November 2020 (Volume 29, Number 10)

2020 Nobel Prize in Physics
Three researchers share the Nobel Prize in Physics for black hole discoveries.

New Research Resource Group Brings Physics Expertise to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Physicists are teaming up with experts in other disciplines through the COVID Research and Resources Group.

APS Launches a New Chapters Pilot Program
APS Chapters will provide new ways for APS members to connect locally.

APS to Consider Police Conduct in Choice of Meeting Locations
The APS Committee on Scientific Meetings has updated its criteria for selecting meeting locations.

Jami Valentine Miller Inspires the Next Generation
The first Black woman to graduate from Johns Hopkins University with a PhD in physics shares her story.

STEP UP Social Hours
Virtual events brought the STEP UP community together to meet distinguished physicists.

The APS Topical Group on Magnetism and its Applications
A home for physicists interested in the fundamental physical phenomenon of magnetism.

Small-Scale Robots Benefit Environmental and Medical Research
Scientists planned to discuss the ways robotic systems can enhance different scientific fields during the canceled 2020 APS March Meeting.

This Month in Physics History
November 28, 1680: Death of Athanasius Kircher

Careers
Emails Help Members “Shape Up” Their Career Goals

Office of Government Affairs
Supporting Early-Career Physicists Through COVID-19

FYI: Science Policy News from AIP
US Builds Out Architecture of National Quantum Initiative

The Back Page
A Changing Dichotomy: The Conception of the “Macroscopic” and “Microscopic” Worlds in the History of Physics