Research

Get Ready for the APS March Meeting 2023
In Las Vegas or online, engage with peers from across the globe.

The 2022 Physics Laureates Share Their Stories in Stockholm
As the Nobel Prize returns to ‘real life,’ quantum physicists challenge our view of reality.

How Sound Waves Could Power a Greener Air-Conditioner
At an APS meeting on fluid dynamics, researchers discussed thermoacoustic cooling, an old technology attracting new interest.

Here’s How Honeybees Fly in Windy Conditions
New research suggests that even in turbulent wind, honeybees maintain their average flying velocity and move in a zig-zag-like pattern.

This Month in Physics History
February 1947: The First Animals, Fruit Flies, Rocket Into Space and Return to Earth

First a Bridge Program Graduate, Now a NASA Astrophysicist
Laura D. Vega has her eyes on the stars — the pulsating giants and red dwarfs, to be specific.

Graduate Students Should Be Paid Living Wages
To invest in science, we need to invest in tomorrow’s scientists. Let’s start by paying them wages that meet the cost of living.

Taking on Climate Change and Cryptomining Carbon Emissions
Stephanie Mack, the 2021-22 APS Congressional Science Fellow, wraps up her year in Congress.