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(The median citation count of Physics Today is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
How does the wind generate waves?39
Inducing new material properties with hybrid light–matter states30
Ptychography: A solution to the phase problem29
Metasurfaces for quantum technologies25
Branched flow24
The quantum mechanics of viscosity20
Liquid metals at room temperature19
A deterministic source of single photons18
Science and technology of the Casimir effect18
Aerodynamic heating in hypersonic flows16
Intuitive or rational? Students and experts need to be both14
Living cells on the move14
Electric propulsion of spacecraft12
Computed tomography turns 5012
Machine-learning-assisted modeling12
Synthetic dimensions12
Hydrogen-powered aircraft may be getting a lift12
The math behind epidemics11
Accelerating progress in climate science11
The secret world in the gaps between brain cells10
A quantum leap in security10
Quantum firmware and the quantum computing stack10
US government acts to reduce dependence on China for rare-earth magnets9
Ultimate turbulent thermal convection9
Light-driven spin chemistry for quantum information science9
Exploring cultural heritage through acoustic digital reconstructions9
There is no quantum measurement problem9
The demons haunting thermodynamics8
Drops in cells8
Illuminating the darkest galaxies8
Whatever happened to cellulosic ethanol?8
A journey to touch the Sun8
Relativistic quantum chaos in graphene7
Iron-based superconductors: Teenage, complex, challenging7
Embracing imperfection for quantum technologies7
Addressing the quantum measurement problem7
Connecting extreme weather events to climate change7
Deep learning opens up protein science’s next frontiers7
Helium prices surge to record levels as shortage continues7
Clogging: The self-sabotage of suspensions7
A molecular road movie7
Ocean acoustics in the changing Arctic7
Accelerating astrophysics with the SpaceX Starship6
When learning physics mirrors doing physics6
Medieval weather prediction6
Why are theorists excited about exotic nuclei?6
Paul Langevin, U-boats, and ultrasonics6
Magnetic field–boosted superconductivity6
Magnetic fields for modulating the nervous system6
The cost of solar energy production has plunged, but it needs to fall further5
Physics Nobel honors foundational quantum entanglement experiments5
How does light behave in a material whose refractive index vanishes?5
Ethics in physics: The need for culture change5
The undermining of science is Trump’s legacy5
Quasiparticle poisoning in superconducting quantum computers5
The US is in dire need of STEM teachers5
Improving science education: It’s not rocket science—it’s harder!5
The surface hydrology of Antarctica’s floating ice4
Thermodynamics of the climate system4
Unveiling the mystery of solar-coronal heating4
Lawrence Livermore achieves a burning plasma in the lab4
Mingling art and science opens minds4
Further delays at ITER are certain, but their duration isn’t clear4
Commentary: Science and colonialism4
Ernest Rutherford’s ambitions4
The theory of black hole formation shares the Nobel Prize in Physics4
A field guide to angle-independent structural color4
Physics and poetry4
Quantum computing ramps up in private sector4
S is for Science: The making of 3-2-1 Contact4
Electrification of cars and trucks likely won’t disrupt the grid4
Canada’s nuclear future brightens4
Guiding inventions from lab to market4
James Jeans and The Mysterious Universe3
NIF success gives laser fusion energy a shot in the arm3
Cometary chemistry3
A family of two-dimensional conductors comes into bloom3
The rapid acidification of sea spray aerosols3
The real butterfly effect and maggoty apples3
Developing trustworthy AI for weather and climate3
More on the demons of thermodynamics3
Overlooked mechanisms behind seismic damage3
US particle physicists envision future of the field3
Alarm sounded over declining US radiation professional workforce3
Diamond’s sparkle is in more than gemstones3
Hackathons catch on for creativity, education, and networking3
Biological tissues as mechanical metamaterials3
Clean hydrogen edges toward competitiveness3
Microchip accelerators3
Iridium marks the spot3
Capture alone isn’t sufficient to bottle up carbon dioxide3
Physics … is for girls?3
The squeezes, stretches, and whirls of turbulence3
The complexities of the human placenta3
Even underwater, money talks3
How did Mars lose its atmosphere and water?3
Quantum materials out of equilibrium3
Attosecond pioneers win physics Nobel3
Ballooning satellite populations in low Earth orbit portend changes for science and society3
A windfall for US carbon capture and storage3
The Hund-metal path to strong electronic correlations2
Artificial photosynthesis: A pathway to solar fuels2
Metal cations drive carbon dioxide’s chemical reduction2
Climate tipping points: A personal view2
When tenure fails2
In Ukraine, science will need rebuilding postwar; in Russia, its isolation could endure2
Water makes its mark on GPS signals2
Lead-208 nuclei have thick skins2
A seismometer maps Mars’s anatomy2
Commentary: Elitism in physics: What happens when the profession’s cultural scaffolding comes down?2
Nuclear is carbon-neutral2
Malaysian physics and the maker ethos2
Is the electric potential physical?2
Replacing high-risk radioactive materials remains a challenge2
Scientists dismayed by interruption at US’s most productive neutron source2
A new look at the proton sea2
The road from academia to entrepreneurship2
Enceladus erupts2
Nobels neglect fluid dynamics2
Europe’s experiment in funding graphene research is paying off2
Nobel Prize in Physics honors the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the heart of the Milky Way2
