Physics Today magazine http://www.physicstoday.org/ The magazine for the physics community en-US American Institute of Physics 2009 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST Industrial R&D in transition http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/36_1.shtml?type=RSS An American Institute of Physics study completed in 2008 documents the ways in which the corporate physicist’s work has changed in the past 40 years. Here are its major findings Joe Anderson and Orville Butler Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/36_1.shtml?type=RSS Population genetics and range expansions http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/42_1.shtml?type=RSS On a molecular level and at the frontiers of expanding habitats, large stochastic fluctuations can obscure signals of Darwinian evolution Oskar Hallatschek and David R. Nelson Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/42_1.shtml?type=RSS The dichotomous history of diffusion http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/48_1.shtml?type=RSS Nearly a century after the equations of physical diffusion and stochastic diffusion were formulated, Albert Einstein united the observable and the abstract to establish a molecular–kinetic theory of heat T. N. Narasimhan Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/48_1.shtml?type=RSS Superconducting qubit systems come of age http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/14_1.shtml?type=RSS The precision control demonstrated in two recent experiments makes those systems serious contenders in the long race for a quantum computer. Barbara Goss Levi Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/14_1.shtml?type=RSS Superconducting device helps probe glasslike dynamics in solid helium http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/18_1.shtml?type=RSS Accurate measurements over a wide range of conditions may unravel some of the mysteries of the apparently flowing solid. Johanna Miller Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/18_1.shtml?type=RSS Analysis reveals when evolution favors one mode of gene regulation ove another http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/20_1.shtml?type=RSS Bacteria use two basic modes for controlling the expression of a gene. Which mode prevails depends on how conditions vary and on the statistical mechanics of genetic mutation. Charles Day Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/20_1.shtml?type=RSS Subarctic seawater flows south along an unexpectedly wide, messy path http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/21_1.shtml?type=RSS Charles Day Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/21_1.shtml?type=RSS Physics update http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/22_1.shtml?type=RSS Stephen Benka, Richard Fitzgerald, Steve Blau, Jermey N. A. Matthews, Bertram Shwarzschild Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/22_1.shtml?type=RSS Need for clean energy, waste transmutation revives interest in hybrid fusion-fission reactors http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/24_1.shtml?type=RSS Sweet solution or pie in the sky? Hybrids get new attention. Toni Feder Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/24_1.shtml?type=RSS Lunar spaceflight history on the block http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/26_1.shtml?type=RSS Toni Feder Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/26_1.shtml?type=RSS Votano named director of underground lab http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/27_1.shtml?type=RSS Toni Feder Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/27_1.shtml?type=RSS Kirby to become executive officer of APS http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/27_2.shtml?type=RSS Paul Guinnessy Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/27_2.shtml?type=RSS News notes http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/28_1.shtml?type=RSS Toni Feder Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/28_1.shtml?type=RSS Web watch http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/28_2.shtml?type=RSS Charles Day Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/28_2.shtml?type=RSS Special report: Obama proposes big increases for energy, climate change, and basic research http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/29_1.shtml?type=RSS The president’s first budget, and a supplement from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, would put federal support for basic physical sciences research back on schedule for a 10-year doubling by 2016. David Kramer Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/29_1.shtml?type=RSS What is science? http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/8_1.shtml?type=RSS Helen Quinn Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/8_1.shtml?type=RSS On Schwinger and QED http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/10_1.shtml?type=RSS Kimball A. Milton, Y. Jack Ng Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/10_1.shtml?type=RSS Fired Tsukuba professor's defense http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/10_2.shtml?type=RSS Teruji Cho, Herbert L. Berk, Nathaniel J. Fisch, Masafumi Akahira, Hiroshi Mizubayashi Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/10_2.shtml?type=RSS Reviewer dislikes Hoax, perhaps intensely http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/11_1.shtml?type=RSS Alan Sokal, Peter Saulson Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/11_1.shtml?type=RSS Step away from the computer http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/12_1.shtml?type=RSS John Fang Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/12_1.shtml?type=RSS LHC: Not quite free http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/13_1.shtml?type=RSS Kay R. Shultz Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/13_1.shtml?type=RSS Opinions with a side of science http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/13_2.shtml?type=RSS David E. Fisher Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/13_2.shtml?type=RSS Clarifications on exoplanets http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/13_3.shtml?type=RSS Jonathan Lunine Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/13_3.shtml?type=RSS ACA gathers in Toronto http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/54_1.shtml?type=RSS Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/54_1.shtml?type=RSS Secrets of the Hoary Deep: A Personal History of Modern Astronomy http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/55_1.shtml?type=RSS Riccardo Giacconi, Bruce Hevly Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/55_1.shtml?type=RSS Introduction to Modern Physics: Theoretical Foundations http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/56_1.shtml?type=RSS John Dirk Walecka, Jos? Wudka Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/56_1.shtml?type=RSS Reason and the Closing of the Scientific Mind http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/56_2.shtml?type=RSS Robert B. Laughlin, Edward Gerjuoy Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/56_2.shtml?type=RSS Complex and Adaptive Dynamical Systems http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/58_1.shtml?type=RSS Claudius Gros, David P. Feldman Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/58_1.shtml?type=RSS New books http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/59_1.shtml?type=RSS Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/59_1.shtml?type=RSS Focus on software http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/62_1.shtml?type=RSS Lawrence G. Rubin Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/62_1.shtml?type=RSS Laszlo Tisza http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/65_1.shtml?type=RSS Jerome Friedman, Thomas J. Greytak, Daniel Kleppner Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/65_1.shtml?type=RSS Yoji Totsuka http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/65_2.shtml?type=RSS Takaaki Kajita Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/65_2.shtml?type=RSS Janus Particles http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/68_1.shtml?type=RSS What if one could see under a microscope how molecules fit together? Tiny Janus spheres, whose chemical makeup differs between two sides, represent an exciting step in that direction. Steve Granick, Shan Jiang, Qian Chen Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/68_1.shtml?type=RSS Atlantis in transit http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/76_1.shtml?type=RSS Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EST http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/76_1.shtml?type=RSS