Physics Today 2012: Vol 65 Index & Table of Contents

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ART Article BR Book review BS Back scatter FOR Readers’ forum
IE Issues & events NN News notes OB Obituaries Qs Quick study
sD Search & discovery UP Physics update
BOOKS REVIEWED P. 88 AUTHOR INDEX P. 89
SUBJECT INDEX New international scientific organization is launched (IE) JUL 27 Gravity waves and heat in Mars’s atmosphere (UP) APR 22;
Plasma record in China (NN) AUG 28 correction JUN 13
South Korea invests big in basic research (IE) OCT 26 Carbon dioxide drove the ending of the last glacial epoch (SD)
Accelerators Hong Kong's physics departments adapt to education JUN 16
overhaul (IE) DEC 23 Derecho looming (BS) AUG 72
See Department of Energy; Facilities and laboratories; Nuclear
Environmental intelligence, basic thermodynamics, and
physics; Particle physics
Astronomy and astrophysics extreme weather, N. Colleton; J. Allen (FOR) SEP 8
Reading to the end of the last glacial epoch, J. Harte (FOR)
Acoustical Society of America See also Cosmology and general relativity; Space and OCT 13
See Scientific societies planetary science A mysterious player on the atmospheric stage (SD) OCT 20
Einstein, too, miscredited Hubble's “discovery,” R. J. Reynolds Cloud simulations improving in climate models (UP) OCT 21
(FOR) JAN 9 NOAA consolidates its climate-modeling network (IE) DEC 26
Acoustics Chile aims to better exploit role as telescope host (IE) JAN 20
Inside a sonoluminescing microbubble, hints of a dense Astronomy education and jobs (NN) FEB 28 Atomic physics
plasma (SD) APR 18 Acentury of cosmic rays, P. Carlson (ART) FEB 30; correction
Diagnosing thyroid cancer with ultrasound (UP) MAY 19 MAY 12 See also Chemical and molecular physics; Quantum physics
Classical vortex beams show their discrete side (SD) JUN 18 Microlensing suggests that our galaxy has more planets than Insights from the classical atom, P. Grujic, N. Simonovi¢ (ART)
Doppler sonar in air for border security (UP) JUN 24 stars (SD) MAR 19 MAY 40; correction AUG 12
Musical rhythms: The science of being slightly off, H. Hennig, Herschel archives (NN) APR 30 Rydberg excitations power a new single-photon source (SD)
R. Fleischmann, T. Geisel (QS) JUL 64 Precious fossils of the infant universe, A. Frebel, V.Bromm (ART) JUL 14
Seeing the sound to locate its source (UP) SEP 19 APR 49; correction AUG 12 Different photons in, indistinguishable photons out (UP)
Hearing chemical compounds in real time (UP) OCT 20 Solar eruptive events, G. D. Holman (ART) APR 56 NOV 21
LAe snse urtraald e,w iqnudioetwe r insteoa st h(eU Pc)o cOhClTe a 21( BS) OCT 96 ExplCo. rCi.n gK atnhkee libnotregrf ac(eQS )b eAtPwRe e7n2 the Sun's surface and corona, ManiRpauylmaetri,n gK . tShrei nciovlaors ana nd( ARsTh)a peN OoVfs i3n2g le photons, M. G.
