Research
Ariel Amir discusses his research career, advice for prospective authors, and the importance of balancing data and theory.
In a Q&A, Robin Blume-Kohout shares why his field needs both dreamers and realists (and more quantum algorithms).
For America's 250th birthday, read up on the long history and strange physics behind pyrotechnics.
With the 2026 tournament fast approaching, APS News spoke with researchers to learn what mathematical and statistical physics reveal about soccer.
The satellite sites program celebrated its fifth year.
Global Physics Summit attendees shared their thoughts on how artificial intelligence could impact scientific research.
In an interview, Hudson shares lessons from her career and her hopes for the journal.
Six science facts about the city hosting this year’s Global Physics Summit.
PRX Intelligence, launched in November, will cover machine learning and AI in scientific research.
An interview with Badreddine Assouar, chief editor of APS Open Science.
Rafael Fernandes talks priorities for the journal, checks and balances in science, and tips for prospective authors.
This October, we’re showcasing eerie, creepy, or unnerving images from science.
In a Q&A, Sujit Datta discusses the importance of expert-curated reviews, the opportunities ahead for the journal, and more.
The Physical Review journals — home to highly cited and Nobel prize-winning studies — are integral to the physics community.
Some researchers are ready to create the next generation of climate models — with the help of AI.
Cuts to federal funding could devastate biomedical research — but these impacts are not inevitable.
Federal science is a pillar of the American economy. Funding threats are already wreaking havoc.
Radio telescopes and microlensing could work in tandem to study exoplanets, say researchers at the APS Global Physics Summit.
More than 1,000 scientists joined satellite meetings in person and online.
At the APS Global Physics Summit, physicists shared results from a quantum entanglement experiment on the International Space Station.
Behind many modern blockbusters’ visual effects, complex equations keep computer-generated elements moving and interacting according to the laws of physics.
A new APS report outlines the challenges of scrubbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The Joint March Meeting and April Meeting will offer crossover scientific sessions, a weeklong quantum festival, and more.
Katiuscia Cassemiro and her team are propelling the quantum community into the next century.
Scientists are working across disciplines and borders to support growth in sustainable energy.
An interview with Sarma Kancharla.
An interview with Dario Corradini.
Education researchers are studying novel ways to use generative AI in classrooms.
As the journal celebrates its first anniversary, Serena Bradde aims to connect with new research communities.
An interview with Jaci Otero about the journal’s role in energy research.
An interview with Physical Review Letters’ Robert Garisto.
From far out in space, the telescope has sparked rigorous discussion on Earth.
Sites in seven countries expanded opportunities to participate and collaborate.
For the APS March Meeting, early-career scientists shared their work on waterborne fauna.
The 13-year and 17-year cicadas will emerge together for the first time in more than 200 years.
At the APS March Meeting, researchers showed off a system for small labs to conserve helium used to cool sensitive equipment.
Challenges remain in making sure that open access models are sustainable in the long run.
The meeting convenes nuclear, high energy, and particle physicists in all career stages.
Nate Simon brought a tiny drone to entertain the audience at an APS fluid dynamics meeting where researchers showed off new robotic technologies for studying atmospheric pollution.
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the development of techniques to produce pulses of light so brief that they are measured in “attoseconds.
Minneapolis will welcome APS March Meeting 2024 attendees to the city’s convention center from March 3-8.
U.S. physicists share their vision for the future of high energy physics — and ask for the funding to achieve it.
Astrophysicist Allison Jaynes discussed her research on the physics of Earth's aurorae and the launch of rockets.
Physicist Sarah Schlobohm spends her days using machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to address challenges in the corporate world.
For Peer Review Week, Rachel Burley, APS Chief Publications Officer, reflects on the future of one of science’s most vital processes.
Harvard researchers X-rayed dogs drinking and realized that they were doing what cats did — albeit in a messier way.
Planetary geologist Angela Stickle explains impact modeling as seen in the success of the DART mission.
Physicists are exploring a new paradigm by building models out of quantum mechanical materials.
