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Two particles, levitated by sound, collide again and again. A study in Physical Review E tracks how electric charge builds up between them, a process called triboelectric charging. Read the study:

#APSSummit27 kicks off with 18 pre-conference workshops, short courses, and tutorials on Sunday, April 11. Data science and AI, advocacy, and more. Attend just the Sunday events or register for the full conference:

Researchers detected the kick from a single gas molecule hitting a laser-levitated nanosphere more than 10 million times its size, a study in Physical Review Letters reports. Read the study:

Latest science policy news from FYI in APS News: NSF ends FY2026 with more than $1 billion unspent, DHS proposes new fees for the OPT international student work program, and the White House announces $6 billion in science initiatives.

Physicists from every field connect at the APS Global Physics Summit ✨ Abstracts for #APSSummit27 are due today, by 5 p.m. ET. Don't miss this chance to share your research.

Why is the sun's corona millions of degrees hotter than its surface? A study in Physical Review Letters used powerful lasers to recreate solar nanoflares in the lab and watch them heat plasma. Read the study:

Do galaxy clusters spin? A study in Physical Review Letters finds evidence that they do, from a faint warm-and-cool pattern their rotating gas leaves in the universe’s oldest light. Read the study:

When the dense helium cores of two red giants collide, the merger could produce high-energy neutrinos, finds a study in Physical Review D. IceCube could expect about one such neutrino from a single merger up to 180,000 light years away. Read the study:

All physics disciplines connect at #APSSummit27. 🌟 Let your research shine bright on the largest APS stage. Abstracts are due Oct. 22, submit today.

A study in Physical Review D re-analyzes different mechanisms for primordial black hole formation under the dark dimension scenario and finds that, if these cosmic objects exist, they would be five dimensional. Read the study:

Congratulations again to Francis Halzen, winner of the 2026 @NobelPrize in Physics. Physical Review Letters published two key IceCube Collaboration studies behind this prize. Swipe through 15 years of #NobelPrize-winning research that appeared in PRL.

RT @apsjournals: Know an early-career researcher whose astronomy or astrophysics paper stands out? Nominate them by Nov. 15 for the Emerging Astrophysicist Award. The recipient gets $2,000 and support to attend and a speaking opportunity at #APSSummit27. Learn more:

Winning a @NobelPrize comes with some serious bragging rights — and a $1 million prize. We asked #APSSummit26 attendees what they’d do with it. Drop your answers below. #NobelPrize

🎉 Congrats to our new class of APS Fellows. They’ve been recognized by their peers for exceptional contributions to #research, #education, #leadership, and public #service. Learn more about them:

RT @apsjournals: Since 2000, we’ve published the core discovery papers behind more than 60% of the Nobel Prizes in Physics. Those papers are available to read for free:

Congratulations to @NobelPrize in #Physics winner Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to @uw_icecube and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin." Read the prize-winning research from our journal:

Congratulations to Francis Halzen, winner of the 2026 @NobelPrize in #Physics, for contributions to @uw_icecube and the discovery of high-energy cosmic neutrinos. We're proud to have published his winning research in @PhysRevLett . Read it for free: Image: © Nobel Prize Outreach, Illustration: Niklas Elmehed

From condensed matter to quantum computing, #APSSummit26 attendees shared what physics discipline they think should win a #NobelPrize. What do you hope will take home the top award tomorrow? @nobelprize

One year ago, our members John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis won the 2025 @NobelPrize in #Physics for experiments that revealed quantum tunneling in an electric circuit. The 2026 laureates will be announced next week. Any predictions? #NobelPrize

A new study suggests the gallium anomaly, a neutrino mismatch between experiment and theory, could be solved by more precise calculations of electron-neutrino capture without new physics like sterile neutrinos. Read more in @physrevlett:

Congratulations to the recipients of our fall 2026 prizes and awards in the fields of #FluidDynamics, #NuclearPhysics, and #PlasmaPhysics. 🎉 Check out the winners here: