1/3 — DSNP Image of the Month This month, we are excited to feature a recent paper from V. Kannan, V. Mathai, and X. Zhu titled “Scaling of latitude-dependent heat transport in geostrophic convection.”

📣 DSNP Early-Career Spotlight: Trevor GrandPre! Trevor recently became an Assistant Professor at WashU. His research group studies how living systems organize and give rise to collective behavior. Suggestions for who we should feature next? Email us at [email protected].

How Flocking Birds “Defy” One of Physics’ Most Fundamental Laws https://www.europesays.com/uk/1034518/ Flocks of birds, bacteria and tissue cells: in some collective systems, the individual elements respond to only part…

From academia to publishing: career journeys at IOP Publishing

❓ Our team is sharing why they submitted public comments on The Office of Budget and Management's proposed rule affecting scientific research funding. What’s yours? Submit your comment through our action center, then share your reason with a photo using #WhyIWrote: https://go.aps.org/4vUO0ST

Researchers have tracked the electrical crackle of individual brain cells in real time during unscripted conversations, capturing how sentences are built before a single word is spoken go.nature.com/4v15SuB

‘Rheology’ review: Theoretical physics meet experimental art at REDCAT https://www.europesays.com/uk/1022807/ In “Rheology,” Shayok Misha Chowdhury, an experimental theater artist, and his mother, Bulbul Chakraborty, a theoretical physicist, bridge…

#OPENACCESS: Protein force spectroscopy using magnetic tweezers: Slow and steady wins the race? Stefanie D. Pritzl and Jan Lipfert.

A new hierarchical textile fiber harvests atmospheric water even when woven into clothing, creating potable drinking water for portable, on-the-move use. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4uBGtHv

🧰 New tool alert! ⚙️ #MorphoGrad, an open-source toolbox for simulating reaction–diffusion systems in 1D and 2D tissues, with cell-to-cell parameter heterogeneity & graphical user interface. No heavy coding required. Explore complex morphogen gradient models interactively. doi.org/10.1016/j.xp...

We're looking for a Project Coach (BSEIW)! You'll be responsible for a range of activities incl. co-designing & delivering initiatives with wider partner teams, delivering evidence-based CPD, mentoring & coaching and tracking and evaluating programme delivery. Closes 22 June https://bit.ly/43USigY

Researchers have created a random-number generator that uses a Bell test to upgrade an imperfectly random input into certifiable randomness. The new generator works on a single platform without making any assumptions about the inner workings of its hardware.

We're providing travel support for #ICM2026 to nearly 700 mathematicians from developing countries: https://bit.ly/4fqplAH #math

1/2 DSNP Image of the Month: June 2026! 🗓️ This month, we’re excited to feature Xinyu Wang’s recent paper, “Topological mechanical metamaterial for robust and ductile one-way fracturing.” What if cracks could travel one way, but not the other?

In this SFI Seminar, Eric Goles of the University of Adolfo Ibáñez explores fungal automata, a cellular automaton model in which information flows only horizontally or vertically. He shows that despite these constraints, it can simulate arbitrary Boolean circuits and are computationally universal.

Special issue call for papers: Foundations of Membrane Biophysics: Dedicated to Wolfgang Helfrich. buff.ly/OIvxLR7

New paper alert! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Check out the latest work out of our collab with @carolineszcz.bsky.social highlighting how patterning hydrogels can enhance *both* toughness and strength. A lot of people contributed as the story built up over the years - so happy to see it out!

Watch all recorded talks from this week's #KITP Conference: Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics (#complexsys-c26)

🎉Excited to welcome Prof. Jiang Yunfeng to the J. Phys. A Editorial Board 🚀 Now Chair of Physics at Southeast University, great to have him on board with us! 🚀 👉Learn more about our Board Members: https://ow.ly/uB2f50Z6557

New study shows that human-driven changes in Northern Hemisphere westerly #winds are reorganizing terrestrial gross primary productivity - #GPP - across major #ecosystems, with important implications for future #carbon – #climate feedbacks. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Superconductivity from dual-surface carriers in rhombohedral graphene www.nature.com/articles/s41... #physics

💡 In this review, the authors show how scRNA-seq is advancing our understanding of host-fungal pathogen interactions - highlighting recent mechanistic insights, key knowledge gaps, and the future of single-cell technologies in the field. doi.org/10.1038/s420...

📆 Join us next Tuesday, June 9 at 12 PM EST for the next klogW seminar featuring Jonas Veenstra (ENS Lyon) and Matthew Leighton (Yale University). Don’t miss this chance to hear from two outstanding early-career researchers! Please sign up and find more details here: engage.aps.org/dsnp/resourc...

Welcome to the #KITP conference on Non-equilibrium Dynamics, from Active Matter to Evolutionary Dynamics (#complexsys-c26)! Learn more at buff.ly/UJxDJFp and stay tuned for recorded talks posted soon at buff.ly/SsfxhRi buff.ly/3bODFfs

The APS Division of Plasma Physics and the Gaseous Electronics Conference are joining forces this year with a co-located meeting. Discuss new ideas, connect with your community, and explore cross-disciplinary science. ⚛️ Submit an abstract by July 22: https://go.aps.org/4eaeU30

📆 Join us next Tuesday, June 9 at 12 PM EST for the next klogW seminar featuring Jonas Veenstra (ENS Lyon) and Matthew Leighton (Yale University). Don’t miss this chance to hear from two outstanding early-career researchers! Please sign up and find more details here: engage.aps.org/dsnp/resourc...

