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September 2000

Volume 53, Issue 9

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Physics in the Whirlwind of Optical Communications

Gordon A. Thomas, David A. Ackerman, Paul R. Prucnal, and S. Lance Cooper
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Accelerating demands for high‐speed communications are driving rapid innovations in lightwave communication, including versatile, high‐bandwidth fibers, sources, amplifiers, and switches.
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DNA‐Inspired Electrostatics

William M. Gelbart, Robijn F. Bruinsma, Philip A. Pincus, and V. Adrian Parsegian
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Not just the repository of our genetic information, DNA is also a fascinating, shape‐shifting molecule whose behavior in solution counters our intuition and challenges our physical understanding.
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Hot Prospects for Ultracold Molecules

Barbara Goss Levi
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Researchers have taken giant strides down several paths toward trapping molecules at submillikelvin temperatures. At the end of these paths lie the promise of more precise measurements and new phenomena.
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Physics Update

Philip F. Schewe, Benjamin P. Stein, and Stephen G. Benka
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Quantum Theory—Interpretation, Formulation, Inspiration

Daniel Styer, Stanley Sobottka, Wendell Holladay, Todd A. Brun, Robert B. Griffiths, Paul Harris, Christopher A. Fuchs, and Asher Peres
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Physics, Engineering Are Intimately Interdependent

Derek Dunn‐Rankin
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Single Photon's Nondestruction Clarified

Derrick E. Boucher, Serge Haroche, and Jean‐Michel Raimond
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Low Dose Rates Need Consideration in LNT?

Frank Ellis
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Corrections

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Organic Material Debuts as Both an Injection Laser and a Superconductor

Barbara Goss Levi
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By growing very pure crystals of the pentacene family and by devising an ingenious technique for charge injection, a Bell Labs team has gotten these organic materials to display wondrous properties.
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Solid‐State NMR Reveals Key Structural Features of Membrane Transport Proteins

Charles Day
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With carefully chosen pulse sequences, practitioners of solid‐state NMR are closing in on a much‐sought prize in structural biology: the ability to unravel the molecular structure of membrane transport proteins.
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Theorists and Experimenters Seek to Learn Why Gravity Is So Weak

Bertram Schwarzschild
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If gravity leaks out into macroscopic extra dimensions, we may soon find departures from the inverse‐square law at millimeter separations.
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Pulse Shaping Improves Efficiency of Soft X‐Ray Harmonic Generation

Richard Fitzgerald
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Delicate sculpting of femtosecond laser pulses can yield dramatic effects in nonlinear light‐atom interactions.
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American Vacuum Society to Convene in Boston

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The Genius of Physics: A Portrait Gallery

Abraham Pais and Silvan S. Schweber, Reviewer


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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe

Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee, and Lawrence Krauss, Reviewer
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Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos

William Poundstone and David H. DeVorkin, Reviewer
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Carl Sagan: A Life

Keay Davidson and David H. DeVorkin, Reviewer
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Quintessence: The Mystery of Missing Mass in the Universe

Lawrence Krauss and Michael S. Turner, Reviewer
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Introduction to Semiconductor Physics

Holger T. Grahn and Eric D. Jones, Reviewer
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The Lyotropic State of Matter: Molecular Physics and Living Matter Physics

Alexander G. Petrov and Rudi Podgornik, Reviewer
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Biology in Physics: Is Life Matter?

Konstantin Bogdanov and Howard C. Berg, Reviewer


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New Books

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Focus on Cryogenics

Lawrence G. Rubin
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AGU Presents Awards and Medals in Washington

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Astronomical Society of the Pacific Presents Awards

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In Brief

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Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir

Martin Schuurmans
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David George Crighton

J. E. Ffowcs Williams
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Michael Marinov

Mikhail Shifman and Arkady Vainshtein
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Kandarpa Narahari Rao

Satti Paddi Reddy and Ramachandra R. Dasari
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Douglas MacPherson Van Patter

Stuart Pittel, Charles Swann, and Stephen Shafroth
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Katherine Ella Mounce Weimer

John L. Johnson and John M. Greene
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UK Astronomers Face Tough Decisions on Telescope Closures

Paul Guinnessy
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Fusion Community Cheers European Bid for ITER

Toni Feder
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Journal Cost Studies Again Ruled Fair

Lynley Hargreaves
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Slice of Millimeter Spectrum Saved for Science

Toni Feder
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In Brief

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Physics Olympiad 2000 Held in UK

Lynley Hargreaves
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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