May 2024 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
Hua Liu American Astronomical Society (AAS)
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Highlights from the May 2024 Issue
A Shocking Beginning to Star Formation
The birth of stars is tightly entangled with interstellar shocks, which makes shocked regions a paradise for astrochemistry. — Cecilia Ceccarelli and Claudio Codella
Science for All at CERN
In the 1960s CERN initiated a series of popular-science talks for nonacademic staff in the belief that getting them interested in science was key to its becoming a world-leading laboratory. — Barbara Hof
New Center for Quantum Sensing Focuses on Medical Applications
The techniques promise earlier disease detection that can lead to better outcomes. — Toni Feder
An All-in-One Device Creates and Characterizes High-Pressure Superconductors
Diamond has the ability to squeeze materials to immense pressures and to measure their magnetic properties. Now it can do both at the same time. — Johanna L. Miller
When Unmixable Metals Mix
At the bulk scale, gold and rhodium separate like oil and water, but at the nanoscale, they can mix completely. The reason for the miscibility is on the particles’ surface. — Laura Fattaruso