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<p>After-work hobbies, days off, and an occasional vacation are important strategies for maintaining mental health.</p>

<p>Fostering a constructive environment in which young researchers can develop is imperative for bringing new talent into the field, particularly those who at first may not have thought they had a ...

<p>The group has planned a series of events to celebrate and bring together Black physicists and allies.</p>

<p>The essays illuminate issues of importance for Black physicists and reveal a more complete picture of what a physicist looks like.</p>

<p>“I’ve had to run faster and jump higher and achieve more just to be treated the same as everyone else,” says the USC theoretical physicist.</p>

<p>“I see a lot of lip service,” says the University of Illinois physicist, “but I am only interested in real proposals and seeing that they get done.”</p>

<p>The astroparticle physicist serves on her experiment’s equity and inclusion committee to educate and spark discussion with her colleagues.</p>

A few simple metrics characterize outbreaks like COVID-19, but calculating them correctly is surprisingly tricky.

<p>The Howard University physics chair advocates admitting cohorts to graduate schools and supporting students facing financial barriers.</p>

<p>“It’s hard to separate your microaggressions when you deal with intersecting minoritized identities,” says the Fermilab physicist.</p>

<p>The stories of these physicists show the barriers to Black people’s participation in physics and suggest changes to make the field more welcoming.</p>

<p>Springer Nature’s agreement with the University of California portends US adoption of a publishing practice that is becoming commonplace in Europe.</p>

<p>Comparing candidates for tenure and promotion with other researchers is lazy and fraught with bias.</p>

How important to American physicists are abstracts of the periodical literature in their field; how do they use abstracts; what do they think of the abstracts they now have; what kind of abstracts ...

Experts see the fingerprints of climate change on the lakes’ record high water levels.