Minorities in Physics
LGBT Physicists
Industrial Physics
Innovation
Honors
Careers
Membership
Join APS
Renew Membership
Member Directory
My Member Profile
Member Services
APS Units
APS Chapters
Policy & Advocacy
Action Center
Reports & Studies
APS Statements
Contact APS Government Affairs
Careers In Physics
Physics Jobs
Becoming a Physicist
Career Guidance
Tools for Career Advisors
Statistical Data
Newsroom
News & Announcements
Press Releases
Social Media
About APS
Mission Statement
Strategic Plan
Society Governance
Society History
Donate to APS
APS Jobs
Contact Us
Become a Member
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: 2022 Nobel Laureates
The 2022 Nobel Laureates in physics.
Letter to the Editor: The Uses of Superconductors Today
The uses of superconductors today.
Opinion: It’s Time to Rethink Alcohol at Work Events
Drinking in professional settings comes with risks and can alienate colleagues. There are better ways for physicists to socialize.
Opinion: Canary in the Coal Mine: The 1997 Leak at Brookhaven National Laboratory
A harmless leak at a national lab 26 years ago — and the resulting public backlash — holds important lessons for combating misinformation today.
Letter to the Editor
Acknowledging the limits and achievements of science.
Opinion: Biological Physics Comes of Age
Once an awkward confrontation between disciplines, biological physics is having its moment — and showing that life is not just a mess.
Opinion: What Can U.S. Scientists Do to Help Their Ukrainian Peers?
Raymond Orbach shares his experience getting funding to physicists in Ukraine.
Opinion: Taking the “Childlike” Out of Childlike Wonder
Kids are natural scientists. Why aren’t more adults?
The Back Page: To Save Science, Talk With the Public
Public engagement — in schools, with journalists, and beyond — can safeguard science. But academia’s indifference is standing in the way.
Letter to the Editor
A reader recounts his battle with freshman physics at Caltech.
The Back Page: Graduate Students Should Be Paid Living Wages
To invest in science, we need to invest in tomorrow’s scientists. Let’s start by paying them wages that meet the cost of living.
The Back Page: How Newton Derived the Shape of Earth
To argue for universal gravitation, Newton had to become a “geodesist.”
The Back Page
Scientists Don’t Succeed in a Vacuum. Why Expect This of Graduate Students?
The Back Page
Teachers Have Great Careers. People Think Otherwise Because of Bad Data.
Letter to the Editor: First Woman to Race in the Indy 500
First Woman to Race in the Indy 500
The Back Page
What We Miss When We Focus on Physics "Talent"
The Back Page
Physics in a Diverse World—or, a Spherical Cow Model of Physics Talent
The APS Ethics Committee’s Work in 2021
What the committee has accomplished, and what remains.
International Teaching Can Transform Physics
Dr. Nahar planned what she thought would be a small online class. Students from four continents logged on.
The Back Page
Productive Scientific Discourse Demands Respect
To read articles published before May 2022, visit the
APS News
archive
.