Physics Today magazine http://www.physicstoday.org/ The magazine for the physics community en-US American Institute of Physics 2010 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST Multiwave Imaging and Super Resolution http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/28_1.shtml Interactions between different kinds of waves can yield medical images that beat the single-wave resolution limit Mathias Fink and Mickael Tanter Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/28_1.shtml?type=RSS The first wetting layer on a solid http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/34_1.shtml For decades researchers imagined that hydrogen bonding imposes a hexagonal, icelike arrangement on the first water molecules on a solid. Recent theory and experiments argue for a richer view. Peter J. Feibelman Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/34_1.shtml?type=RSS Hearing music in ensembles http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/40_1.shtml Musical illusions created in the laboratory or concert hall provide insight on how the brain regroups auditory inputs Diana Deutsch Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/40_1.shtml?type=RSS Underground detector yields tantalizing hint of dark matter http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/11_1.shtml The dark matter that dominates the rotation and clustering of galaxies is thought to consist of heavy, weakly interacting particles not yet known but much sought after. Bertram Schwarzschild Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/11_1.shtml?type=RSS Neutral atoms are entangled in hyperfine states via Rydberg blockade http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/13_1.shtml An interaction between highly excited atoms can be used to engineer a superposition of low-energy quantum states, as two research groups now demonstrate. Johanna Miller Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/13_1.shtml?type=RSS Explaining the two-toned nature of Iapetus http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/15_1.shtml Mark Wilson Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/15_1.shtml?type=RSS Physics update http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/16_1.shtml Richard Fitzgerald, Stephen Benka, Steve Blau, Mark Wilson Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/16_1.shtml?type=RSS Obama, Detroit push the limits of electric vehicle batteries http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/18_1.shtml The first plug-in hybrid and all-electric cars are just around the corner, but their batteries still need work. David Kramer Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/18_1.shtml?type=RSS Accelerator school travels university circuit http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/20_1.shtml With the use of accelerators on the rise, a mobile school aims to fill in where universities fall short. Toni Feder Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/20_1.shtml?type=RSS Cuts to science budget moderated in Japan http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/22_1.shtml Even as it breathes a sigh of relief, Japan's research community worries about the negative message the governmentís attack on science conveyed to the countryís young people. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/22_1.shtml?type=RSS UK slashes physics budget http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/24_1.shtml Paul Guinnessy Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/24_1.shtml?type=RSS US scientists step up their efforts at diplomacy http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/25_1.shtml With recent visits to North Korea and Cuba, US scientists are seeking interactions with their peers to open channels of communication. David Kramer Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/25_1.shtml?type=RSS Web watch http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/26_1.shtml Charles Day Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/26_1.shtml?type=RSS Making science accessible and letters scientists human http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/8_1.shtml Bill Gill, William DeBuvitz, Alexander Scheeline Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/8_1.shtml?type=RSS A light correction http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/9_1.shtml Jay M. Pasachoff Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/9_1.shtml?type=RSS Galileo, Kepler share IYA anniversary http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/9_2.shtml Michael Lieber Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/9_2.shtml?type=RSS Muons, deuterium, and cold fusion http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/10_1.shtml Jacques Read Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/10_1.shtml?type=RSS Anachrony in decoherence http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/10_2.shtml Robert A. Harris, Robert A. Harris Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/10_2.shtml?type=RSS A reader asks: No classical electroweak theory? http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/10_3.shtml James McEnnan Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/10_3.shtml?type=RSS Finding the Big Bang http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/47_1.shtml P. James E. Peebles, Lyman A. Page Jr, R. Bruce Partridge, John C. Mather Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/47_1.shtml?type=RSS Complexity: A Guided Tour http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/47_2.shtml Melanie Mitchell, Zolt·n Toroczkai Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/47_2.shtml?type=RSS Cracking the Einstein Code: Relativity and the Birth of Black Hole Physics http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/48_1.shtml Fulvio Melia, David Ballantyne Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/48_1.shtml?type=RSS The Fundamental Constants: A Mystery of Physics http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/49_1.shtml Harald Fritzsch, Grant Mathews Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/49_1.shtml?type=RSS New books http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/_1.shtml Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/_1.shtml?type=RSS Focus on bioinstrumentation and biotechnologies http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/54_1.shtml Andreas Mandelis Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/54_1.shtml?type=RSS Edward Alan Knapp http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/57_1.shtml Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/57_1.shtml?type=RSS Hans Wolfgang Liepmann http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/58_1.shtml Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/58_1.shtml?type=RSS The cytoskeleton: I-beams of the cell http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/60_1.shtml Joshua Shaevitz and Simon Nørrelykke Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/60_1.shtml?type=RSS Black soot and Tibetan glaciers http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/72_1.shtml Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_2/72_1.shtml?type=RSS