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11 January 2021

This Week in Physics Magazine — January 11, 2020

Viewpoint

Designer Molecules for Fundamental-Symmetry Tests

Ronald F. Garcia Ruiz – January 11, 2021

Researchers design radioactive molecules that might have exceptional sensitivity to the symmetry violations explaining the matter-antimatter imbalance of the Universe.

Focus

Capturing the Path of a Light Pulse

January 8, 2021

Using a megapixel, high-speed camera, researchers reconstructed the complete trajectory of a laser pulse in time and space.

synopsis

Cooling Hadron Beams with Electron Pulses

January 6, 2021

Pulsed electron beams can be used to cool beams of ions and protons circulating in a hadron storage ring—a promising development for future high-energy accelerators.

synopsis

Using Physics to Speed up Tissue Engineering

January 5, 2021

Researchers have proposed and tested a new method that could speed up bioprinting, a promising technique for fabricating organs for transplants.

Opinion

Imagine Yourself a Physicist

January 7, 2021

Educators and other professionals seeking to increase participation of underrepresented communities in science can learn from online methods that help youths visualize themselves in STEM careers.