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It’s Women’s History Month!
Highlighting women who changed the world: Lise Meitner (1878 – 1968) More from Wikipedia
Lise Meitner solved the problem of nuclear fission—and although she never got the Nobel, she is the only woman outside of mythology to have an element named after her alone.
(Scott Bembenek on August 29, 2017)
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Check out the series “Breakthrough”!
Breakthrough is a short film anthology from Science Friday and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) that follows women working at the forefront of their fields. Each episode blends deeply personal stories with innovative scientific research of women across STEM fields. -
Physics Table
Join us for the last Physics Table of the term! Come chat, wrap up your term, or talk about what you’ll keep yourself busy with for the next couple of weeks (how will YOU relax?)! Tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:25 on zoom!
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APS Articles
This Week in Physics Magazine — March 8, 2021
Notes from the Editors Scientist [she/her/hers]
March 8, 2021
Many countries in the Middle East and Western Asia have exceptionally high levels of participation of women in STEM fields—a matter for reflection and celebration on International Women’s Day.
Physics Magazine’s Sessions at the March Meeting
March 8, 2021
Physics will host a Communication Session and a Movie Night at the APS March Meeting.
Viewpoint Why More Women Study Physics in Muslim Countries
Heba EL-Deghaidy – March 8, 2021
Issues related to gender identity and the expression of femininity are key to understanding the high representation of women in physics in Muslim majority countries.
Feature Where Women Scientists Are the Majority
March 8, 2021
Women physicists from Lebanon, Palestine, Pakistan, and Egypt share their thoughts about being scientists in places where women make up a much larger share of STEM graduates than in Europe and in the US.
Video Liquid Jet Decelerates Faster than Expected
March 5, 2021
Video recordings show that the small mountain of liquid that appears after a drop hits a liquid surface has some surprising properties.
synopsis Teaching a Neural Network the Hard Way
March 4, 2021
A neural network can be made to produce more reliable predictions of nonlinear systems if it is created with conservation laws built in.
synopsis Upping Brightness 1000-Fold
March 4, 2021
By changing the material commonly used to make devices for generating entangled photons, researchers create a quantum light source that is significantly brighter than others.
synopsis Electrons and Water Molecules Form a Pulsating Cluster
March 3, 2021
In water, single electrons can cluster with water molecules to form a quasiparticle that oscillates in size, a behavior that could influence the equilibration speed of chemical reactions in the system.
synopsis Watching an Egg Cook with X Rays
March 2, 2021
An x-ray scattering technique reveals how egg whites gel on a range of length and timescales.
Research News At-Home Experiment Exposes Gel Cracks
March 3, 2021
Kept out of the lab by COVID-19, an undergraduate student has performed experiments in his living room, revealing a mechanism for fracture elongation in soft materials.