Physics Today magazine http://www.physicstoday.org/ The magazine for the physics community en-US American Institute of Physics 2009 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:00:00 EST The freedom of confinement in complex fluids http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/30_1.shtml?type=RSS When it comes to self-assembly of photonic, drug-delivery, and biomimetic materials, big opportunities can be found in small spaces. Amy Shen, Perry Cheung Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/30_1.shtml The discovery of superconductivity http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/38_1.shtml?type=RSS A century ago Heike Kamerlingh Onnes set a new standard for physics research laboratories. But careless notebook entries have confused the story of his greatest discovery. Dirk van Delft and Peter Kes Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/38_1.shtml Imaging with ambient noise http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/44_1.shtml?type=RSS Whether noise is a nuisance or a signal depends on how it’s processed. By cross-correlating noise recorded at two sensors, researchers can retrieve the waves that propagate between them and extract details about the intervening medium. Roel Snieder and Kees Wapenaar Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/44_1.shtml Femtosecond snapshots capture atomic motion in a powdered solid http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/13_1.shtml?type=RSS A new technique sets the stage for ultrafast diffraction studies of materials that can’t easily be crystallized. Johanna Miller Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/13_1.shtml Radio waves map matter without counting galaxies http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/15_1.shtml?type=RSS A new technique for charting the large-scale structure of the universe has received its first experimental demonstration Johanna Miller Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/15_1.shtml Laser-generated bubbles take aim at a cell membrane http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/17_1.shtml?type=RSS Mark Wilson Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/17_1.shtml Physics update http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/18_1.shtml?type=RSS Charles Day, Bert Schwarschild, Richard Fitzgerald, Stephen Benka Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/18_1.shtml 'Copilot in chief' Augustine takes on space, energy, and education http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/20_1.shtml?type=RSS Prior to his retirement in 1997, the aerospace industry executive advised five US presidents on science and technology policy. He’s still at it 13 years later. Jermey N. A. Matthews Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/20_1.shtml NSF speeds funding for research on BP oil spill http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/22_1.shtml?type=RSS Sopping up oil with new materials, mapping the subsurface plume, and accelerating biodegradation of the slick are among dozens of time-sensitive research projects receiving grants. David Kramer Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/22_1.shtml Global R&D spending up, US industry spending down http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/23_1.shtml?type=RSS Jermey N. A. Matthews Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/23_1.shtml China, others dig more and deeper underground labs http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/25_1.shtml?type=RSS From tiny to gargantuan, experiments are in the works to exploit the shielding from cosmic rays that being deep underground offers. Toni Feder Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/25_1.shtml Physics olympiad meets in Croatia http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/27_1.shtml?type=RSS Toni Feder Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/27_1.shtml Physics bachelors at work http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/28_1.shtml?type=RSS Toni Feder Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/28_1.shtml News notes http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/28_2.shtml?type=RSS Green light for ITER Toni Feder Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/28_2.shtml Web watch http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/28_3.shtml?type=RSS Charles Day Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/28_3.shtml Empirical incompleteness and the search for a theory of everything http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/8_1.shtml?type=RSS Marcelo Gleiser Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/8_1.shtml HBCUs need better marketing http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/8_2.shtml?type=RSS Carlton Davis, Quinton Williams Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/8_2.shtml Scientific societies should speak out http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/9_1.shtml?type=RSS Alfred B. Bortz Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/9_1.shtml Forging more effective conferences http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/10_1.shtml?type=RSS Ludwick Kowalski Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/10_1.shtml Bologna reforms in Germany http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/10_2.shtml?type=RSS Gerd Ulrich Nienhaus Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/10_2.shtml Historical perspective on spin-polarized tunneling http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/11_1.shtml?type=RSS Stephan von Molnar Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/11_1.shtml When Holmdel lab opened for business http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/11_2.shtml?type=RSS Gene H. McCall Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/11_2.shtml Inequity certain, cause disputed http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/55_1.shtml?type=RSS The Science on Women and Science Christina Hoff Sommers, Amy Bug Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/55_1.shtml The Stability of Matter in Quantum Mechanics http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/56_1.shtml?type=RSS Elliot H. Leib and Robert Seiringer, Joachim Stubbe Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/56_1.shtml Crafting the Quantum: Arnold Sommerfeld and the Practice of Theory, 1890-1926 http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/56_2.shtml?type=RSS Suman Seth, Eugen Merzbacher Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/56_2.shtml Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/57_1.shtml?type=RSS Wenshan Cai and Vladimir Shalaev, Dilip K. Paul Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/57_1.shtml The Hancocks of Marlborough: Rubber, Art, and the Industrial Revolution: A Family of Inventive Genius http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/58_1.shtml?type=RSS John Loadman and Francis James, Christine MacLeod Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/58_1.shtml New books http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/59_1.shtml?type=RSS Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/59_1.shtml Focus on spectroscopy http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/62_1.shtml?type=RSS Andreas Mandelis Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/62_1.shtml Indrek Martinson http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/65_1.shtml?type=RSS Lorenzo J. Curtis Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/65_1.shtml Robert Vivian Pound http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/65_2.shtml?type=RSS Paul Horowitz Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/65_2.shtml Vortices and tall buildings: A recipe for resonance http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/68_1.shtml?type=RSS Structures buffeted by steady winds experience pushes and pulls in the direction perpendicular to the wind flow. If those forces were to organize coherently, the results could be disastrous. Peter A. Irwin Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/68_1.shtml NanoFET bioprobe http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/88_1.shtml?type=RSS Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_9/88_1.shtml