Michael Moloney retweeted
About a quarter of physics and astronomy departments saw lower-than-expected yield from admitted international students, while about a quarter saw higher-than-expected yield from US students.
AIP 2026 Pulse Survey. bit.ly/4fLWA0P
Michael Moloney retweeted
DYK? Gemant Award nominees can qualify through art, public communication, the history of physics, or teaching physics to non-majors.
Nominate someone by Jan 31
🔗 bit.ly/4ihKi1v
Michael Moloney retweeted
For decades, Dennis Overbye's title at the New York Times was "cosmic affairs correspondent."
Now a 2026 AIP Gemant Award winner, he'll go behind the scenes of "Chasing the Higgs."
Nov 4, Washington DC. Free to attend.
RSVP: bit.ly/4zCCcXe
Michael Moloney retweeted
A year out, about half of new physics bachelors were working or job-hunting, and 36% of those not in grad school hoped to enroll later.
New AIP data. 🔗 bit.ly/3UFPYcI
Michael Moloney retweeted
Legislation on energy, AI, and research funding is being written right now. AIP and @APSphysics sponsor physical scientists to work inside congressional offices for a year.
Applications close Dec 1.
🔗 bit.ly/3RruTBd
#SciencePolicy
Michael Moloney retweeted
Six weeks left. A year inside a congressional office, working directly on science-related legislation.
AIP and @APSphysics Congressional Science Policy Fellowship, applications due Dec 1.
⏳ bit.ly/3RruTBd
#SciencePolicy
Michael Moloney retweeted
More than 60% of PhD-granting physics and astronomy programs received fewer international applications for fall 2026 than the year before.
The pool is thinning before offers even go out.
Hear from the deptment chairs themselves. 🔗 bit.ly/4fLWA0P
Michael Moloney retweeted
We made @Jeopardy last night! In the Double Jeopardy round, contestant Frank Merchlewitz picked an $800 clue (a Daily Double!) that mentioned our first issue's iconic cover:
"His porkpie hat was on a 1948 cover of Physics Today & faithfully reproduced decades later on film"
Do you know whose hat it was?
Michael Moloney retweeted
For decades, Dennis Overbye's title at the New York Times was "cosmic affairs correspondent."
Now a 2026 AIP Gemant Award winner, he'll go behind the scenes of "Chasing the Higgs."
Nov 4, Washington DC. Free to attend.
RSVP: bit.ly/4zCCcXe
Michael Moloney retweeted
After four straight years of decline, US physics bachelor's degrees rose 4% in 2024-25, to 8,108, a new AIP report finds. Women earned 27% of them, the highest share on record.
Full report 🔗
Michael Moloney retweeted
DHS has replaced "duration of status" with fixed periods of admission for certain nonimmigrants.
What changed from the 2025 proposal, and what it means for students, researchers, and institutions. AIP webinar, Wed Aug 12, 12 p.m. ET.
Register free: 🔗 bit.ly/4fBC2s6
Michael Moloney retweeted
Marie Curie mentored 40+ women scientists at a time when academia had no place for them.
Dava Sobel tells that story live in DC on May 27. Free & open to all.
🔬 bit.ly/4wywuEX
📷 Marie Curie with 4 students (c. 1910-1915). Photo by Bain News Service @librarycongress
Michael Moloney retweeted
NASA ANNOUNCES REALIGNMENT TO ACCELERATE MISSION DELIVERY.
nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-a…
Michael Moloney retweeted
The Trump admin's FY2027 budget would ban federal funds from covering journal subscriptions & open-access fees.
@NIH policy is expected later this year.
🔗 bit.ly/4ujU4DT
#SciencePolicy #OpenAccess
Michael Moloney retweeted
If all goes according to plan, the Artemis II mission will lift off from Kennedy Space Center this evening. It will be the first crewed mission to leave low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 splashed down in 1972.
Historian Michael Neufeld explored the tortured road from Apollo to Artemis in a 2023 feature article for Physics Today. #astronomy #artemis
physicstoday.aip.org/feature…
Michael Moloney retweeted
A new analysis of Titan data from Cassini finds that the icy moon likely does not have a buried ocean. #astronomy
physicstoday.aip.org/news/da…
Michael Moloney retweeted
⚠️ @USDOL expected to propose higher H-1B wage levels in early 2026.
Our analysis shows that international physicists hired at wage level I could see required salary increases of ~$19K (29% ⬆️).
Full analysis 👇
bit.ly/49XybTh
Michael Moloney retweeted
While the Webb Telescope is a story of heroic perseverance, SOFIA represents the "vexed question of when to cut your losses.”
Full story: bit.ly/4tdVDDq
#Space #NASA #ScienceHistory #Astronomy
Michael Moloney retweeted
Still digging out from this weekend's storm? Check out this 2005 feature to learn why exactly ice is so slippery. #physics #winter #everydayphysics
physicstoday.aip.org/feature…
Michael Moloney retweeted
Curious how your physics program compares nationally? 📉
AIP’s new interactive tool benchmarks undergrad program sizes & faculty resources against peer institutions. See where you stand by sector & research intensity.
bit.ly/3M27Rhy
#Physics #HigherEd
