What we can learn about the oceans from sand
New York TImes
A larger Milky Way
BBC NEWS
Why China helped countries like Pakistan, North Korea build nuclear bombs
US News and World Report
South African pebble bed reactor plans on hold
Nuclear Engineering International
Stein named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Physics Today
Michaelides to edit Thermodynamics Journal
Physics Today
APS 2008 Fellows Announced
American Physical Society
USPAS at Vanderbilt University
January 12, 2009 - January 23, 2009International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies
January 14, 2009 - January 17, 2009 January 17, 2009 - January 18, 2009Elihu Boldt
15 July 1931 - 12 September 2008
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD
Brian Pippard
07 September 1920 - 21 September 2008
Cambridge University
Cambridge, UK
In the Magazine January 2009
Carbon nanotube electronics and photonics
Their geometry, mechanical flexibility, and unique charge-transport properties make carbon nanotubes ideally suited to supplant silicon in the next generation of FETs.
Direct imaging reveals exoplanets in orbital motion
If a planet orbiting another star is young enough, the afterglow from its heat of formation may be adequate for imaging.
Nuclear weapons at a crossroads as Obama enters office
Modernized warheads and new production facilities are on hold pending an updated nuclear policy demanded by Congress.
Applying Title IX to university science departments
Some federal funding agencies are reviewing the treatment of female students and faculty members in university departments they fund. Can such spot checks lead the way to gender equity?
DOE invites partners in green technology
“Entrepreneurs-in-residence” aim to spin off labs’ energy technologies.
Physics Update
Ice acoustics for detecting neutrinos
Tuning vibrations for label-free biological imaging