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Nobel laureates issue declaration for the prevention of nuclear war

They outline measures that world leaders, scientists, and the public can take to reduce the threat.

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Making plastics more recyclable

SEP 19, 2025

Opening the black box of machine learning-controlled plasma treatments internal name

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Opening the black box of machine learning-controlled plasma treatments

SEP 19, 2025

Predators, predators, and prey: A guide for survival internal name

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Predators, predators, and prey: A guide for survival

SEP 12, 2025

Combined algorithm improves power generation by mitigation partial shading conditions internal name

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Combined algorithm improves power generation by mitigation partial shading conditions

SEP 12, 2025

Identifying causes of electrical discharge in high-voltage transmission lines internal name

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Identifying causes of electrical discharge in high-voltage transmission lines

SEP 12, 2025

Smart cooling combo supercharges solar cell output internal name

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Smart cooling combo supercharges solar cell output

SEP 12, 2025

Bridging technical knowledge gaps in computational biophysics internal name

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Bridging technical knowledge gaps in computational biophysics

SEP 12, 2025

Cube vs. sphere: A rheological look at cubic particle suspensions internal name

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Cube vs. sphere: A rheological look at cubic particle suspensions

SEP 12, 2025

Altering the atomic composition ratio of magnetic tunnel junction interfaces internal name

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Altering the atomic composition ratio of magnetic tunnel junction interfaces

SEP 12, 2025

Large eddy simulations model river vegetation internal name

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Large eddy simulations model river vegetation

SEP 12, 2025

A path forward to replace animal testing in neurodevelopmental research internal name

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A path forward to replace animal testing in neurodevelopmental research

SEP 12, 2025

Investigating bumblebee-esque micro air vehicles in the Martian atmosphere internal name

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Investigating bumblebee-esque micro air vehicles in the Martian atmosphere

SEP 12, 2025

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Scars from a Black Hole

SEP 10, 2025

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How Corals See Without Eyes

SEP 10, 2025

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A New Kind of Satellite Could Damage Your Eyes

SEP 09, 2025

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Diamond Defects Drive Dynamics

SEP 09, 2025

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‘Nearly Unmanageable’ Research Regulations Tackled by New Academies Report

SEP 12, 2025

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House Science Committee Advances Weather Research Bill

SEP 11, 2025

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House Joins Senate in Rejecting Drastic NIH Cuts Pushed by Trump

SEP 05, 2025

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NSF Seeks Model for Graduate Fellowships Co-funded by Government and Industry

AUG 28, 2025

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Trump Gives Political Appointees Final Say on Grants

AUG 20, 2025

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Hundreds of Science Agency Employees Criticize Changes Under Trump

JUL 29, 2025

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Where Congress is Splitting from Trump on Science Funding

JUL 25, 2025

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Roster of Astronomy Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data, 2024

SEP 03, 2025

Page 1-Roster of Physics Departments 2024

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Roster of Physics Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data, 2024

SEP 03, 2025

Percentage of New Physics Bachelor's Masters and PhDs Who Use or Develop AI

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AI Use Among Physics Degree Recipients

AUG 22, 2025

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Physics and Astronomy Faculty Members at Two-Year Colleges

AUG 13, 2025

Two-Year College Attendance for Physics Bachelors, Academic Years 2013-14 through 2021-22

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Physics Bachelors: Two-Year Colleges as a Starting Point

JUL 07, 2025

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The State of the Academic Workforce in Physics and Astronomy, 2000-2024

JUN 13, 2025

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Impacts of Restrictions on Federal Grant Funding in Physics and Astronomy Graduate Programs

APR 23, 2025

Influences on Physics Bachelors Decision to Pursue Physics, Classes of 2021 and 2022 combined. Similar proportions of men and women reported being influenced by informal exposure to science, high school physics, and parents or relatives.

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How Women Persist in Undergraduate Physics

APR 02, 2025

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Has the number of students taking physics in US high schools declined?

MAR 10, 2025

Primary Type of Support for Physics Doctoral Students, Academic Year 2020-21

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Physics Graduate Student Compensation: Academic Year 2023-24

MAR 07, 2025

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Physics Bachelors Initial Employment Booklet - Academic Years 2020-21 and 2021-22

JAN 08, 2025

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Physics PhDs Initial Employment Booklet - Academic Years 2020-21 and 2021-22

OCT 21, 2024

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Roster of Physics Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data, 2023

OCT 11, 2024

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Roster of Astronomy Departments with Enrollment and Degree Data, 2023

OCT 11, 2024

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Attrition and Persistence in Undergraduate Physics Programs

JUL 23, 2024

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High School Physics Enrollments by Type of Course

JUN 06, 2024

Press Releases Across the Federation

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Smitha Vishveshwara Wins AIP’s 2025 Andrew Gemant Award for Intertwining Physics, Theater, and Fiction

SEP 04, 2025

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Yi Rong Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

JUL 25, 2025

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AAPM Elects New Leadership for 2026

JUL 16, 2025

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AAPM Member and Past President John Boone Selected for 2025 IUPESM Award of Merit in Medical Physics

JUL 09, 2025

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New AAS Partnership Connects Astronomers with Community Colleges

JUL 02, 2025

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Researchers demonstrate precise optical clock signal transmission via multicore fiber

JUN 19, 2025

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Unprecedented optical clock network lays groundwork for redefining the second

JUN 12, 2025

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AAPM Group Looking for Volunteers

MAY 30, 2025

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Scientific Societies Issue Letter to Congress Regarding National Science Foundation Reorganizations and Cuts

MAY 29, 2025

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Damien Bérubé and Swati Narasimhan Named Optica Congressional Fellows

MAY 28, 2025

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AAS Responds to 2026 President’s Budget Request

MAY 02, 2025

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Turning down starlight to spot new exoplanets

APR 17, 2025

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AAPM Addresses Concerns from Published Study on CT Risk

APR 15, 2025

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AAS Gravely Concerned About Cuts to NASA Science Funding

APR 11, 2025

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AAS Names Steven Finkelstein as Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer for 246th Meeting

MAR 31, 2025

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