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November 2007

Volume 60, Issue 11

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The Rubidium Atomic Clock and Basic Research

James Camparo
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The vapor‐cell atomic clock finds application today in the global positioning system and telecommunications. To improve and miniaturize the humble device for future applications will require a deeper understanding of atomic and chemical physics.

Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering

Katrin Kneipp
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The remarkable 14‐order‐of‐magnitude signal enhancement that can occur during Raman scattering from molecules on metallic nanostructures turns the normally weak inelastic‐scattering effect into a single‐molecule spectroscopic probe.

Beyond the Nuclear Shell Model

David J. Dean
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Nuclear theorists are working to develop a comprehensive understanding of all nuclei. To achieve that goal, they'll need continuing advances in computational power along with data from new and challenging experiments.
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Different Viewpoints of the Casimir Effect

Iver Brevik, K. A. Milton, and Steve Lamoreaux
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The True Cost of the ILC

Michael Riordan
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Randomness and Strong Disorder

J. C. Phillips
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Publishing Perils Include Single‐Blind Review

Lance Williams
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Tuning in to Dye Laser Origins

Bernard H. Soffer, Richard G. Brewer, Aram Mooradian, and Boris Stoicheff
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Science and the White House

Lawrence Cranberg and John S. Rigden
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Folksinger's Father Famous as Physicist

Robert W. Schmieder
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Advocating Real‐World Physics Classes

James F. Jackson
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Correction

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Experiment Demonstrates Quantum Entanglement Between Atoms a Meter Apart

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Quantum entanglement can't be mimicked by classical objects. That's what makes it at once so problematic for philosophers and so promising for computer scientists.

Pieces of Tumbled String Form Topologically Simple and Complex Knots

Charles Day
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New Sheet Structures May be the Basis for Boron Nanotubes

Johanna Miller
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The triangular boron lattice has too many electrons, and the hexagonal lattice has too few. But a hybrid of the two is just right.

Physics Update

Stephen G. Benka and Phillip F. Schewe
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Animation Uses Old Physics to New Effect

Toni Feder
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Achieving visual realism with physically based simulations while taming the result to fit artists' imaginations is the goal in animated filmmaking and gaming.

CERN's Fix‐It Man

Paul Guinnessy
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As director general of CERN, Robert Aymar has perhaps the most visible job in particle physics today.

Sandia Heads Up New Nanoengineering Institute

Toni Feder
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Preparing students to work in teams that cut across disciplines and research sectors is a key aim of Sandia's latest educational program.

Nanotech Risk Research Takes Slow Step Forward

Jim Dawson
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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News Notes

Paul Guinnessy and Toni Feder
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A Real‐World Plan to Increase Diversity in the Geosciences

Quinton L. Williams, Vernon Morris, and Tanya Furman
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American Hegemony and the Postwar Reconstruction of Science in Europe

John Krige and Michael D. Gordin, Reviewer
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Supersymmetry and String Theory: Beyond the Standard Model and Supersymmetry: Theory, Experiment and Cosmology

Michael Dine, Pierre Binétruy, and Gordon Kane, Reviewer
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Einstein: His Life and Universe

Walter Isaacson and Engelbert L. Schucking, Reviewer
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Molecular Theory of Solutions

Arieh Ben‐Naim and Monte Pettitt, Reviewer
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The Physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background

Pavel D. Naselsky, Dmitry I. Novikov, Igor D. Novikov, and Edward L. Wright, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Materials

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn

Stig B. Hagstrom
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Albert Vinicio Baez

Al Thompson and George Castro
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Horace Richard Crane

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See Also: Erratum

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What's Your Survey Telling You?

Rachel Ivie and Roman Czujko
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Stellarator Coils

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