Molding the flow ofl ight: Photonics in astronomy, J. Bland- Physics Nobel honors pioneers in quantum optics (SD) DEC 16
Hawthorn, P. Kern (ART) MAY 31 Ultracold chemistry in supersonic beams (UP) DEC 21
American Association of Boundary conditions and Maxwell's equations, J. C. Piquette; Highly charged ions challenge QED (UP) DEC 22
Physicists in Medicine T. Baumgarte, S. Shapiro (FOR) JUN 10
IceCube fails to see neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts (UP) AVS
See Scientific societies JUN 23
Jupiter mission selection garners excitement, questions (IE) See Scientific societies
American Association of JUN 29
Physics Teachers Max Planck pushes frontiers around globe (IE) JUN 29 Awards
Antarctic telescope (NN) JUN 30
See Scientific societies Ancient Maya astronomica! tables (UP) JUL 18 Premature Nobel Prize decision? Y. M. Butt (FOR) FEB 10
Timeliness of the 2011 Physics Nobel Prize, E. Sheldon (FOR)
Dual sites for the SKA radio telescope (IE) JUL 25
American Astronomical Society NASA receives spy telescopes (IE) JUL 26 PhysJiUcLs 1N2o bel honors pioneers in quantum optics (SD) DEC 16
Hidden starburst galaxy pinpointed at high redshift (SD)
See Scientific societies
AUG 14
Biography and personalities
A puzzling pair of planets (UP) AUG 19
American Crystallographic Theoretical challenges in understanding galaxy evolution, J. P. See also History and philosophy; Obituaries
Association Ostriker, T.N aab (ART) AUG 43 Chief scientist Ellen Williams seeks to bring new energy to BP
Most very bright stars have companions (UP) SEP 18 (IE) JAN 18
See Scientific societies Despite gloomy economy, signs good for billion-dollar US A missing variable in the clean energy equation (IE) JAN 19
telescope (IE) SEP 22 Quantum numbers, Chern classes, and a bodhisattva, C. N. Yang
American Geophysical Union Marietta Blau in the history of cosmic rays, R. L. Sime; (ART) JAN 33
P. Carlson (FOR) OCT 8 Mikhail Lomonosov and the dawn of Russian science, V. Shiltsev
See Scientific societies The Sun's oblateness appears to be constant (SD) OCT 14 (ART) FEB 40
The birth and death ofs tar clusters in the Milky Way, S. W. Herschel archives (NN) APR 30
American Institute of Physics Stahler (ART) OCT 46 Anatomy of a fall: Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the story of g,
See Scientific societies Archaeology terminology confusion, J. K. Holley (FOR) NOV 10 C. M. Graney (ART) SEP 36
Did Lomonosov see the Venusian atmosphere? J. M. Marietta Blau in the history of cosmic rays, R. L. Sime;
American Physical Society Pasachoff, W. Sheehan; V. Shiltsev (FOR) NOV 11 P. Carlson (FOR) OCT 8
Exploring the extreme universe with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Alexander Friedmann and the origins of modern cosmology,
See Scientific societies Space Telescope, D. J. Thompson, S. W. Digel, J. L. Racusin A. Belenkiy (ART) OCT 38
(ART) NOV 39 Global positioningT:he early Finnish connection, J. Kakkuri,
Arms control Deciphering a star's spiral shell (BS) DEC 92 L. Kivioja (FOR) NOV 8
Did Lomonosov see the Venusian atmosphere? J. M.
See Military physics and arms control Atmospheric science Pasachoff, W. Sheehan; V. Shiltsev (FOR) NOV 11
Oliver Heaviside: A first-rate oddity, B. J. Hunt (ART) NOV 48
Asia See also Earth science; Environment; Ocean science; Space
and planetary science
Biological physics
See also international science Punching holes in clouds (BS) AUG 80 [2011]; correction
Scorecard shows wide disparity in the security of world’s FEB 12 See also Crystallography; Medical physics
weapons materials (IE) MAR 24 Criegee chemistry is captured (SD) MAR 17 Measuring morphological change (UP) JAN 16
is Japan ready to forgo nuclear reprocessing? (IE) MAR 25 Predicting and managing extreme weather events, Tethered proteins speed up photosynthetic electron transfer
