American Physical Society

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On this day in 1783, humans took flight for the very first time. Physicist Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d’Arlandes soared 3,000 feet above Paris in a hot air balloon. Their flight was witnessed by thousands, including the royal family and even Benjamin Franklin. Read about their journey: https://go.aps.org/4fCVKk8

Our journals platforms now offers enhanced #accessibility features, providing a faster and more inclusive experience for readers with a wide range of needs. These updates are part of our commitment to making scientific research as accessible as possible to everyone in our community. ?? https://journals.aps.org/

Back by popular request — a webinar for physics educators on how to energize and engage students from the Physics and Astronomy Faculty Teaching Institute.

Researchers have used a physics-based approach to shed light on nuanced differences in brain activity patterns between patients with Parkinson’s disease and healthy controls. They used the framework to detect how close neuronal dynamics came to what’s known as the edge of instability — or where the brain is nearest to malfunctioning — under different circumstances and found they varied significantly across brainwave frequencies in diseased and healthy brains. The team hopes their results could inform strategies for diagnosing brain pathologies earlier. Read the paper in Physical Review Letters: https://go.aps.org/3AuWUzv

A new analytical framework details how to optimize magnetic configurations in stellerators without being fully omnigenous. This new class of fusion devices — piecewise omnigenous stellarators — confines energy at levels similar to a tokamak but offers more flexibility in the configuration, potentially improving prospects of creating a practical fusion reactor. Read the paper in Physical Review Letters: https://go.aps.org/3Yx7Sfx

We were honored to have 2024 APS president Young-Kee Kim stop by our booth amidst a bustling schedule of scientific sessions and inspiring discussions at the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and National Society of Hispanic Physicists. This conference is more than just an event — it’s a testament to the power of collaboration and innovation in physics and STEM. With passionate leaders, rising stars, and trailblazers all around us, we can’t help but feel inspired!

In Ohio in the 1980s, a major breakthrough in neutrino science was made 2,000 feet below the ground. The IMB detector — built to study proton decay — ended up recording neutrinos from a 166,000-year-old supernova, marking one of the first measurements of neutrinos from beyond our solar system. Learn more about the unexpected discovery in APS News: https://go.aps.org/4hHdg90

Come see us at the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. We’ll be here through Sunday in Booth 10 on the third floor of the Hyatt Regency Houston, across from the Imperial Foyer.

New research suggests that flowers with smaller pores and longer anthers release pollen more slowly during collection by bees. Building on previous research on how bees’ vibration knocks pollen loose, the findings show how flowers’ physical traits can contribute to, or thwart, successful pollen harvesting. ???? Read the paper in Physical Review E: https://go.aps.org/3YpCVdk