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June 2010

Volume 63, Issue 6

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High‐energy‐density physics

R. Paul Drake
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The novel, mysterious, and controversial behavior of matter at high pressure involves the interplay of electromagnetic, statistical, quantum, and relativistic physics.

Magnetic field reconnection: A first‐principles perspective

Forrest S. Mozer and Philip L. Pritchett
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Recent satellite missions and computer simulations of charged‐particle dynamics in Earth's magnetosphere are helping unravel the mysteries behind the breaking and reforming of magnetic field lines and the concomitant acceleration of electrons to high energies.
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James Franck: Science and conscience

Frank von Hippel
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In World War I, Franck helped his native Germany develop gas‐warfare defenses. Three decades later he urged the US, his adopted country, to tread carefully with an even more terrible weapon.
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Tone-deaf Feynman took on stiff strings, piano tuning

John W. Coltman and Ralph Leighton
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Element 117 fits a pattern

Robert W. Schmieder
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Many facets of light pollution

Mark S. Rea, John D. Bullough, Jennifer A. Brons, Christian B. Luginbuhl, Constance E. Walker, and Richard J. Wainscoat
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Hot topics in cold fusion

Melvin H. Miles and Ludwik Kowalski
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Practical, near‐term fusion power

Robert J. Burke
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Of wetting and osmotic transport

T. N. Narasimhan
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A two‐color twist on test taking

John Selker
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Building for NCAR's future

Roger Wakimoto
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Correction

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Element 117 yields long‐lived decay products

Johanna Miller
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Two isotopes of the newly discovered element decay to give nine more previously unobserved nuclei.

Yoking real and virtual cells confirms theory of cochlear amplification

Charles Day
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Elastic coupling between cells in the inner ear enhances the hearing of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Focus on improving transmission electron microscopes starts to pay off

Barbara Goss Levi
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The latest advance is the chemical identification of closely spaced, lightweight atoms.

Physics Update

Bertram M. Schwarzschild, Jermey N. A. Matthews, Steve K. Blau, Richard J. Fitzgerald, and Stephen G. Benka
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Megalasers to pulse in several new EU countries

Toni Feder
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As the world celebrates 50 years since the invention of the laser, a European facility approaching exawatt power is expected to stimulate new research areas and communities.
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DOE begins rationing helium‐3

David Kramer
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As the extent of the shortage becomes clear, an interagency task force is giving scientific users priority, but some say the material is not available at any price.

Physicist stands up for laughs

Toni Feder
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US minority faculty numbers still low

Toni Feder
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News Notes

Paul K. Guinnessy and David Kramer
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Web Watch

Charles Day
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Undergraduate physics programs at HBCUs: Can we stop the losses?

Quinton L. Williams
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Cosmic Noise: A History of Early Radio Astronomy

Woodruff T. Sullivan, III and Marshall H. Cohen, Reviewer
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Glimpses of Creatures in Their Physical Worlds

Steven Vogel and Stacey Combes, Reviewer
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The Art of Being a Scientist: A Guide for Graduate Students and Their Mentors

Roel Snieder, Ken Larner, and Renee D. Diehl, Reviewer
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The Magnetic Universe: The Elusive Traces of an Invisible Force

J. B. Zirker and Thomas Neukirch, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on sensors and detectors

Andreas Mandelis
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Lev Kofman

J. Richard Bond
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Walking on water

John W. M. Bush and David L. Hu
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An IR view of Eyjafjallajökull

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