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Dark Matter at Cosmic Dawn
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A look at the most comprehensive wind energy wake experiment in history
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OCT 11, 2024
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JUL 23, 2024
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High School Physics Enrollments by Type of Course
JUN 06, 2024
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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The State of the Academic Workforce in Physics and Astronomy Departments, 2000-2022
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Figure 1: Status of Physics Bachelors One Year After Degree. 31% of respondents were in graduate school studying physics or astronomy. 17% were in graduate school in another subject. 46% were employed. 6% were unemployed.
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JUL 26, 2023
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New Astronomy PhDs: What Comes Next
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2024 Joseph A. Johnson Award Goes to Johns Hopkins University Assistant Professor Danielle Speller
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Michael Fleischhauer Named 2025 Herbert Walther Award Recipient
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OCT 31, 2024
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AIP Welcomes Nominations for the 2025 Tate Medal for International Leadership
OCT 23, 2024
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AIP Congratulates 2024 Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry
OCT 09, 2024
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AIP Congratulates 2024 Nobel Prize Winners in Physics
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AIP Coverage of 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
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AIP Welcomes Alicia Waller as Talent and Culture Officer
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Physics Today Takes a Look Inside the Physics Book Illustrated by a Teenage Maurice Sendak
AUG 21, 2024
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ACA Invites Media to Structural Science Meeting in Denver, July 7-12
JUL 02, 2024
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Steven Chu Named Winner of the 2024 AIP Karl Compton Medal
JUN 26, 2024

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