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January 2004

Volume 57, Issue 1

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Boost‐Phase Defense Against Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

Daniel Kleppner, Frederick K. Lamb, and David E. Mosher
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An American Physical Society study concludes that disabling ICBMs before they release their munitions would be very difficult at best and, in some cases, impractical.
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Promoting Physics and Development in Africa

Edmund Zingu
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To advance economically and technologically, many African nations need to simultaneously develop a culture of physics and a supporting infrastructure.

Localizing Energy Through Nonlinearity and Discreteness

David K. Campbell, Sergej Flach, and Yuri S. Kivshar
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Intrinsic localized modes have been theoretical constructs for more than a decade. Only recently have they been observed in physical systems as distinct as charge‐transfer solids, Josephson junctions, photonic structures, and micromechanical oscillator arrays.
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Physics Update

Ben Stein, Phil Schewe, and James Riordan
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Analysis and Synthesis IV: Limits and Supplements

Frank Wilczek
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Experiments Trump Precise Definitions for Teaching Science to Middle‐School Students

Nicholas Schardl and John Hubisz
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A Reader Inquires: Origin of ‘Critical Mass’

Cameron Reed
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Author, Reviewer Play Ball

John Wesson and John McCullen
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Next‐Generation Discriminating Reader

Lawrence C. Cerny
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Corrections

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Researchers Achieve Lasing From a Single Trapped Atom

Mark Wilson
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By combining laser cooling with cavity quantum electrodynamics, researchers have created a laser that works through repeated emission from a single atom.
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Light as a Feather: Structural Elements Give Peacock Plumes Their Color

Steven K. Blau
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The varied and striking colors of Pavo muticus males arise from differences in the details of nanoscale photonic lattices.

Isotopic Analysis of Teeth and Bones Solves a Mesoamerican Mystery

Charles Day
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Natural variations in isotope ratios show up in tooth enamel and can reveal where a person—even an ancient Maya king—spent his earliest years.
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NASA Decision Could Break Mauna Kea Outrigger Impasse

Toni Feder
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Astronomers in Hawaii and beyond hope that NASA's environmental impact statement will be a first step toward improving relations with opponents of new telescopes on Mauna Kea—and will bode well for astronomy's future in Hawaii.

DOE Unveils 20‐Year Priority List for Developing 28 Research Facilities

Jim Dawson
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The US Department of Energy's Office of Science required that each proposed facility have a projected cost of at least $50 million, and then assessed each based on the importance of the science it addresses and its readiness to move forward.

Managing Science at the CIA

Paul Guinnessy
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Donald Kerr has been involved in many scientific endeavours—from studying plasma physics to managing a network of forensics laboratories. Now, he faces the daily challenge of keeping the Central Intelligence Agency's technology one step ahead of the US's adversaries.

Centers Strengthen Ties Between Lab Experiments and Astrophysics

Toni Feder
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News Notes

Toni Feder
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Responsible Conduct of Research

Adil E. Shamoo, David B. Resnik, and Myriam P. Sarachik, Reviewer
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The National Labs: Science in an American System, 1947–1974

Peter J. Westwick and Lillian Hoddeson, Reviewer
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The Physics of Interstellar Dust

Endrik Krügel and Edward L. Wright, Reviewer
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High Resolution Focused Ion Beams: FIB and Its Applications

Jon Orloff, Mark Utlaut, Lynwood Swanson, and Alfred Wagner, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Data Acquisition

Lawrence G. Rubin
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SoR Honors Marrucci and Others

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ASA Awards Presented in Austin

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IOP Bestows Awards

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Aspnes Set to Be Next President of AVS

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Van Stryland Is OSA Vice President for 2004

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In Brief

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Alexander Rawson Stokes

Herbert R. Wilson
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Albert Roach Hibbs

William H. Pickering
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Walter Lewis Hyde

David Z. Robinson
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Subramanian Raman

James Ball and Fred Bertrand
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