February 2020 Issue of Physics Today Now Available
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In the February 2020 Issue
Iowa's Agriculture Is Losing Its Goldilocks Climate
Climate conditions for growing corn and soybeans have improved, but current trends indicate they will not last. — Eugene S. Takle and William J. Gutowski Jr
State of the Art in Magnetic Resonance Imaging
As a clinical technology, MRI offers unsurpassed flexibility to look inside the human body. — Dave Jordan
Commentary: High Journal Acceptance Rates Are Good for Science — Jason Wright
Goal: Double the Number of African Americans in Physics and Astronomy
The recommendations of a new AIP report aim to catalyze and guide a huge cultural shift. — Toni Feder
Weapons Labs to Build Costly New Device to Better Understand Plutonium
Scientists say subcritical experiments with plutonium will eliminate the need for nuclear tests, a promise that was first made in 1995. — David Kramer
Juggling Dynamics
With complex throwing patterns of multiple objects, jugglers seemingly defy human limits of reaction time and throwing accuracy. — Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse & Troy Shinbrot