📌 We are thrilled to host Sidney Redner (Santa Fe Institute) for our next klogW seminar on May 12 at 12PM EST on "First-Passage Processes with Applications to Resetting-Driven Optimization, Wealth Sharing, and Forest Fires" 🔥 Register here: engage.aps.org/dsnp/resourc...

📣 Image of the Month: we are pleased to feature @sarthak-gupta.bsky.social and his recent paper on Physical Review Research: journals.aps.org/prresearch/a... Students and postdocs can participate to the contest by submitting an image on the DSNP Engage (login first!): engage.aps.org/gsnp/home

Catch up on SFI’s first Community Lecture for 2026, Crossroads Democracy Panel. The panel featured Jenna Bednar, Samuel Bowles, Hahrie Han, Katrin Schmelz, and David Krakauer as moderator. It explored the history, economics, psychology, and politics of democracy. Watch on SFI’s YouTube channel:

Are you an early career researcher making advances in phase behavior and/or physical, thermodynamic, and kinetic properties of chemical systems? Check out Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data's open #CallforPapers 👉 buff.ly/DjHg0Ar

Come along to @ioppublishing.bsky.social's free webinar where leading women physicists from India share powerful insights into the challenges women face in science, and the real-world impact of their research. 📅 23 April ⏰12PM IST / 7.30PM BST 👉 https://bit.ly/4tb5jxY

Our latest work on shape-programmable tissues is out in @science.org. By positioning topological defects in cellular nematics, we encode frustrated 2D force fields that relax into predictable 3D shapes. Collaboration with Marino Arroyo’s lab, led by @pauguillamat.bsky.social at @ibecbarcelona.eu.

📣 We’re kicking off the first klogW seminar of the year! Join us on April 21st at 12PM EST for a talk by Douglas Jerolmack (UPenn) — 2026 APS-DSNP Fellow — presenting "Fragility of Soft Earth Materials" 🌎🌍🌏 Registration link: apsphysics.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

New findings in Science reveal how shape anisotropy and physical interactions govern collective motion in active matter, providing design rules for programmable synthetic materials and insight into bacterial swarms. Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4tsN0UO

Special issue call for papers: Foundations of Membrane Biophysics: Dedicated to Wolfgang Helfrich.

📣 DSNP Early-Career Spotlight: Megan Engel from University of Calgary! Her research focuses on molecular motors' efficiency—and how to apply these principles to bio-nanotechnology. Check out the interview below! Want to suggest who to feature next? Email us at [email protected]

Great week at the 2026 APS GPS! 🎉 From celebrating awards to engaging conversations at the signup table—it’s been amazing to see the DSNP community in action. Thanks to all the organizers! Get involved next year—help organize sessions, volunteer, or bring your ideas. #APS #PhysicsCommunity #DSNP

Had fun talking with @websedgescience.bsky.social at the #APSSummit26 on how physics & math can explain fashion cycles! @aps-dsnp.bsky.social @stevenstrogatz.com

🚀 Get involved with DSNP! It’s a great opportunity, especially for grad students and postdocs, to grow your network and share new ideas. 📲 Scan the QR code in the slide or follow the link to sign up! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #APS #PhysicsCommunity #StatisticalPhys #NonlinearPhysics

📣 After a fantastic Squishy Sunday event, the APS Global Physics Summit 2026 has officially started! Check out the DSNP session schedule below. Come say hi at the DSNP table and get your members-only T-shirt! #APSSummit2026 #GlobalPhysicsSummit #DSNP #StatisticalPhysics #NonlinearPhysics #APS

🎉 30 years of Statistical & Nonlinear Physics — and we're just getting started! To mark the transition from APS G to D, @physreve.bsky.social have highlighted the most influential papers that drew the map of the field. 📖 journals.aps.org/over-30-years #StatisticalPhysics #DSNP #Physics

Come to hear Jonas Veenstra give a presentation on his work at the DSNP awards session at the APS Summit on Thursday March 19, 3:30-6:30 p.m. #APSSummit26 #Physics

At the upcoming Global Physics Summit in Denver, @aps-dsnp.bsky.social will be celebrating our advancement from Topical Group to Division! To kick the party off, here is a collection of highlights published in @physreve.bsky.social: journals.aps.org/over-30-years

Excited for #APSSummit26? We are too! Come join us, we’re looking for volunteers! @apsphysics.bsky.social #StatsPhys #NonlinearPhys Details 👇

We’re delighted to share a new editorial in @physreve.bsky.social (PRE) on the DSNP Dissertation Award in #Statistical & #Nonlinear Physics, marking the inaugural year of PRE sponsorship. Congratulations to the winner, 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚, from UvA 🎉 Read more: journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

🎊 Congrats 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚, Univ. of Amsterdam, recipient of the 𝐃𝐒𝐍𝐏 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 for "𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺" Join and listen to them at the DSNP awards session #APSSummit26 @apsphysics.bsky.social

📸 DSNP is excited to present the very first Image of the Month for 2026! This month we are featuring “𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞” by Dong, P. et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1103/v95w... @apsphysics.bsky.social @physreve.bsky.social

Congratulations to the 2025 class of APS-DNSP Fellows! 🎉 DSNP also takes this opportunity to thank the selection committees for their dedicated work.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 APS awards (see below)! 🎉 The Kadanoff and Onsager prize winners will present invited talks at the 2026 Global Physics Summit in Denver and all honorees will be recognized at the DSNP business meeting and reception. All are welcome to this celebration.

📣 DSNP Early-Career Spotlight is back! We're excited to feature @nwlandry.bsky.social, new PI at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on the spread of contagion and misinformation. Check out the interview below! Know someone we should feature? Email us at [email protected]