Hats off to Japanese center (NN) APR 30 J, Lubchenco, T. R. Karl (ART) MAR 31 (UP) FEB 20
Obama urges renewed efforts on arms control (IE) MAY 24 The triggering and persistence of the Little Ice Age (SD) From cells to limbs, UK center studies war injuries (IE)
Antarctic telescope (NN) JUN 30 APR 15 FEB 25
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ART Article BR Book review BS Back scatter FOR Readers’ forum
IE Issues & events NN News notes OB Obituaries Qs Quick study
sD Search & discovery UP Physics update
BOOKS REVIEWED P. 88 AUTHOR INDEX P. 89
SUBJECT INDEX New international scientific organization is launched (IE) JUL 27 Gravity waves and heat in Mars’s atmosphere (UP) APR 22;
Plasma record in China (NN) AUG 28 correction JUN 13
South Korea invests big in basic research (IE) OCT 26 Carbon dioxide drove the ending of the last glacial epoch (SD)
Accelerators Hong Kong's physics departments adapt to education JUN 16
overhaul (IE) DEC 23 Derecho looming (BS) AUG 72
See Department of Energy; Facilities and laboratories; Nuclear
Environmental intelligence, basic thermodynamics, and
physics; Particle physics
Astronomy and astrophysics extreme weather, N. Colleton; J. Allen (FOR) SEP 8
Reading to the end of the last glacial epoch, J. Harte (FOR)
Acoustical Society of America See also Cosmology and general relativity; Space and OCT 13
See Scientific societies planetary science A mysterious player on the atmospheric stage (SD) OCT 20
Einstein, too, miscredited Hubble's “discovery,” R. J. Reynolds Cloud simulations improving in climate models (UP) OCT 21
(FOR) JAN 9 NOAA consolidates its climate-modeling network (IE) DEC 26
Acoustics Chile aims to better exploit role as telescope host (IE) JAN 20
Inside a sonoluminescing microbubble, hints of a dense Astronomy education and jobs (NN) FEB 28 Atomic physics
plasma (SD) APR 18 Acentury of cosmic rays, P. Carlson (ART) FEB 30; correction
Diagnosing thyroid cancer with ultrasound (UP) MAY 19 MAY 12 See also Chemical and molecular physics; Quantum physics
Classical vortex beams show their discrete side (SD) JUN 18 Microlensing suggests that our galaxy has more planets than Insights from the classical atom, P. Grujic, N. Simonovi¢ (ART)
Doppler sonar in air for border security (UP) JUN 24 stars (SD) MAR 19 MAY 40; correction AUG 12
Musical rhythms: The science of being slightly off, H. Hennig, Herschel archives (NN) APR 30 Rydberg excitations power a new single-photon source (SD)
R. Fleischmann, T. Geisel (QS) JUL 64 Precious fossils of the infant universe, A. Frebel, V.Bromm (ART) JUL 14
Seeing the sound to locate its source (UP) SEP 19 APR 49; correction AUG 12 Different photons in, indistinguishable photons out (UP)
Hearing chemical compounds in real time (UP) OCT 20 Solar eruptive events, G. D. Holman (ART) APR 56 NOV 21
LAe snse urtraald e,w iqnudioetwe r insteoa st h(eU Pc)o cOhClTe a 21( BS) OCT 96 ExplCo. rCi.n gK atnhkee libnotregrf ac(eQS )b eAtPwRe e7n2 the Sun's surface and corona, ManiRpauylmaetri,n gK . tShrei nciovlaors ana nd( ARsTh)a peN OoVfs i3n2g le photons, M. G.
Molding the flow ofl ight: Photonics in astronomy, J. Bland- Physics Nobel honors pioneers in quantum optics (SD) DEC 16
Hawthorn, P. Kern (ART) MAY 31 Ultracold chemistry in supersonic beams (UP) DEC 21
American Association of Boundary conditions and Maxwell's equations, J. C. Piquette; Highly charged ions challenge QED (UP) DEC 22
Physicists in Medicine T. Baumgarte, S. Shapiro (FOR) JUN 10
IceCube fails to see neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts (UP) AVS
See Scientific societies JUN 23
Jupiter mission selection garners excitement, questions (IE) See Scientific societies
American Association of JUN 29
