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Inclusion starts in the classroom. 📚Our free teaching guide on neurobiology pioneer Ben Barres helps educators introduce...
06/25/2026

Inclusion starts in the classroom. 📚

Our free teaching guide on neurobiology pioneer Ben Barres helps educators introduce students to stories of equity and belonging in science, removing barriers by making role models visible. Bring these conversations to your students this Pride Month and all year long.

Explore the guide: https://bit.ly/3RFKVqS

Who controls the science budget? A lot of that power is on the ballot this November.FYI's newest breakdown tracks every ...
06/25/2026

Who controls the science budget? A lot of that power is on the ballot this November.

FYI's newest breakdown tracks every appropriations chair and ranking member up for reelection in 2026, the lawmakers who decide funding for NASA, NSF, NIH, DOE, and more.

Read it here: https://bit.ly/3SgJrnm

Belonging is how the physical sciences thrive. 🏳️‍🌈When scientists are welcomed as their authentic selves, our entire co...
06/25/2026

Belonging is how the physical sciences thrive. 🏳️‍🌈

When scientists are welcomed as their authentic selves, our entire community benefits. This Pride Month, help us build a richer, more inclusive record of our field. Share the stories that move you, and add your own to the archives.

Submit a photo: https://bit.ly/3LYMSML

She discovered a way to cloak aircraft with electromagnetism, then turned down a defense contractor job to study food in...
06/24/2026

She discovered a way to cloak aircraft with electromagnetism, then turned down a defense contractor job to study food instead.

This Pride Month, we're spotlighting physicist Megan Povey: her activism, her mid-career gender transition, and how both shaped her science.

Read her oral history: https://bit.ly/4uGw5hB

Save the date! Wednesday, September 23In 1928, a London museum acquired a portrait it couldn't explain: a Black man, bor...
06/23/2026

Save the date! Wednesday, September 23

In 1928, a London museum acquired a portrait it couldn't explain: a Black man, born into slavery, painted as a scholar among books and scientific instruments. It's the only image of its kind in the history of Western art.

This fall, historian Fara Dabhoiwala shares new research revealing who made it, why, and how it connects to the early history of physics.

"Black Genius: Race, Science, and the Extraordinary Portrait of Francis Williams" part of AIP's Lyne Starling Trimble Public Event Series, in person at the American Center for Physics in Washington, DC.

Mark your calendar!

More details and RSVP: https://bit.ly/3SkKS46

New astronomy bachelors who land private-sector STEM jobs report a median starting salary of $68,500. Those who go into ...
06/23/2026

New astronomy bachelors who land private-sector STEM jobs report a median starting salary of $68,500. Those who go into college/university roles? $41,600.

Same degree, very different paths. Our new report breaks down where astronomy grads actually end up: employment sectors, grad school rates, AI use on the job, and more.

Full report: https://bit.ly/4ahUsuB

🎯 The perfect squash shot isn't only skill, it's physics.The "nick" is the holy grail of four-walled racket sports. Hit ...
06/19/2026

🎯 The perfect squash shot isn't only skill, it's physics.

The "nick" is the holy grail of four-walled racket sports. Hit the ball at just the right spot where the wall meets the floor, and it rolls away unreturnable. But why does it work?

Researchers at Brown University used a high-speed camera and a pressurized-air cannon to capture the mechanics in stunning detail. The secret? A precise sequence of deformation, torque, and rebound that cancels vertical velocity entirely.

Science finds its way into every corner of sport. 🏸

This is Back Scatter, Physics Today's iconic back-page feature, where science gets to look incredible.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4tDDiyH

Who do you know that's shaping physics on a global scale?In 2018, AIP honored Fabiola Gianotti with the John Torrence Ta...
06/18/2026

Who do you know that's shaping physics on a global scale?

In 2018, AIP honored Fabiola Gianotti with the John Torrence Tate Award, recognizing her not just as a scientist, but as a leader who brought together roughly 3,000 physicists from some 40 countries under the ATLAS collaboration, and who in 2016 became CERN's first female Director-General.

The Tate Medal emphasizes leadership, statesmanship, and service to the physics community. If you work alongside someone who builds and sustains the international fabric of physics, nominate them.

Nominations for the 2026 Tate Medal are open through October 1: https://bit.ly/4n2LjeO

Before Oppenheimer became the father of the atomic bomb, he was a struggling student who felt clumsy in the lab and deep...
06/15/2026

Before Oppenheimer became the father of the atomic bomb, he was a struggling student who felt clumsy in the lab and deeply out of place at Cambridge.

Newly released oral histories from AIP's Niels Bohr Library & Archives reveal the formative years behind one of physics' most iconic figures.

Physics Today's feature draws on these records to trace how Oppenheimer helped build the American school of theoretical physics from the ground up.

Read the full feature: https://bit.ly/4ws3r65

Credit: J. Robert Oppenheimer, I. I. Rabi, Harold Mott-Smith, and Wolfgang Pauli (from left) sailing on Lake Zurich in Switzerland in 1929. (Photo from the AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Fermi Film Collection.)

Who should pay to make scientific research publicly available, and how much?That question is now at the center of a majo...
06/12/2026

Who should pay to make scientific research publicly available, and how much?

That question is now at the center of a major federal policy debate. The Trump administration's FY2027 budget proposal would prohibit federal research grants from being used to pay for academic journal subscriptions or open-access publishing fees.

AIP's FYI team breaks down what's proposed, what it means for researchers, and what's still uncertain. If you work in science or follow science policy, this one matters.

📖 Full analysis here: https://bit.ly/4vtFNEK

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