New in the May issue of Physics Today: The physics labs focused on the novel coronavirus, detecting cosmic neutrinos with radar, redefining the kilogram, teaching science in prisons, and more physicstoday.scitation.org/toc/pto/73/5
World’s physics instruments turn their focus to COVID-19: Scientists are employing x rays, electrons, and neutrons to decipher and disable the molecular machinery of the novel coronavirus doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4…
Radar points the way to detecting cosmic neutrinos: A @SLAClab laboratory experiment offers the first observations of radio-wave reflections from ionization trails of particle showers in a transparent solid doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4…
An atomic physics perspective on the kilogram’s new definition: A fixed value for Planck’s constant connects the kilogram to frequency measurements doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4…
Teaching science in prisons brings rewards: Highly motivated, incarcerated students surmount obstacles to further their education doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4…
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