Physics Teachers Max Planck pushes frontiers around globe (IE) JUN 29 Awards
Antarctic telescope (NN) JUN 30
See Scientific societies Ancient Maya astronomica! tables (UP) JUL 18 Premature Nobel Prize decision? Y. M. Butt (FOR) FEB 10
Timeliness of the 2011 Physics Nobel Prize, E. Sheldon (FOR)
Dual sites for the SKA radio telescope (IE) JUL 25
American Astronomical Society NASA receives spy telescopes (IE) JUL 26 PhysJiUcLs 1N2o bel honors pioneers in quantum optics (SD) DEC 16
Hidden starburst galaxy pinpointed at high redshift (SD)
See Scientific societies
AUG 14
Biography and personalities
A puzzling pair of planets (UP) AUG 19
American Crystallographic Theoretical challenges in understanding galaxy evolution, J. P. See also History and philosophy; Obituaries
Association Ostriker, T.N aab (ART) AUG 43 Chief scientist Ellen Williams seeks to bring new energy to BP
Most very bright stars have companions (UP) SEP 18 (IE) JAN 18
See Scientific societies Despite gloomy economy, signs good for billion-dollar US A missing variable in the clean energy equation (IE) JAN 19
telescope (IE) SEP 22 Quantum numbers, Chern classes, and a bodhisattva, C. N. Yang
American Geophysical Union Marietta Blau in the history of cosmic rays, R. L. Sime; (ART) JAN 33
P. Carlson (FOR) OCT 8 Mikhail Lomonosov and the dawn of Russian science, V. Shiltsev
See Scientific societies The Sun's oblateness appears to be constant (SD) OCT 14 (ART) FEB 40
The birth and death ofs tar clusters in the Milky Way, S. W. Herschel archives (NN) APR 30
American Institute of Physics Stahler (ART) OCT 46 Anatomy of a fall: Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the story of g,
See Scientific societies Archaeology terminology confusion, J. K. Holley (FOR) NOV 10 C. M. Graney (ART) SEP 36
Did Lomonosov see the Venusian atmosphere? J. M. Marietta Blau in the history of cosmic rays, R. L. Sime;
American Physical Society Pasachoff, W. Sheehan; V. Shiltsev (FOR) NOV 11 P. Carlson (FOR) OCT 8
Exploring the extreme universe with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Alexander Friedmann and the origins of modern cosmology,
See Scientific societies Space Telescope, D. J. Thompson, S. W. Digel, J. L. Racusin A. Belenkiy (ART) OCT 38
(ART) NOV 39 Global positioningT:he early Finnish connection, J. Kakkuri,
Arms control Deciphering a star's spiral shell (BS) DEC 92 L. Kivioja (FOR) NOV 8
Did Lomonosov see the Venusian atmosphere? J. M.
See Military physics and arms control Atmospheric science Pasachoff, W. Sheehan; V. Shiltsev (FOR) NOV 11
Oliver Heaviside: A first-rate oddity, B. J. Hunt (ART) NOV 48
Asia See also Earth science; Environment; Ocean science; Space
and planetary science
Biological physics
See also international science Punching holes in clouds (BS) AUG 80 [2011]; correction
Scorecard shows wide disparity in the security of world’s FEB 12 See also Crystallography; Medical physics
weapons materials (IE) MAR 24 Criegee chemistry is captured (SD) MAR 17 Measuring morphological change (UP) JAN 16
is Japan ready to forgo nuclear reprocessing? (IE) MAR 25 Predicting and managing extreme weather events, Tethered proteins speed up photosynthetic electron transfer
Hats off to Japanese center (NN) APR 30 J, Lubchenco, T. R. Karl (ART) MAR 31 (UP) FEB 20
Obama urges renewed efforts on arms control (IE) MAY 24 The triggering and persistence of the Little Ice Age (SD) From cells to limbs, UK center studies war injuries (IE)
Antarctic telescope (NN) JUN 30 APR 15 FEB 25
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Radiation meets food, J. S. Dickson (QS) FEB 66 Classical mechanics and Temperature-sensitive colloids show off an elusive melting
DNA nanobarrel delivers the goods (SD) APR 20 electromagnetism mechanism (SD) DEC 20
