February 2011

Volume 64, Issue 2

Cover: Plasmonic nanoparticles—composed of conducting metals such as silver, gold, and their alloys—are often assumed to be part of the stained glass in medieval cathedral windows such as these at the Sainte Chapelle in Paris. Under oblique lighting (not the case here), the metal-laden glass exhibits a particularly dramatic effect. For details on the nanoplasmonic resonances responsible and some contemporary applications, turn to the article by Mark Stockman on page 39.

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Select this Article		Sensing the ocean Thomas B. Sanford, Kathryn A. Kelly, and David M. Farmer

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Select this Article		Quantum criticality Subir Sachdev and Bernhard Keimer

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Select this Article		Nanoplasmonics: The physics behind the applications Mark I. Stockman

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Letters

Of Cremona Violins , the ear, and peer review

Select this Article		Of Cremona Violins, the ear, and peer review Joel A. Eaton

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Select this Article		Of Cremona Violins, the ear, and peer review Girish S. Setlur

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Select this Article		Of Cremona Violins, the ear, and peer review Kameshwar Wali

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Oil sands and the environment

Select this Article		Oil sands and the environment Susan Casey‑Lefkowitz

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Select this Article		Oil sands and the environment Susan Casey‑Lefkowitz

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Select this Article		Oil sands and the environment Murray R. Gray, Jacob H. Masliyah, and Zhenghe Xu

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Search and Discovery

Select this Article		Experiments reveal a Bose–Einstein condensate of photons R. Mark Wilson

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Select this Article		Cell-free protein synthesis sheds light on intracellular dynamics Johanna L. Miller

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Select this Article		Room-temperature source delivers record-power terahertz beam Ashley G. Smart

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Physics update

Select this Article		No microscopic black holes yet Bertram M. Schwarzschild

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Select this Article		Superplastic mantle minerals Charles Day

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Select this Article		What killed top-kill? Jermey N. A. Matthews

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Select this Article		Counting a mole of silicon atoms Steven K. Blau

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Select this Article		Iron in the night sky Richard J. Fitzgerald

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Select this Article		Positronium in confinement Richard J. Fitzgerald

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Issues and Events

Select this Article FREE		Drive to end civilian use of HEU collides with medical isotope production David Kramer

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Select this Article FREE		Facilitating science in developing countries Toni Feder

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Select this Article		Funding for NSF underground laboratory is rejected David Kramer

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	+ -	Show Topic Citing dissatisfaction with an interagency management model, a National Science Board committee refuses to keep the South Dakota project going.

Books

Select this Article		Molecular Forces and Self Assembly: In Colloid, Nano Sciences and Biology Vinothan N. Manoharan

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Select this Article		Judging Edward Teller: A Closer Look at One of the Most Influential Scientists of the Twentieth Century Stephen B. Libby

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Select this Article		Numerical Relativity: Solving Einstein’s Equations on the Computer Jorge Pullin

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Select this Article		Pursuing Power and Light: Technology and Physics from James Watt to Albert Einstein Robert Friedel

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Select this Article FREE		Focus on bioinstrumentation and biotechnologies Andreas Mandelis

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Obituaries

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Quick Study

Select this Article		Blowing bubbles to study living material Alfred J. Crosby and Jennifer J. McManus

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