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July 2003

Volume 56, Issue 7

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Marie Curie: In the Laboratory and on the Battlefield

Lawrence Badash
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This year is the centennial of the Nobel Prize in Physics shared by Henri Becquerel and the Curies for their pioneering work on radioactivity. But Marie Curie's contribution to the medical use of x rays is not widely known.
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Basic Research in the Information Technology Industry

Thomas N. Theis and Paul M. Horn


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Why do information technology companies support exploratory research in physics and allied fields? The answer is simple—because of the need to bring new technology quickly to market. Ultimately, even long‐term research is all about speed.

Correlated‐Electron Physics in Transition‐Metal Oxides

Yoshinori Tokura
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Interactions among electronic spins, charges, and orbitals account for a rich variety of patterns in some oxides, and—with the advent of new crystal‐growth technologies—may form the basis for a new type of electronics.
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Physics Update

Phil Schewe, Ben Stein, and Stephen Benka
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Analysis and Synthesis II: Universal Characteristics

Frank Wilczek
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Readers Respond About Arrogance, Confidence, Brilliance, Humility, and Stupidity

Richard J. Noer, T. N. Narasimhan, James Kellinger, Leonard R. Weisberg, Kurt Nassau, Jeffrey Marque, Leonard Finegold, Robert K. Adair, Harry J. Lipkin, and J. Murray Gibson
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Cloaks and Kudos for PHYSICS TODAY'S Portrayal of Women

Margaret J. Geller and Laura McCullough
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Leukemia: Treatable but Not Highly Curable

Arthur Hall
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Inertial‐Confinement Fusion Driven by Pulsed Power Yields Thermonuclear Neutrons

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Pulsed‐electric‐power drivers might be an efficient, low‐tech alternative to lasers in the quest for an inertial‐confinement thermonuclear reactor.

New Atomic Magnetometer Achieves Subfemtotesla Sensitivity

Richard Fitzgerald
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In a field dominated by superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), a rival technique has gotten a boost by operating in a new parameter regime.
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Experiments Vindicate a 50‐Year‐Old Explanation of How Liquid Metals Resist Solidification

Charles Day
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Diffracted x rays reveal a sequence of structural changes in a levitated drop of metal as it cools and freezes.

Stretchable Conductors Help Clear the Path to Skinlike Large‐Area Devices

Charles Day
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Conducting stripes of gold foil can be stretched significantly when they're stuck to a rubbery substrate.
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Government Scientists Do Stints in Embassies

Toni Feder
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A fast‐growing new program aimed at fortifying science in the State Department is proving to be a hit with participating scientists, and with their home agencies and host embassies.
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Neureiter Increases State Department Science Acumen Through Salesmanship and Outside Experts

Jim Dawson
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In an era when many international issues involve science, technology, or the environment, the infusion of scientists into the State Department is leading to better‐informed foreign policy decisions. But those decisions are ultimately political, not scientific.

Neutron Source Revs Up With Bomb‐Grade Fuel

Toni Feder
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US Team Prepares for SARS‐Threatened Olympiad

Anthony Tweed
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Visa Restrictions Bite Into Graduate Enrollments

Toni Feder
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News Notes

Jim Dawson and Toni Feder
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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The Measure of All Things: The Seven‐Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World

Ken Alder and Bruce Stephenson, Reviewer
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Understanding Viscoelasticity: Basics of Rheology

Nhan Phan‐Thien and Daniel De Kee, Reviewer
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Semiconductor Optics and Transport Phenomena

Wilfried Schäfer, Martin Wegener, and L. J. Sham, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Test and Measurement

Lawrence G. Rubin
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National Science Board Honors Public Service

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ASA President‐Elect Is Kuperman

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NAS Names New Inductees

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In Brief

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Burton David Fried

George J. Morales and Ferdinand V. Coroniti
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Walter Ernest Bron

Douglas L. Mills and Alexei A. Maradudin
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Kenneth Melvin Evenson

Carleton J. Howard
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David Abraham Katcher

Martin C. Offutt
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Michael John Rice

Esther M. Conwell and Charles B. Duke
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Robert Hugh Tanner

William W. Lang and William J. Cavanaugh
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