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June 2004

Volume 57, Issue 6

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Reversing Light With Negative Refraction

John B. Pendry and David R. Smith
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Materials engineered to have negative permittivity and permeability demonstrate exotic behavior, from a negative refractive index to subwavelength focusing.

Gravitational Lenses

Leon V. E. Koopmans and Roger D. Blandford
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The bending of light reveals information about dark energy, dark matter, and black holes.

A Conversation About Solid‐State Physics

Hans A. Bethe and N. David Mermin
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Hans Bethe reminisces about the first applications of quantum mechanics to the theory of solids in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
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Physics Update

Ben Stein, Phil Schewe, and Stephen Benka
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Nuclear Power One of Several Green Weapons Against Global Warming

Edwin Norbeck, Robert Clark‐Phelps, and Ernest Moniz
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Data Volume Is Fourth Frontier in Astrophysical Observation

Benjamin Monreal and Martin Harwit
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Tevatron's Complex Collider Cousins

Wolfram Fischer and Stephen Peggs
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Physics Curriculum Needs Fluid Mechanics

John Neumann
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Green's Theorem in Stained Glass

Jay M. Pasachoff
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More on Isotopic Analysis of Teeth and Bones

Turgut Dincer and Lori E. Wright
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Reminiscence of Wolfgang Pauli

Horst Meyer
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More Perks of Industrial Physics

Rudolf Schubert
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Hydrogen Is Energy Carrier, Not Source

George D. Curtis
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Correction

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High‐Redshift Supernovae Reveal an Epoch When Cosmic Expansion Was Slowing Down

Bertram Schwarzschild
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The Hubble Space Telescope has provided a harvest of supernovae that exploded when the universe was less than half its present linear size.

Bending Nature's Rules to Pattern Nanostructures on Sticky Surfaces

Mark Wilson
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Researchers form patterned nanowires by adapting a versatile technique used to self‐assemble clusters on surfaces.

Is Sedna's Strange Orbit the Shape of Things to Come?

Steven K. Blau
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A newly discovered distant minor planet may provide clues about the Sun's early environment.

Lampreys Rely on a Molecular Switch to Detect UV Light

Charles Day
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By applying a combination of biochemical and biophysical techniques, researchers have identified a UV‐sensitive photoreceptor in the pineal gland of the Japanese river lamprey.
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Colwell Reflects on Six Years at NSF Helm

Jim Dawson
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Colwell is proud of her accomplishments and passionate about her science, and she has a friendly relationship with both Republicans and Democrats.
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Scholars Probe Nanotechnology's Promise and Its Potential Problems

Toni Feder
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With a revolution in everything from toys to tumors on the horizon, scientists in the nanotechnology arena are working to gain the public's trust.

Nuclear Pit Facility Should Wait for Science and Policy Answers

Jim Dawson
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US Celebrates Oppenheimer's Centenary

Paul Guinnessy
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News Notes

Toni Feder
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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ACA Will Meet in the Windy City

Judith Barker
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Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order

Steven Strogatz and Nigel Goldenfeld, Reviewer
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The Discovery of Global Warming

Spencer R. Weart and Philip Morrison, Reviewer
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Numerical and Analytical Methods for Scientists and Engineers Using Mathematica

Daniel Dubin and David J. Wales, Reviewer
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The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics

Marcus du Sautoy and Jonathan P. Keating, Reviewer
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The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics

Karl Sabbagh and Jonathan P. Keating, Reviewer
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Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics

John Derbyshire and Jonathan P. Keating, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Sensors

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Two Theoretical Physicists Share Cosmology Prize

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AIP Gemant Award Goes to Friedman

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Zeki Wins King Faisal Science Prize

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Killeen Is AGU's President‐Elect

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Sargent Is New Vice President for AAS

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In Brief

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Cornelis Marius Braams

Niek Lopes Cardozo, Noud Oomens, and Mark Westra
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Allen Lewis King

William T. Doyle
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Ian Ilyich Kogan

Graham Ross and Mikhail Shifman
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Prithe Paul Singh

Timothy Londergan, Dan Miller, Peter Schwandt, and Rolf Siemssen
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