This Week in Physics — Getting a Clearer View of Iron Emission Lines

This Week in Physics Magazine — December 5, 2022 Viewpoint Getting a Clearer View of Iron Emission Lines Roberto C. Mancini – December 5, 2022 Researchers have solved a long-standing puzzle surrounding iron emission lines, which are used to characterize laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. Focus Metal-to-Insulator Transition Similar to Water-to-Ice December 5, 2022 A textbook theory for the freezing of water also explains the growth of a new phase in a more complicated phase transition of a different material. Q&A Physics in Confined Spaces December 1, 2022 Erin Flowers develops laboratory courses for incarcerated men and women, an endeavor that she says is both challenging and rewarding. synopsis Dark Matter Could Cause Excess Optical Background November 29, 2022 Axions that decay into photons could account for visible light that exceeds what's expected to come from all known galaxies. synopsis A Holistic Approach to Graduate Admissions November 30, 2022 Physics-education researchers have found that a rubric-based evaluation method is an easy and practical way to help fight inequities in the physics-graduate-admissions process. Research News Intelligent Materials: Science Fiction to Science Fact November 29, 2022 Materials that learn to change their shape in response to an external stimulus are a step closer to reality, thanks to a prototype system produced by engineers at UCLA. synopsis Quantum Steering That's Robust to Loss and Noise November 30, 2022 Researchers demonstrate a loss-tolerant method for so-called quantum steering, a phenomenon that could give quantum communication networks complete security. 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 © 2022 American Physical Society | All rights reserved View Email Online You are receiving this message because you signed up to receive Physics Magazine email alerts or are a member of APS. Manage Email Preferences.