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July 2002

Volume 55, Issue 7

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New Physics in Fusion Plasma Confinement

Richard D. Hazeltine and Stewart C. Prager
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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.

On the Road Again: Metal Foams Find Favor

John Banhart and Denis Weaire
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Lightweight yet stiff, metal foams are experiencing a resurgence of interest for applications ranging from automobiles to dental implants.
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Exploratory Experimentation: Goethe, Land, and Color Theory

Neil Ribe and Friedrich Steinle
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The style of investigation exemplified by Goethe's experiments with color is often undervalued, but has repeatedly proved its worth.
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Physics Update

Philip F. Schewe and Benjamin P. Stein
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Experience Is Best Teacher for Scientists in the Classroom

Claude Kacser and David W. Weiss
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Physics Intentions and the GRE

J. D. Memory
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Turn Down the Lights

Daniel B. Caton
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Another Look at Science in Spain Under Franco

Enrique Alvarez, José M. Calleja, Cayetano Lopez, Alexander Tenenbaum, Cristóbal Fernández‐Pineda, José M. Guerra, and Julio Serna
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Historical Note on the ‘Flying Tigers’

Anthony L. Troha
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A Critical Point

Nikolay Prokof'ev and Boris Svistunov
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Correction

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Direct Measurement of the Sun's Total Neutrino Output Confirms Flavor Metamorphosis

Bertram Schwarzschild
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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

Barbara Goss Levi
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Is there an innocent explanation for the appearance of similar figures in different publications?

Researchers Combine Carbon Nanotubes with MEMS Technology to Make a Tiny Triode

Charles Day
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Miniature on‐chip vacuum tubes could power efficient wireless communication devices.

X‐Ray Spectrum Challenges Models of Gamma‐Ray Bursts

Steven K. Blau
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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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The Art of Selling Science in a Political World

Jim Dawson
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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

Jim Dawson
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Search for Optical Gamma‐Ray Burst Signals Ratchets Up

Toni Feder
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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.

RAPTOR Hunts for Celestial Flashes

Toni Feder
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Livermore Veteran Is Lab's New Director

Jim Dawson
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LANL Rescues Cosmic‐Ray Detector

Jim Dawson
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JASON Back in Business with New Defense Contract

Jim Dawson
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Physics Bachelor's Degree Production Rose in 2000

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News Notes

Toni Feder and Paul Guinnessy
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Strengthen the Federal Commitment to Science and Technology

Eamon M. Kelly
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A New Kind of Science

Stephen Wolfram and Leo P. Kadanoff, Reviewer
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Facing Up: Science and Its Cultural Adversaries

Steven Weinberg and Philip W. Anderson, Reviewer
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Crystals, Defects and Microstructures: Modeling across Scales

Rob Phillips and Nigel Goldenfeld, Reviewer
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The Physics and Chemistry of Materials

Joel I. Gersten, Frederick W. Smith, and Mark Ratner, Reviewer
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Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel through Time

J. Richard Gott, III and Sean Carroll, Reviewer
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Tsunami: The Underrated Hazard

Edward Bryant and George D. Curtis, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Test and Measurement

Lawrence G. Rubin
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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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Robert Hanbury Brown

V. Radhakrishnan
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John Frank Allen

Russell J. Donnelly
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Dilip Kumar Das‐Gupta

Reimund Gerhard‐Multhaupt and Sidney B. Lang
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John Myrick Dawson

Tom Katsouleas and Warren B. Mori
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Christof Litwin

Nathaniel J. Fisch, Stewart Prager, and Robert Rosner
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Douglas Robert Ogston Morrison

Keith W. J. Barnham and Gottfried Kellner
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Leonard Rotherham

J. Rodney Quayle and Geoffrey W. Greenwood
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Herbert Maxwell Strong

Francis P. Bundy
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