Boiling eggs, radiation damage, and the Arrhenius plot2
State anti-DEI laws sow uncertainty in public colleges and universities2
Better ways to store energy are needed to attain Biden’s carbon-free grid2
Despite unknowns, NNSA plunges ahead on plutonium pits2
Ice fracturing2
The clean-energy challenge2
When does a molecule make up its mind?2
Mushy-layer convection2
“Peaceful” nuclear explosives?2
24 000 years of climate change, mapped2
Israel has become a powerhouse in quantum technologies2
When your academic ladder is longer2
Unveiling exozodiacal light2
A new undersea volcano is born east of Africa2
Makers of quantum dots share Nobel Prize in Chemistry2
Building a ship in a bottle for neutrino science2
Climate modeling innovators are honored with half the physics Nobel2
The dynamics and changes of the world’s monsoons2
The cloud dynamics of convective storm systems2
An unconventional superconductor isn’t so odd after all2
Computational phonogram archiving2
Back to the Moon ... to stay?2
Einsteinian subtleties in Magritte’s Time Transfixed2
Arthur Compton and the mysteries of light2
Fears of a lithium supply crunch may be overblown2
Atlantic invertebrates are going the wrong way2
The new laser weapons2
Nanophotonics for a sustainable future2
Leaving politics aside2
Roman Jackiw2
Lessons from 35 years in industry2
More on the quantum measurement problem2
How a cloud of insects is (and isn’t) like a magnet1
Where physics meets biology: More information1
James Jeans’s views on the nature of reality1
A quantum lab in a beam1
Medieval astrometeorology’s legacy1
Contributions to computed tomography1
Electron microscopy for attosecond science1
New books & media1
Nineteenth-century women and physics across the pond1
Benjamin Breneman Snavely1
Photonic waveguides shed their cladding1
An all-in-one device creates and characterizes high-pressure superconductors1
Panel recommends road map for US particle physics1
STEM volunteers1
Idaho project tests the limits of DOE aid to advanced reactors1
Artificial hands make lifelike movements1
Subsurface imaging shows scale of the tragedy of Indigenous children1
Subtle historical connections between Magritte and Einstein1
Hybrid scientific conferences: An ongoing experiment1
Stretchy molecules rupture far from the crack1
DNA assembles nano-objects1
Quasicrystals and the birth of the atomic age1
Muon measurements embolden the search for new physics1
Where physics meets biology: More information1
Fabricating human tissues: How physics can help1
Philip Anderson: Virtuoso of condensed matter1
ARPA–E explores paths to emissions-free metal making1
Acoustics of multiuse spaces1
SETI, artificial intelligence, and existential projection1
The early universe in a quantum gas1
Icebreakers and Arctic ice melt1
The future of meetings1
Frank Drake1
Free textbooks and other open educational resources gain popularity1
The future has arrived for securing confidential data1
Commentary: The future (budget) of the academic library1
Universities ramp up efforts to improve faculty gender balance and work climate in STEM1
The (soft) propaganda value of lunar exploration1
Glass ages in material time1
Electron scattering provides a long-awaited view of unstable nuclei1
It’s all too much1
More on the demons of thermodynamics1
Another look at the proton sea1
Coulomb-explosion imaging tackles an 11-atom molecule1
Optical analogues to NMR spectroscopy1
Q&A: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe reflects on her tenure as DOE Office of Science director1
Roman Jackiw and the chiral anomaly1
College instructors adapt their teaching to prevent cheating1
Teaching physics with phones: A game changer?1
Asteroids in the inner solar system1
Contributions to computed tomography1
Revisiting science and colonialism1
High radiation dose rates may improve cancer therapy1
Dipolar supersolids: Solid and superfluid at the same time1
Tidal turbine development ebbs and flows1
New books & media1
X-ray imaging shows how a 17th-century painting lost its color1
Solving the century-old mystery of background Love waves1
Butterfly effects1
Terraforming Mars1
Knowledge transmission in medieval Spain1
Visualizing acoustic levitation1
The roar of a rocket1
Carbon dioxide removal is suddenly obtaining credibility and support1
Roddam Narasimha1
Why woodpeckers don’t get concussions1
Whiskey webs: Fingerprints of evaporated bourbon1
Entropy and order work together in an artificial spin ice1
Global movement to reform researcher assessment gains traction1
More on the quantum measurement problem1
Scientists take steps in the lab toward climate sustainability1
Ten billion years ago, galaxies were already running out of gas1
Hackathon culture’s maker potential1
They were astronomers1
The air we breathe in a car1
Twisted bilayer graphene’s gallery of phases1
Two-faced ions form a promising battery material1
Manhattan Project astrophysics1
Join four African students for their MIT journeys1
A tabletop waveguide delivers coherent x rays1
How to become a successful physicist1
Engineering better science education1
ITER appears unstoppable despite recent setbacks1
Sand and mucus: A toolbox for animal survival1
DOE medical isotope campaign nears completion1
Macroscopic mechanical oscillator is herded into a Schrödinger cat state1
3-2-1 Contact: Scientists at the writers’ table1
Repulsive Casimir forces1
Sunspots and their cycle1
The quest is on to remove petro- from petrochemicals1
William Frank Vinen1
Green ammonia can be a clean energy source1
Jack Steinberger1
The structures of protoplanetary disks1
Physics Today turns 751
Hidden fluid dynamics of dry salt lakes1
Photoelectrons shine a light on dark excitons1
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