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September 2002

Volume 55, Issue 9

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Radiation in the Treatment of Cancer

Arthur L. Boyer, Michael Goitein, Antony J. Lomax, and Eros S. Pedroni
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The art of cancer treatment is finding the right balance between tumor control and injury to normal tissues.

The Physics of Intensity‐Modulated Radiation Therapy

Arthur L. Boyer
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By spatially varying the intensity of an x‐ray beam, IMRT enables careful sculpting of radiation treatments around sensitive tissues.

Treating Cancer with Protons

Michael Goitein, Antony J. Lomax, and Eros S. Pedroni
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Once an obscure area of academic research, proton therapy is developing into an effective treatment option for use in hospitals.

Physics and Cancer

Arthur K. Solomon
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The fundamentals of cancer are the fundamentals of growth. Physics offers biology tools and techniques to attack the disease, but both sciences must work together on the basic problems of growth.
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Physics Update

Philip F. Schewe, Stephen G. Benka, and James R. Riordan
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Seven More Views on Intelligent Design

Ralph Linsker, Pantazis Mouroulis, Moorad Alexanian, Mano Singham, Claud E. Lacy, James C. Adamski, Adrian L. Melott, Megan Donahue, and George L. Murphy
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Sexism Still an Obstacle for Women Scientists

Dian Seidel, Kay Weston, and Haleh Kootval
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Context Adds Value to Ancient Astronomy Records

Zhentao Xu, David W. Pankenier, Yaotiao Jiang, and John Steele
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Correction

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Lawrence Berkeley Lab Concludes that Evidence of Element 118 Was a Fabrication

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Finding superheavy element 118 would have been a giant step in the quest for the conjectured island of nuclear stability. But now the claimed discovery is thought to have been part of a pattern of deception by one physicist that goes back to 1994.

Evidence Found for a New Type of Radioactivity: Two‐Proton Emission

Barbara Goss Levi
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Further studies of the two protons emitted by iron‐45 can shed light on how the protons are paired within the nucleus.

The Unusual Thermodynamics of Microscopic Systems

Steven K. Blau
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Theoretical distributions of work delivered to small objects have some surprising properties recently confirmed by experiment.

Probing the Nanomechanics of Cartilage with Atomic Force Microscopy

Charles Day
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Researchers have measured the intermolecular forces that help cushion our joints.
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European Commission Prods EU to Unify Research Base

Toni Feder
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Europe's physicists wait with a mix of optimism and skepticism to see how FP6 will affect their science.

OSTP Issues Blueprint for Improving US Neutron‐Scattering Capabilities

Jim Dawson
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There is a shortage of neutron sources available to US scientists, and while the SNS will help, demand is expected to eventually outstrip even that facility.

Solar System Report Sets 10‐year Exploration Priorities

Jim Dawson and Paul Guinnessy
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The National Research Council report considers “compelling science,” technology, and cost in recommending a wide range of missions to be launched by 2013.

NSO Plans Large Telescope, Splits from Nighttime Astronomy

Toni Feder
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New Swedish Solar Telescope Basks on La Palma

Toni Feder
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Senate Approves Yucca Mountain, but Nevada Continues to Fight

Jim Dawson
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DOE Advances Nanotech Center Plans

Jim Dawson
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‘Missile Man’ Is Indian President

Paul Guinnessy
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Maglev Train Up and Running

Paul Guinnessy
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Physics Bachelors at Work

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News Notes

Jim Dawson and Toni Feder
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Physics in Crisis

Sidney Nagel
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Einstein and Soviet Ideology

Alexander Vucinich and Alexei Kojevnikov, Reviewer
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The Einstein File: J. Edgar Hoover's Secret War Against the World's Most Famous Scientist

Fred Jerome and Robert H. March, Reviewer
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Atom and Archetype: The Pauli∕Jung Letters, 1932–1958

C. A. Meier and Engelbert L. Schucking, Reviewer
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Spin in Particle Physics

Elliot Leader and O. W. Greenberg, Reviewer
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Fundamentals of Cosmology

James Rich and George F. Smoot, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Sensors

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Bush Honors Winners of Early Career Awards

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Krauss Honored by AIP

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Astronomical Society Is Bestowing Honors

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In Brief

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André Blanc‐Lapierre

Jacques Haïssinski and Bernard Picinbono
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James Bruce French

Daniel S. Koltun
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Richard Wagner Hoffman

Maurice H. Francombe, Jack H. Singleton, and Ronald N. Lee
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Leonid Moiseevich Ozernoy

Alexei M. Fridman and Vladimir V. Usov
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