This article first appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of The SPS Observer, the flagship publication of the Society of Physics Students. Following the theme of the issue, “pathways to careers,” this ...

The first credited work of the famed children’s book author was a set of illustrations in a 1947 popular-science book about nuclear physics. A perfectionist, Sendak apparently expressed disappointment ...

Now that it is December and the winter season is upon us, I thought it would be fun to dedicate this December Photos of the Month to one of my favorite parts of winter: Snow! There are many ...

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, AIP is a federation that advances the success of our Member Societies and an institute that engages in research and analysis to empower positive change in the physical ...

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, AIP is a federation that advances the success of our Member Societies and an institute that engages in research and analysis to empower positive change in the physical ...

The Industrial Physicist (TIP) magazine ceased publication effective with the December 2004/January 2005 issue. The archive can be viewed here. Ongoing coverage of industrial physics can be found at ...

The Center for History of Physics supports the efforts of the scholarly community to document, investigate, and understand the nature and origin of developments in modern physics and their impact on ...

The History Center's thirteen online exhibits engage a very broad audience - from elementary school students to historians of science. Visit our gallery to learn more about Marie Curie's discovery of ...

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Tuesday, Oct. 3, the Nobel Prize committee announced the 2023 physics prize, recognizing Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L'Huillier "for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses ...

A finding aid is a tool created by records professionals to give information about the contents of archival collections. Finding aids provide detailed inventories to help researchers locate relevant ...