http://www.physicstoday.org/ The magazine for the physics community en-US American Institute of Physics 2009 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EST Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/32_1.shtml The study of materials under harsh conditions is essential to meet a range of energy challenges—from creating better turbines, reactors, and batteries to developing future energy systems in dense plasmas. Russell J. Hemley, George W. Crabtree, and Michelle V. Buchanan Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/32_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/39_1.shtml Loud anthropogenic noises can alter the behavior of whales and other marine mammals, sometimes with fatal consequences Peter L. Tyak Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/39_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/46_1.shtml Dirac practiced theoretical physics for almost 60 years with a unique style: a sometimes baffling combination of intuition, imagination, rectilinear logic, and steam-hammer mathematical power. Graham Farmelo Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/46_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/15_1.shtml The Milky Way’s nearest full-grown neighbor—almost its twin—offers a unique opportunity for studying how galaxies grow. Bertram Schwarzschild Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/15_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/17_1.shtml An extension of a difficult optical technique provides unprecedented information about a semiconductor system. Johanna Miller Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/17_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/20_1.shtml Doped manganites manifest competing phases of different electronic and magnetic order. Thanks to a new technique, the phases’ nanoscale battleground can now be mapped. Charles Day Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/20_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/22_1.shtml Richard J. Fitzgerald, Stephen G. Benka, Jermey N. A. Matthews, Johanna Miller Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/22_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/24_1.shtml The well-funded, strategically executed yet isolated experiment could fly or flop. Toni Feder Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/24_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/26_1.shtml Lab also sees applications in monitoring isotopic content of reactor fuel and assaying nuclear waste. David Kramer Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/26_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/27_1.shtml David Kramer Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/27_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/28_1.shtml David Kramer Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/28_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/29_1.shtml Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/29_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/30_1.shtml Orbach heads energy institute Toni Feder Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/30_1 http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/30_2.shtml Charles Day Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/30_2.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/8_1.shtml Cyril Galvin, George L. Murphy Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/8_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/8_2.shtml Nicola Scafetta, Bruce J. West, Benjamin R. Jordan, Philip Duffy, Benjamin Santer, Tom Wigley Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/8_2.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/12_1.shtml Brian A. Tinsley Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/12_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/12_2.shtml Sebastian Doniach Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/12_2.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/14_1.shtml Paul Fontana, Doug Martin, Randolph Nanna Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/14_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/51_1.shtml Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience Lillian Hoddeson, Adrienne W. Kolb, Catherine Westfall, Charles Thorpe Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/51_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/52_1.shtml Paul Halpern, Tom Ferbel Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/52_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/52_2.shtml Walter T. Grandy Jr, Peter Salamon Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/52_2.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/53_1.shtml Adriaan M. J. Schakel, Piers Coleman Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/53_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/54_1.shtml Frank Grossmann, Franz X. Kärtner Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/54_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/56_1.shtml Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/56_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/60_1.shtml Andreas Mandelis Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/60_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/64_1.shtml Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/64_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/65_1.shtml Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/65_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/68_1.shtml David B. Bahr, W. Tad Pfeffer, Raymond C. Browning Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/68_1.shtml?type=RSS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/96_1.shtml Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_11/96_1.shtml?type=RSS