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August 2009

Volume 62, Issue 8

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Fifty years of Anderson localization

Ad Lagendijk, Bart van Tiggelen, and Diederik S. Wiersma
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What began as a prediction about electron diffusion has spawned a rich variety of theories and experiments on the nature of the metal–insulator transition and the behavior of waves—from electromagnetic to seismic—in complex materials.

Anderson localization of ultracold atoms

Alain Aspect and Massimo Inguscio
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To study localized matter waves, two experimental groups hold a Bose–Einstein condensate in the grip of a disordered but tunable optical potential formed by interfering laser beams.

Iron‐based superconductors

Charles Day
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For 22 years ceramic oxides of copper seemed to offer the only way to reach high‐temperature superconductivity. Now, a new and unexpected route is being charted: through semimetal compounds of iron.
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The amiable Einstein and Nordström

Peter Freund and Engelbert L. Schucking
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BCS‐to‐BEC evolution details

D. M. Eagles and Carlos Sá de Melo
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Newcomb monument in Nova Scotia

David M. F. Chapman
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Analysis quantifies effects of tides in Jupiter and Io

Johanna Miller
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The planet and its moon distort each other, with consequences for Io's volcanic activity and the orbits of Jupiter's other moons.

Chaotic semiconductor lasers generate random numbers at high speed

Johanna Miller
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Two groups have harnessed subnanosecond intensity fluctuations to produce unpredictable binary sequences.

Natural quasicrystal found in a museum specimen

Steven K. Blau
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Gamma‐ray burst has highest redshift yet seen

Bertram Schwarzschild
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Bursts signaling the collapse of stars more than 13 billion years ago should elucidate early star formation and the cosmic reionization it engendered.

Physics Update

Stephen G. Benka, R. Mark Wilson, and Bertram M. Schwarzschild
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Obama and Medvedev set new limits on nuclear arsenals; further cuts likely

David Kramer
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In Moscow, the two leaders reaffirmed commitments to curb proliferation, but differences remain over the US plan for a missile shield in Europe.
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Helping to rebuild Croatia

Paul Guinnessy
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Divisions heat up as Senate mulls carbon caps

David Kramer
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Republicans warn that curbs on greenhouse gas will worsen recession.

SLAC free‐electron laser sparkles into life

Toni Feder
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US public likes scientists, poll finds

David Kramer
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News Notes

Toni Feder
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Encouraging good science on the Web

Alexander Antunes
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Cosmic Anger: Abdus Salam—The First Muslim Nobel Scientist

Gordon Fraser and Pervez Hoodbhoy, Reviewer
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Physical Biology of the Cell

Rob Phillips, Jané Kondev, Julie Theriot, and Ralf Bundschuh, Reviewer
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The Cosmic Microwave Background and A Primer on the Physics of the Cosmic Microwave Background

Ruth Durrer, Massimo Giovannini, and Anže Slosar, Reviewer
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The Age of Wonder How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

Richard Holmes and John C. H. Spence, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on analytical equipment

Lawrence G. Rubin
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Kazuhiko Nishijima

Yoichiro Nambu
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Alfred Brian Pippard

John Clarke
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Studying nuclear astrophysics at NIF

Richard N. Boyd, Lee Bernstein, and Carl Brune
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Territorial polymers

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