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Science journalist covering trends and advancements in the physical sciences, climate change, and science policy.

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Muon detectors for the people!

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By Jenessa Duncombe Verified
| Physics Today Verified
Physics professor Shimomura Maya at Nara Women’s University in Japan shows students a tabletop muon detector from the gLOWCOST program in April 2025. Handheld and tabletop muon detectors have proliferated in high school and college classrooms in recent decades. The instruments are safe, low cost, and durable, and they open possibilities for exploration in physics, space-weather studies, and atmospheric science.
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Q&A: Alice Flarend teaches teens to think out loud

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By Jenessa Duncombe Verified
| Physics Today Verified
“Students come to my classroom and say, ‘We’ve heard about you,’ ” says Alice Flarend. As a physics teacher for 26 years at Bellwood–Antis High School in rural central Pennsylvania, she has earned a reputation by asking her students to explain out loud what they’re thinking. In the classroom, she says, “the power of talk is huge.” (Photo courtesy of Alice Flarend). Flarend grew up in Chicago, where her father was an electrician at a steel mill and her mother was a secretary.
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How much electricity does a quantum computer need?

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By Jenessa Duncombe Verified
| Physics Today Verified
The 54-qubit quantum computer Euro-Q-Exa was networked into this supercomputer at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre in Germany. Scaling up quantum computing, and the energy it would take to do so, is an emerging topic in scientific circles. View larger Edward Parker was thinking about who might use a quantum computer to hack the controls of a US chemical plant when he noticed something odd in the literature.
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