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February 2008

Volume 61, Issue 2

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Magnetic Monitoring of Earth and Space

Jeffrey J. Love
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With data provided by magnetic observatories, geophysicists can gain insights into our planet's interior and nearby space environment without even leaving the ground.
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The Physics of Sailing

Bryon D. Anderson
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Sails and keels, like airplane wings, exploit Bernoulli's principle. Aerodynamic and hydrodynamic insights help designers create faster sailboats.

Electron Sources for Accelerators

Carlos Hernandez‐Garcia, Marcy L. Stutzman, and Patrick G. O'Shea
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Photoemission shines as a source of the bright electron beams required for free‐electron lasers and particle‐physics accelerators.
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Open‐Access Publishing at What Cost?

Dana L. Roth, Robert Bronsdon, Thomas E. Phipps, Jr., and H. Frederick Dylla
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Fundamentalism and a Full Stomach

Mohammad Babar and Alfred A. Brooks, Jr.
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Insider Notes on the International Geophysical Year

Lewis M. Branscomb
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Wigner and the ‘Gift’ of Mathematics

James D. Barter and Frank Wilczek
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Clarification on Chaos and Complexity

Oded Regev
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Science Plays on Stage

William R. Bennett, Jr. and Carl Djerassi


See Also: Erratum

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Simon Newcomb, Astronomer and Personality

Bill Carter, Merri Sue Carter, and Bradley E. Schaefer
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Gauss on the Mountaintops

Douglas Robertson, Michael Marder, Robert Deegan, and Eran Sharon
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Laws, Theories, and the Passage of Time

Harold Metcalf
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Supersolid Behavior in Helium Coincides with Enhanced Shear Modulus

Johanna Miller
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When the temperature is low enough, solid helium seems to acquire superfluid properties. But at the same time, the apparently flowing solid becomes stiffer.

Isotope‐Ratio Measurements Reveal a Young Moon

Mark Wilson
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An analysis of lunar metals indicates that the Moon formed later than previously thought—after Earth's core had separated from its mantle.

Physics Update

Charles Day, Phillip F. Schewe, and Jermey N. A. Matthews
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Increased Funding for Physical Sciences Evaporates After Budget Showdown

David Kramer
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Particle physics and ITER participation are the losers as Congress wraps up fiscal year 2008 appropriations. NSF growth is slowed.

New UK Research Council Abruptly Abandons Some Major International Projects

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Withdrawal from the International Linear Collider and from several observatories without peer review or even consultation angers British research communities.

Legal Battle Over Sonar Testing Heats Up

Jennifer Ouellette
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Does the mid‐frequency active sonar used by the US Navy adversely affect marine mammals? The scientific evidence is incomplete, but the courts find environmentalists' arguments persuasive.
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Semiconductor Industry Switches to Hafnium‐Based Transistors

Jermey N. A. Matthews
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Plagued by quantum tunneling of charge carriers through gate insulators, chip manufacturers are shifting to high‐dielectric‐constant materials that maintain sufficient capacitance and reduce power leaks.

Physics Meets Biology at New HIV Structural Biology Centers

David Kramer
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Biophysicists play a major role in the attempt to unravel the molecular processes the human immunodeficiency virus uses to infect and hijack the immune system.

DOE, Congress to Spur Carbon Sequestration

David Kramer
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News Notes

Jermey N. A. Matthews and Paul Guinnessy
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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APS Heads to the Big Easy for Annual March Meeting

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The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began

Stuart Clark and Richard C. Canfield, Reviewer
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An Introduction to Quantum Computing and Introduction to Quantum Information Science

Phillip Kaye, Raymond Laflamme, Michele Mosca, Vlatko Vedral, and Jonathan R. Friedman, Reviewer
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The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World

Phillip F. Schewe and Timothy J. Brennan, Reviewer
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Iridescences: The Physical Colors of Insects

Serge Berthier and George Kattawar, Reviewer
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Practicing Science, Living Faith: Interviews with 12 Leading Scientists and Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship

Philip Clayton, Jim Schaal, John Polkinghorne, and Robert B. Griffiths, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Spectroscopy

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Albert Wattenberg

Inga Karliner, Jon J. Thaler, and Gary E. Gladding
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How to Measure Earth's Magnetic Field

Hans‐Ulrich Auster
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Airplane Vortices

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