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May 2012

Volume 65, Issue 5

cover: Scattered efforts are under way to transform data sets into sound and thereby take advantage of humans’ natural aural filters in order to discover patterns, recognize events, monitor information streams, and communicate results. This abstract collage represents the power of the emerging field of data sonification. For more, see the story on page 20.

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Select this Article		Molding the flow of light: Photonics in astronomy Joss Bland-Hawthorn and Pierre Kern


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Select this Article		Insights from the classical atom Petar Grujić and Nenad Simonović


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Select this Article FREE		A tale of openness and secrecy: The Philadelphia Story Alex Wellerstein


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Problem sets and other deterrents for women

Select this Article FREE		Problem sets and other deterrents for women Mark Lesmeister


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Select this Article FREE		Problem sets and other deterrents for women Diane Grayson


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Select this Article FREE		Problem sets and other deterrents for women Sarah Gilbert, Cynthia Heiner, Natasha Holmes, Ido Roll, Georg Rieger, and Ashley Welsh


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Select this Article FREE		Problem sets and other deterrents for women Jeffery Winkler


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Select this Article FREE		Problem sets and other deterrents for women Manuel N. Bass


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Select this Article FREE		Problem sets and other deterrents for women James Trefil and Sarah Swartz


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On the value of particle physics

Select this Article FREE		On the value of particle physics Charles E. Roos


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Notes on Anderson localization

Select this Article FREE		Notes on Anderson localization Theodore Castner


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Select this Article FREE		Notes on Anderson localization Ad Lagendijk, Bart van Tiggelen, and Diederik Wiersma


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A better option for US fusion program

Select this Article FREE		A better option for US fusion program Wallace Manheimer


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Correction

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Search and Discovery

Select this Article		Reactor experiment reveals neutrino oscillation’s third mixing angle Bertram M. Schwarzschild


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Select this Article		Custom shapes from swell gels R. Mark Wilson


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Select this Article		Toward an attosecond view of molecules Johanna L. Miller


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Physics Update

Select this Article		Fast times in ferromagnetic alloys Richard J. Fitzgerald


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Select this Article		An optical probe of quantum gravity? Steven K. Blau


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Select this Article		Ultrashort pulses of optical superradiance Stephen G. Benka


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Select this Article		Diagnosing thyroid cancer with ultrasound Charles Day


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Select this Article		Heating and cooling with electron spins R. Mark Wilson


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Issues and Events

Select this Article FREE		Shhhh. Listen to the data Toni Feder


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Select this Article		Fostering a research “ecosystem” David Kramer


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Select this Article		Obama urges renewed efforts on arms control David Kramer


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Select this Article		Nuclear security agency and weapons labs at odds David Kramer


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Select this Article		Taking steps toward the next big particle collider Toni Feder


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Select this Article		White House seeks to get a handle on “big data” David Kramer


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News Notes

Select this Article		Budget squeezes neutrinos Toni Feder


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Select this Article		Magnetic record Toni Feder


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Books

Select this Article FREE		A Short History of Physics in the American Century Benjamin Wilson, Reviewer


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Select this Article FREE		Modeling Nanoscale Imaging in Electron Microscopy Les J. Allen, Reviewer


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Select this Article FREE		Eruptions That Shook the World Don L. Anderson, Reviewer


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Select this Article FREE		Modeling Methods for Marine Science Adrian Burd, Reviewer


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Select this Article FREE		Focus on lasers and imaging Andreas Mandelis


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Obituaries

Select this Article FREE		Stig Hagström Arthur Bienenstock, Charles S. Fadley, and Bo Sundqvist


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Select this Article FREE		Aden Baker Meinel James B. Breckinridge and Helmut A. Abt


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Quick Study

Select this Article		Turbulence in two dimensions Nicholas T. Ouellette


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