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February 2006

Volume 59, Issue 2

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Geometrical Frustration

Roderich Moessner and Arthur P. Ramirez
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When interactions between magnetic degrees of freedom in a lattice are incompatible with the underlying crystal geometry, exotic phenomena such as spin ice and spin liquid phases can emerge.

Rethinking the Content of Physics Courses

Diane J. Grayson
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Physics students, particularly in today's information age, need to understand the unity of physics and the way in which scientific knowledge is generated.

Physics for All? A Million and Counting!

Jack Hehn and Michael Neuschatz
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Fully one‐third of recent high‐school graduates have taken physics. Much of the increase comes from nontraditional courses geared toward students not headed for careers in science or technology.
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Physics Update

Stephen G. Benka, Phillip F. Schewe, and Benjamin P. Stein
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Of Changing Visions and Burning Bushes

Philip Judge
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Possible Gaps in ITER's Foundations

David Montgomery
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Funding US Nuclear Power Plants

Edwin A. Karlow
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Large Magnetic Fields in Small Spaces

Edwin Norbeck
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Einstein, Masers, and Lasers: Asking New Questions

Anthony Siegman
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Turbulent Liquid‐Sodium Flow Induces Magnetic Dipole in a Laboratory Analogue of the Geodynamo

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Supercomputers still can't simulate the self‐excitation of planetary dynamos. So experimenters have taken up the challenge.

Experiment Tracks the Progress of a Chaotically Mixed Chemical Reaction

Charles Day
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Imaging an electromagnetically stirred tray of chemicals under diverse conditions reveals surprisingly uniform behavior.
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Materials Institutes Weave Global Networks

Toni Feder
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Six NSF‐funded materials science institutes are working to train a new generation of internationally minded US researchers and to stimulate collaborations around the world.
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Stronger Future for Nuclear Power

Paul Guinnessy
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Nuclear reactor builders are jostling for business as energy utilities take another look at nuclear power.

NSF Centers to Study Societal Impact of Nanotechnology

Jim Dawson
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Defense R&D Funding Sees Modest Increase

Jim Dawson
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‘Gathering Storm’ Gains Momentum

Jim Dawson
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Orbach Gets Undersecretary of Science Nod

Jim Dawson
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News Notes

Paul Guinnessy
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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APS March 2006 Exhibitor Program

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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard

Richard P. Feynman, Editor and Sam Schweber, Reviewer
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No Easy Answers: Science and the Pursuit of Knowledge

Allan Franklin and Yves Gingras, Reviewer
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Empire of the Stars: Obsession, Friendship, and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes

Arthur I. Miller and Kameshwar Wali, Reviewer
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Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science

M. G. Lord and Douglas P. Blanchard, Reviewer
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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

Roger Penrose and Lee Smolin, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Test and Measurement

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Bienenstock Is New APS Vice President

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Alferness Elected To OSA Vice Presidency

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Adair Is Voted AAPT Vice President

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In Brief

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Shuichi Nosé

Yosuke Kataoka and Michael L. Klein
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Dieter Joseph Sigmar

Peter Catto, Miklos Porkolab, and Steve Hirshman
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Paul Singer

Gad Eilam, Michael Gronau, and Moshe Moshe
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Alexander Leonidovich Suvorov

Yuri G. Abov, Boris N. Goshchitskii, Celia M. Elliott, and Alexander G. Zaluzhnyi
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