Fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and global community dedicated to science and society. Join us: http://go.aps.org/2NWWEeYhttps://bsky.app/profile/apsphysics.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/apsphysics.bsky.social/post/3lpk7a4mznc2z#OnTheCover of Physical Review Letters this week: An optical cavity containing an ensemble of molecules that are nonlinearly driven by an incoming pump and probe laser pulses. Read the paper: go.aps.org/45ePqxh19 May 2025 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:heemoqq7cssrx5ixyxwd52y6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpk7a4mznc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/apsphysics.bsky.social/post/3lo7rlocqg22fThe president's budget proposal cuts billions in funding from the DOE Office of Science, NIST, NASA, and the NSF — but there’s still time to change it. Tell your lawmakers why they should stand up for science using our letter-writing toolkit, targeted to your state: go.aps.org/3RP9EWF02 May 2025 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:heemoqq7cssrx5ixyxwd52y6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo7rlocqg22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/apsphysics.bsky.social/post/3lo4shzoyoc2jA shoe-box sized system on the @space_station could break ground in #quantum communications, overcoming the limitations of fiber optics. The SEAQUE experiment’s first results were unveiled at #APSSummit25. Read more in APS News: go.aps.org/4ix3K7w01 May 2025 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:heemoqq7cssrx5ixyxwd52y6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4shzoyoc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/apsphysics.bsky.social/post/3lnj2italjs23New in Physical Review A: Researchers take the Rubik's cube to the next level, introducing #superposition where tiles can occupy multiple positions simultaneously. They found combining classical and #quantum moves equals faster puzzle-solving. Read more: go.aps.org/3XX7gk523 Apr 2025 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:heemoqq7cssrx5ixyxwd52y6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnj2italjs23https://bsky.app/profile/apsphysics.bsky.social/post/3lmzfjjkpvk2qThe first SCOAP3 assessment of open science practices gave our journals high marks. A review of @PhysRevLetters, @PhysRevC, and @PhysRevD earned nearly double the total score of the next-highest publisher, showing our commitment to #OpenScience. 🔗 https://www.aps.org/about/news/2025/04/top-score-scoap3-open-science @cern.bsky.social17 Apr 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:heemoqq7cssrx5ixyxwd52y6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzfjjkpvk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/apsphysics.bsky.social/post/3lmaioabdu22k14,000 physicists joined us #APSSummit25 last month — but what if they’d chosen a different path? Tell us what you’d do if you weren’t a physicist 👇07 Apr 2025 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:heemoqq7cssrx5ixyxwd52y6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmaioabdu22khttps://bsky.app/profile/apsphysics.bsky.social/post/3llwdluzc222cA new study in Physical Review Fluids suggests extra padding in headgear could reduce #brain damage caused by rotational impact injuries. Researchers tested this type of impact by modeling the brain as a hydrogel sphere inside liquid mimicking cerebrospinal fluid. 🔗 go.aps.org/41R1nHE03 Apr 2025 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:heemoqq7cssrx5ixyxwd52y6/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwdluzc222chttps://bsky.app/profile/apsphysics.bsky.social/post/3llrncvo3kk2q#OTD in 1948, the now-famous “alpha-beta-gamma” paper explained how conditions after the #BigBang could explain the origin of hydrogen and helium. Learn more about the paper, and how it got its tongue-in-cheek name: https://aps.org/apsnews/2008/04/origin-chemical-elements #PhysicsHistory01 Apr 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:heemoqq7cssrx5ixyxwd52y6/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrncvo3kk2q