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July 2006

Volume 59, Issue 7

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Ultracompact Binary Stars

Gijs Nelemans
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Double stars with tight, rapid orbits enable astronomers to study issues ranging from binary‐star evolution to the internal structure of white dwarfs and neutron stars. In addition, they may emit directly observable gravitational waves.

Topological Quantum Computation

Sankar Das Sarma, Michael Freedman, and Chetan Nayak
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The search for a large‐scale, error‐free quantum computer is reaching an intellectual junction at which semiconductor physics, knot theory, string theory, anyons, and quantum Hall effects are all coming together to produce quantum immunity.

Scientists, Security, and Lessons from the Cold War

Charles H. Holbrow
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In the years following World War II, the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb, President Truman decided the US would develop a hydrogen bomb, Communist North Korea invaded South Korea, Congress quadrupled US defense spending, and the US government turned to a small cadre of physicists for advice.
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Tributes to Hans Bethe Continue

Theodore G. Castner, Durward Cruickshank, Thomas D. Rossing, Mitio Inokuti, Benjamin Bederson, Ashutosh S. Jogalekar, and Kurt Gottfried
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NASA's Mission of Space Exploration: Some Fine Points

Alan Boss and Roger Blandford
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Scientist as Artist: The Role of Imagination

Kent Eschenberg and Gregory Benford
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Recent Graduate Aims to Buck Conformity Trend

Jason Goodell
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Respect for the ‘Human Rights of Nations’

Moorad Alexanian
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Wentzel's Lesson in Humility

Lawrence G. Rubin
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A Colorful Relativity Problem

Kenneth Lane and Marc Borchers
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Correction

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Scanning Tunneling Microscope Measures the Spin‐Excitation Spectrum of Atomic‐Scale Magnets

Mark Wilson
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A proof‐of‐principle demonstration sets the stage for creating designer magnets, from simple Heisenberg spin chains to exotic spin ices.

Light‐Emitting Diodes Reach the Far Ultraviolet

Charles Day
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Search for Magnetic Monopoles at the Tevatron Sets New Upper Limit on Their Production

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Paul Dirac showed in 1931 that the existence of even a single monopole, anywhere, would suffice to explain the universal quantization of electric charge.

Physics Update

Stephen G. Benka, Phillip F. Schewe, and Benjamin P. Stein
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CERN Chief Rethinks LHC Fees

Toni Feder
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The introduction of a fee to use the LHC is viewed in the US as breaking a deal and opening the floodgates to an unwelcome new paradigm for accessing scientific facilities.
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Proposed Export Restrictions Withdrawn

Jim Dawson
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Hundreds of letters of protest from scientific, academic, and industrial organizations convinced Department of Commerce officials to reconsider a tightening of the deemed export policy.

Brodsky to Retire from AIP in 2007

Karen H. Kaplan
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Agreement Moves ITER Forward

Jim Dawson
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Chilean Site Chosen for LSST

Toni Feder
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News Notes

Paul Guinnessy, Jim Dawson, and Toni Feder
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Addressing the public about science and religion

Murray Peshkin


See Also: Erratum

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ACA heads to Honolulu

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The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics

Robert Oerter and Barry Holstein, Reviewer
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Low‐Temperature Physics

Christian Enss, Siegfried Hunklinger, and Allen Goldman, Reviewer
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry

Mario Livio and Elizabeth H. Simmons, Reviewer
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Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions, from Plato to String Theory and Beyond

Lawrence M. Krauss and Elizabeth H. Simmons, Reviewer
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Elementary Climate Physics

F. W. Taylor and David J. Lary, Reviewer
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The Pendulum: A Case Study in Physics

Gregory L. Baker, James A. Blackburn, and Kenneth S. Krane, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Analytical Instruments

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Rosenfeld Wins Fermi Award

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Winners of AGU Awards Selected

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NSB Recognizes Accomplishments

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In Brief

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John Norris Bahcall

Robert May and Martin Rees
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Richard Henry Dalitz

Frank Close
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Valentine Louis Telegdi

Nicola Cabibbo, Peter G. O. Freund, Murray Gell‐Mann, Marvin L. Goldberger, Yoichiro Nambu, Reinhard Oehme, Lev Okun, and Roland Winston
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InSAR, A Tool for Measuring Earth's Surface Deformation

Matthew E. Pritchard
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Paddling for Food

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