sustainability home

Highlights in PNAS Physics

Sackler Colloquium on Improving Our Fundamental Understanding of the Role of Aerosol–Cloud Interactions in the Climate System

John H. Seinfeld, et al.
Improving our fundamental understanding of the role of aerosol−cloud interactions in the climate system
PNAS 2016 113:5781

May 24, 2016; 113 (21)

     More Special Features

2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winner, Class I

Shi-Bo Cheng, Cuneyt Berkdemir, and A. W. Castleman, Jr.
Mimicking the magnetic properties of rare earth elements using superatoms
PNAS 2015 112:4941

April 6, 2015; 112 (16)

2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winner, Class III

Evgueni T. Filipov, Tomohiro Tachi, and Glaucio H. Paulino
Origami tubes assembled into stiff, yet reconfigurable structures and metamaterials
PNAS 2015 112:12321

September 8, 2015; 112 (40)

 

Exoplanets Special Feature

Adam S. Burrows and Geoffrey W. Marcy
Exoplanets
PNAS 2014 111:12599

September 2, 2014; 111 (35)

More Special Features

Inner Workings

David J. Harris
Inner Workings: Building accelerator afterburners with plasma
PNAS 2016 113:1107

February 2, 2016; 113 (5)

Image courtesy of Weiming An (University of California, Los Angeles, CA).

News Feature

Stephen Ornes
News Feature: Beyond graphene
PNAS 2015 112:13128

October 27, 2015; 112 (43)

Image courtesy of Shutterstock/Shilova Ekaterina.

Quantum Turbulence Special Feature

Carlo F. Barenghi, Ladislav Skrbek, and Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
Introduction to quantum turbulence
PNAS 2014 111:4647

March 25, 2014; 111 (Supplement 1)

More Special Features

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Physics in PNAS

PNAS remains committed to publishing high-impact, cutting-edge research in Physics. We encourage authors to submit noteworthy physics research articles, particularly those that will create discussion among our broad readership.

MORE

Research Articles

Canonical URL: Search for supersolidity in solid 4He using multiple-mode torsional oscillators
Jun 07, 2016
Canonical URL: Enhanced thermopower in ZnO two-dimensional electron gas
Jun 07, 2016
Canonical URL: Atomic-scale control of magnetic anisotropy via novel spin–orbit coupling effect in La2/3Sr1/3MnO3/SrIrO3 superlattices
Jun 07, 2016
Canonical URL: When a local Hamiltonian must be frustration-free
Jun 07, 2016
Canonical URL: Clouds at Barbados are representative of clouds across the trade wind regions in observations and climate models
May 31, 2016
more

Editors

Letters and Replies

Canonical URL: Even quantum pigeons may thrive together
May 31, 2016
Canonical URL: Reply to Svensson: Quantum violations of the pigeonhole principle
May 31, 2016
Canonical URL: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is stable under global warming
May 17, 2016
Canonical URL: Reply to Parker: Robust response of AMOC interdecadal variability to future intense warming
May 17, 2016
Canonical URL: No evidence for high atmospheric oxygen levels 1,400 million years ago
May 10, 2016
more

Additional Resources

PNAS Portals

Front Matter: Expanded front section of PNAS written at a general level of discussion, tackling the stories of science in interesting ways.

 

Teaching Resources: PNAS Information and tools to enhance course curricula and encourage classroom discussion.

 

Anthropology: Research in biological, physical, and cultural anthropology.

 

Chemistry: Research in the chemical sciences including biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical chemistry.

 

Sustainability Science: Research on the interactions between natural and social systems, and how those interactions affect the challenge of sustainability.