From Cebu to the World: How Asia-Pacific Physics Is Rewriting the Global Research Map
The 2024 Ohio Section of the American Physical Society meeting held in Cebu, Philippines offered a striking signal: the Asia-Pacific region is no longer a peripheral player in global physics research. From quantum computing breakthroughs to next-generation materials science, OSAPS 2024 demonstrated that the center of scientific gravity is shifting — and that US institutions would do well to take notice.