April 2024 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
Hua Liu American Astronomical Society (AAS)
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Highlights from the April 2024 Issue
Embracing Interactive Teaching Methods
New physics and astronomy faculty are excited about active teaching, but they still need support to implement the ideas in their classes. — Stephanie Chasteen, Edward Prather, and Rachel Scherr
State Anti-DEI Laws Sow Uncertainty in Public Colleges and Universities
Inclusivity efforts are thwarted as faculty and institutions navigate new laws with unclear penalties. — Toni Feder
Hidden Fluid Dynamics of Dry Salt Lakes
A new theory reveals how polygons that decorate the surface of dry lakes are linked to phenomena at play below the ground. — Cédric Beaume, Lucas Goehring, and Jana Lasser
Attosecond Analysis Illuminates a Watery Mystery
With powerful x-ray free-electron lasers, researchers are making great strides in ultrafast spectroscopy—with lessons about how molecules arrange themselves at rest. — Johanna L. Miller
Twisted Bilayer Graphene’s Gallery of Phases
The simultaneous occurrence of exotic phases, and the ability to easily tune them, has positioned magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene as one of the richest materials platforms in condensed-matter physics. — B. Andrei Bernevig and Dmitri K. Efetov