Hundreds of astronomers gathered at the International Astronomical Union (IAU) meeting in Prague to debate a planet-sized problem.
The team recently found that octopuses exhibit color patterns and neural activity similar to those they exhibit while awake.
Researchers look into fundamental particles to explore the mysteries of the Great Pyramid.
At the March Meeting, the metal contraptions of the popular imagination made way for soft robotics powered by fluids and formed using origami folds.
Researchers need a very bright light that can be controlled and recorded with precision optics and imaging systems.
Experts at the April Meeting 2023 discussed the challenges to achieving a 100% clean-energy electricity sector by 2035.
The APS March Meeting 2023 was jam-packed with far more than “strictly physics,” reflecting the field’s evolving boundaries.
The Kavli Symposium at March Meeting 2023 highlighted work that focused on the scales of atoms, 2D materials, the Earth, and black holes.
The Particle Physics Projects Prioritization Panel (P5) will look into the future of particle physics.
In Minneapolis or online, physicists can connect over the latest discoveries, “from quarks to cosmos.”
At the APS Annual Leadership Meeting in January, Matt Mountain, AURA President and JWST scientist, shared his lessons on how to pull the public into science.
A zombie epidemic can be understood through mathematical modeling, informing how leaders respond to other diseases, such as HIV.
Researchers have come up with a novel way to keep flickering flames still.
Chemical Physicist Huan Yan, PhD, studies interactions between molecules to create realistic, plant-based burgers at Impossible Foods.
2022 Physics Laureates Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger share their stories.
Get ready for the APS March Meeting in Las Vegas.
At an APS meeting on fluid dynamics, engineers presented an implantable sensor that can detect signs of an asthma attack in rabbits.
New research suggests that even in turbulent wind, honeybees maintain their average flying velocity and move in a zig-zag-like pattern.
Thermoacoustic heat pumps could solve the challenge of a warming globe with a population that needs more energy efficient cooling systems.
Steam engines and other heat engines have been extensively studied and applied since the field of thermodynamics was founded in the 1800s.
On July 9, 1962, the Starfish Prime nuclear test lit up Hawaii's skies, disrupting satellites and causing blackouts. Today, simulations help protect modern tech.
In large collections of stars, sodium is far more abundant than expected. To explain this, scientists bring a stellar reaction into the lab.
Plenary speakers at an APS meeting on nuclear physics discussed the past, present, and future of nuclear weapons.
For more than two decades, APS has published data on physics degrees in the U.S., including degree-earning by women, racial and ethnic minorities, and international students.
A new experiment closes theoretical loopholes, strengthening the evidence that imaginary numbers play an irreplaceable role in quantum theory.
The APS Four Corners Section will meet this year in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Some researchers are using the tools of physics to study social processes like elections.
Microfluidic devices could help scientists sort sick cells by softness.
Researchers report on a 3-D model they built to examine how various concentrations of particles affect their speed, acceleration, and distribution in a branching system, like a blood vessel.
As a child, she played hopscotch in the Athens suburbs. Now, the Fermilab Director wants the facility to lead the world in neutrino research.
Scientists gathered to discuss research on Earth's extreme conditions at SHOCK22, an APS conference about materials under pressure.
“Rogue” waves—unusual and enormous—pose a threat to ships.
Education in quantum mechanics has lagged for years. Experts are trying to change this.
Humble feathers called “coverts” could inspire new designs for aircraft wings.
The critters force boats to burn more fuel—and create more emissions.
DPB is helping to organize the North American Particle Accelerator Conference (NAPAC) in August 2022.
Scientists at the APS DAMOP conference discuss the future of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs).
High on the Tibetan plateau and deep within Antarctica, tiny clues about the past are trapped in noble gas isotopes.
In 2019, researchers at Google claimed that their quantum computer, named Sycamore, beat a supercomputer at a commercially useless mathematical task.
After two years of completely virtual meetings, physicists are preparing to convene in Chicago for the annual APS March Meeting.
May 16, 2019 marks the second annual celebration of light in society.
The exhibit To Advance and Diffuse the Knowledge of Physics showcases the Centennial of the American Physical Society.