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January 2008

Volume 61, Issue 1

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The Physics of Phages

William M. Gelbart and Charles M. Knobler
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Experiments can measure, and theory explain, the energetics behind packaging a virus with DNA and the DNA's injection into a cell.

Cryo‐Electron Microscopy of Biological Nanostructures

Robert M. Glaeser
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The imaging of unstained and fully hydrated biological specimens embedded in vitreous ice is leading to powerful advances in understanding the structural basis of biological phenomena.
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Fermi, Pasta, Ulam, and a Mysterious Lady

Thierry Dauxois
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The computations for the first‐ever numerical experiment were performed by a young woman named Mary Tsingou. After decades of omission, it is time to recognize her contribution.
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My Wizard

Frank Wilczek
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Islam, Science, and Free and Open Inquiry

Toufic Hakim, Ismail Demirkan, Aksar Beketov, David Klepper, Metin Yersel, Mohamed Gad‐el‐Hak, Victor J. Slabinski, Bernadette Waterman Ward, Anand Saxena, Rajiv Tyagi, and Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Chilly Response to ‘Warmest Year’ Designation

Madhav L. Khandekar
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Mysteries of the Glass Transition

Jeppe Dyre, Ian Hodge, Hans‐Jürgen Hoffmann, Brahama D. Sharma, and James Langer
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Sound Commentary

Leonard Finegold and E. Carr Everbach
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Professional Kindnesses

Lawrence Cranberg
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Correction

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The Highest‐Energy Cosmic Rays Appear to Come from Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Though it's more reassuring than surprising, this new result from the enormous Auger ground array suggests the discovery potential of cosmic‐ray astronomy.

Quantum Spin Hall Effect Shows up in a Quantum Well Insulator, Just as Predicted

Charles Day
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The effect, which occurs without a magnetic field, is a new and topologically distinct electronic state.

Charge‐Transfer Measurements Provide New Angle on Diamond Surface Conductivity

Johanna Miller
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Diamond submerged in water can lose some of its electrons and acquire p‐type charge carriers, but only at low pH.

New Experiments View Details of Nuclear Two‐Proton Emission

Steven K. Blau
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A decay mode predicted almost 50 years ago has been directly observed for the first time.

Smart Sensor Measures the Local Heat Flux in a Turbulent System

Mark Wilson
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Physics Update

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Next‐Generation High‐Tc Superconducting Wires Debut in the Power Grid

Jermey N. A. Matthews
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Electric power companies are demonstrating the capacity of new flexible wire to deliver more current in less space and to limit power surges.

Universities Face Cap on Indirect Costs for Pentagon‐Funded Research

David Kramer


See Also: Erratum

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Academic institutions fear that an Appropriations rider could undermine the long‐established system for recovering research costs and financing new laboratories.

Planning NASA's Future

Paul Guinnessy
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How do you run NASA effectively? PHYSICS TODAY asks agency head Michael Griffin.

Femtosecond Lasers Prepare to Break Out of the Laboratory

Jennifer Ouellette
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The latest compact systems promise big benefits in a diverse array of practical applications, particularly in the biological and medical arenas.

With Domenici's Departure, DOE Labs to Lose their Top Hill Advocate

David Kramer
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No successor is apparent for “St. Pete,” who showered funding and new programs on the labs.

Early Start for Experiments at Homestake Underground Lab

Bertram Schwarzschild
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South Dakota has taken the initiative to begin installing a variety of experiments in the 8000‐foot‐deep mine this year—long before the federal government can make its final decision.

News Notes

Bertram Schwarzschild and Jermey N. A. Matthews
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang

Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok, and Glenn D. Starkman, Reviewer
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Solid‐State Physics: Introduction to the Theory

James D. Patterson, Bernard C. Bailey, and Walter Harrison, Reviewer
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Richter's Scale: Measure of an Earthquake, Measure of a Man

Susan Elizabeth Hough and James S. Langer, Reviewer
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Relativistic Quantum Theory of Atoms and Molecules: Theory and Computation

I. P. Grant and Walter Johnson, Reviewer
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Conceptions of Cosmos: From Myths to the Accelerating Universe—A History of Cosmology

Helge S. Kragh and Robert W. Smith, Reviewer
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Random Processes in Physics and Finance

Melvin Lax, Wei Cai, Min Xu, and H. Eugene Stanley, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Photonics and Imaging

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Simon Foner

Robert P. Guertin and Lawrence G. Rubin
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Transporting Water to the Tops of Trees

N. Michele Holbrook and Maciej A. Zwieniecki
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Liquid Crystals of Short DNA

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