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New Physics in Fusion
Plasma Confinement |
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In the past two decades, the picture
of fusion plasmas has changed. Once analogous to an obscure
work of abstract art, it is now more like a landscape full of
comprehensible features -- Richard
D. Hazeltine and Stewart C. Prager |
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On the Road Again: Metal
Foams Find Favor |
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Lightweight yet stiff, metal foams are
experiencing a resurgence of interest for applications ranging
from automobiles to dental implants -- John
Banhart and Denis Weaire |
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Exploratory Experimentation:
Goethe, Land, and Color Theory |
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The style of investigation exemplified
by Goethe's experiments with color is often undervalued, but
has repeatedly proved its worth -- Neil
Ribe and Friedrich Steinle |
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Readings from the
Physics Today Archive |
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Physics
Update |
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Letters |
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Experience Is Best Teacher
for Scientists in the Classroom |
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Physics Intentions
and the GRE |
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Turn Down the Lights |
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Another Look at Science
in Spain Under Franco |
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Historical Note on
the 'Flying Tigers' |
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A Critical Point |
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Correction |
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Search & Discovery |
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Direct Measurement of
the Sun's Total Neutrino Output Confirms Flavor Metamorphosis |
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A kiloton of ultrapure heavy water lets
a detector deep inside a Canadian mine record high-energy neutrinos
from the Sun, regardless of flavor changes en route. |
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Bell Labs Convenes Committee
to Investigate Questions of Scientific Misconduct |
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Is there an innocent explanation for the
appearance of similar figures in different publications? |
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Researchers Combine
Carbon Nanotubes with MEMS Technology to Make a Tiny Triode |
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Miniature on-chip vacuum tubes could power
efficient wireless communication devices. |
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X-Ray Spectrum Challenges
Models of Gamma-Ray Bursts |
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The debate is heating up: Does the progenitor
of these powerful explosions collapse in one step or two? |
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Issues & Events |
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The
Art of Selling Science in a Political World |
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To get policy-makers to pay attention
to a new National Research Council report on the need for science
funding at the boundary of physics and astronomy, an astrophysicist
works the halls of power in Washington. |
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Quarks-to-Cosmos
Report Calls for New Physics-Astronomy Collaborations |
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In the fall of 1999 while attending a
meeting of the National Research Council's Board on Physics
and Astronomy, NASA Director Daniel Goldin listened to what
board members later described as a "stimulating session" on
research at the intersection of physics and astronomy. |
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Search
for Optical Gamma-Ray Burst Signals Ratchets Up |
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A smattering of robotic telescopes around
the globe aims to crack the mysteries of gamma-ray bursts by
watching them happen. |
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RAPTOR
Hunts for Celestial Flashes |
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A new bird of prey is scanning the skies
in New Mexico. |
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Livermore
Veteran Is Lab's New Director |
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Physicist Michael Anastasio was named
LLNL's new director on 4 June. |
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LANL
Rescues Cosmic-Ray Detector |
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Gus Sinnis was pleasantly surprised when
he and his colleagues got the High Resolution Fly's Eye purring
this past May. |
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JASON
Back in Business with New Defense Contract |
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"We're back in business," said physicist
Steven Koonin, provost at Caltech and chairman of JASON. |
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News Notes |
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Four ITER sites; New directors at NIH;
Maryland theory center; Sakharov in DC; |
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Web Watch |
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Astronomy Education Review; Reference
on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty; Freedom of Information
Act |
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Opinion |
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Strengthen the federal
commitment to science and technology -- Eamon
M. Kelly |
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Books |
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Wolfram
on Cellular Automata; A Clear and Very Personal Exposition,Stephen
Wolfram (reviewed by Leo P. Kadanoff) |
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Facing
Up: Science and Its Cultural Adversaries, Steven
Weinberg (reviewed by Philip W. Anderson) |
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Crystals,
Defects and Microstructures: Modeling across Scales,
Rob Phillips (reviewed by Nigel Goldenfeld) |
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The
Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Joel I. Gersten
and Frederick W. Smith (reviewed by Mark Ratner) |
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Time
Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of
Travel through Time, J. Richard Gott III (reviewed
by Sean Carroll) |
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Tsunami:
The Underrated Hazard , Edward Bryant (reviewed by
George D. Curtis) |
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New Books |
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New Products |
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We Hear That |
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Scientists,
Engineers Honored with National Medals |
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AIP
Gemant Award Goes to Riordan |
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ASA
Bestows Medals and Awards |
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Scientists
Recognized for Geophysics Work |
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TMS
Presents Its Awards for 2002 |
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NAS
Elects New Members |
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In
Brief |
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Obituaries |
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Robert
Hanbury Brown |
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John
Frank Allen |
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Dilip
Kumar Das-Guptaa |
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John
Myrick Dawson |
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Christof
Litwin |
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Douglas
Robert Ogston Morrison |
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Leonard
Rotherham |
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Herbert
Maxwell Strong |
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Supplement |
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AIP
Annual Report 2001 |
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Job
Opportunities |
