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September 2004

Volume 57, Issue 9

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Life's Universal Scaling Laws

Geoffrey B. West and James H. Brown
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Biological systems have evolved branching networks that transport a variety of resources. We argue that common properties of those networks allow for a quantitative theory of the structure, organization, and dynamics of living systems.

I. I. Rabi and the Birth of CERN

John Krige
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CERN was created in part to help restore a great European scientific tradition. But the establishment of a European laboratory also advanced US scientific and foreign policy aims.

A TeV Linear Collider

Ian Hinchliffe and Marco Battaglia
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An accelerator capable of colliding electrons with positrons at energies approaching a trillion electron volts tops the particle physicists' wish list. It would have to be 30 kilometers long.
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Physics Update

Ben Stein and Phil Schewe
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Publish‐or‐Perish Perspectives: Dividing Coauthors, Valuing Referees, Taming Expectations

Lance Nizami, Vladimir A. Krasnopolsky, Michael Ibison, and Mohamed Gad‐el‐Hak
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Seeking Answers From Cold Fusion Review

Ludwik Kowalski
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Questionable Questions in Analysis and Synthesis

Marcia G. Bjørnerud, Joe Lacetera, and Frank Wilczek
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Shapley and Hubble: Different Views Brought Galaxies Into Focus

Sidney van den Bergh
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More on Numerical Lattice QCD

Herbert Neuberger, Carleton DeTar, and Steven Gottlieb
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Fascinating Pluto

Jay M. Pasachoff and James L. Elliot
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Magnetic Resonance Force Microscope Locates a Single Electron Spin Inside a Glass Slab

Charles Day
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With further improvements, the technique could ultimately determine the structures of isolated biomolecules and disordered materials.
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Removing Nodes in a Network Can Protect Against Cascading Failures

Mark Wilson
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Can a mathematical idealization of network behavior be adapted to real systems?

New Experiments Highlight Universal Behavior in Copper Oxide Superconductors

Barbara Goss Levi
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Similar patterns of spin fluctuations and charge ordering in different compounds suggests that these features are intrinsic to the cuprates.
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Court Rules Against 10 000‐Year Radiation Safety Standard at Yucca Mountain

Jim Dawson
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Saying the Environmental Protection Agency “unabashedly” ignored a National Academy of Sciences report on future radiation levels at the facility, a US appeals court sends the radioactive waste problem back to Congress.

Frankfurt Honors Hans Bethe

Toni Feder
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US Physics Teachers Volunteer in AIDS‐Ravaged Zambia

Jim Dawson
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With a small grant and a good idea, a group of Virginia physics teachers is working in a remote area of Zambia to prevent physics education from becoming a victim of the AIDS pandemic.

Los Alamos Halts Work in Wake of Apparent Security Breach

Toni Feder
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South Korea Hosts Physics Olympiad

Toni Feder
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps: Empires of Time

Peter Galison and Robert M. Wald, Reviewer
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Masters of Theory: Cambridge and the Rise of Mathematical Physics

Andrew Warwick and Elizabeth Garber, Reviewer
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Principles of the Quantum Control of Molecular Processes

Moshe Shapiro, Paul Brumer, and Philip H. Bucksbaum, Reviewer
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Ink Sandwiches, Electric Worms and 37 Other Experiments for Saturday Science

Neil A. Downie and Chris Waltham, Reviewer
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Ultra‐High Energy Particle Astrophysics

Shigeru Yoshida and Stefan Westerhoff, Reviewer
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Introduction to Nanotechnology

Charles P. Poole, Jr, Frank J. Owens, and Robert S. Averback, Reviewer
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Very High Energy Gamma‐Ray Astronomy

T. C. Weekes and Matthew Baring, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Magnetics

Lawrence G. Rubin
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OSA Recognizes Contributions to Optical Science

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In Brief

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Arthur Robert von Hippel

Mildred S. Dresselhaus
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Anthony Houghton

Sean Ling, Brad Marston, and Bob Pelcovits
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Hideo Kubo

Robin L. Stern and Jeffrey Williamson
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