Networks in motion, A. E. Motter, R. Albert (ART) APR 43 Extreme water (UP) DEC 22
DNA-based sensors know what the nose knows (SD) JUN 22 See also Statistical physics and thermodynamics
Building a virus the simple way (UP) JUN 24 Correcting the Coriolis correlation, R. A. Akmaev; J. Clarage Cosmology and general
(FOR) JAN 8
The hydrodynamics of shark skin (BS) JUN 76 Time for the future (IE) MAR 28 relativity
Theory meets experiment in the blink of an eye (UP) JUL 17
MusiRc.a lF lerihsycthhmmasn:n ,T hTe. Gseciiseenlc e( QoSf) bJeUiLn g6 4s lightly off, H. Hennig, InsiMghAtYs f4r0o; mc otrhree cctliaosns icAalU Ga to1m2, P. Gruji¢, N. Simonovi¢ (ART) See aanlds o mAastthreomnaotmicya la ndp hyassitcrso physics; Particle physics; Theory
The mechanics of traumatic brain injury (BS) JUL 72 CoheR.r eSnewceel l,a nMd. pMrietccihseiloln (iFnO Rc)l asJsUicNa l 13s ystems, S. Klein; Eins(teFiOnR,) tJoAoN, m9i scredited Hubble's “discovery,” R. J. Reynolds
ConcAeUnGt ra2t0i on gradients promote antibiotic resistance (UP) CAl absrsiiecfa li nvtoer toenx tbheea mLso ngs hNowo w thceliorc kd,i sGc.r eLt.e Baskiedre ((SFDO)R )J USNE P 188 A fiJrsAtN gl1i1m pse of possibly primordial intergalactic gas (SD)
Strange kinetics of single molecules in living cells, E. Barkai, Anatomy of a fall: Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the story of g, Premature Nobel Prize decision? Y. M. Butt (FOR) FEB 10
Y. Garini, R. Metzler (ART) AUG 29 C. M. Graney (ART) SEP 36 Precious fossils of the infant universe, A. Frebel, V. Bromm (ART)
intrinsically disordered proteins, P. Tompa, K.-H. Han (QS) The birth and death of star clusters in the Milky Way, S. W. APR 49; correction AUG 12
AUG 64 Stahler (ART) OCT 46 Boundary conditions and Maxwell's equations, J. C. Piquette;
A neural window into the cochlea (BS) OCT 96 Further Coriolis correlation considerations, M. Lopez-Mariscal; T. Baumgarte, S. Shapiro (FOR) JUN 10
Nanopore DNA sequencing inches closer to commercial C..M. Graney (FOR) NOV 8 Teaching general relativity to undergraduates, N. Christensen
debut (IE) NOV 29 Randomness of the tossed coin, T. Kapitaniak (FOR) NOV 10 T. Moore (ART) JUN 41
Oliver Heaviside: A first-rate oddity, B. J. Hunt (ART) NOV 48 From black holes to strange metals, H. Liu (QS) JUN 68
Books Coin Stack (BS) NOV 92 Timeliness of the 2011 Physics Nobel Prize, E. Sheldon (FOR)
JUL 12
See also separate BOOKS REVIEWED index (page 88);
Collective effects Hidden starburst galaxy pinpointed at high redshift (SD)
Publishing, media, and the press
AUG 14
Sexism may be in the eye of the beholder, R. Wolfson; See Emergent phenomena Theoretical challenges in understanding galaxy evolution,
L. Lederman, C. Hill (FOR) JUN 12
J. P. Ostriker,T .N aab (ART) AUG 43
Can a scientist knock on heaven's door? K. Schofield (FOR) Complexity Resistivity in ordinary and strange metals: A clarification,
AUG 12 H. Liu (FOR) SEP 10
See Emergent phenomena; Nonlinear science; Theory and
mathematical physics Alexander Friedmann and the origins of modern cosmology,
Bose-Einstein condensation A. Belenkiy (ART) OCT 38
Archaeology terminology confusion, J. K. Holley (FOR) NOV 10
See Atomic physics; Condensed-matter physics; Quantum Computers and computational Exploring the extreme universe with the Fermi Gamma-Ray
physics
physics Space Telescope, D. J. Thompson, S. W. Digel, J. L. Racusin
(ART) NOV 39
Budgets See also Nonlinear science; Technology and engineering;
Theory and mathematical physics
See Funding and budgets Measuring morphological change (UP) JAN 16 Cryogenics
A marriage of microscopy and image compression (UP) See Instrumentation and techniques; Quantum physics;
Careers JAN 17 Superconductivity and superfluidity
A blind quantum computer makes its laboratory debut (SD)
See Employment and careers
MAR 21 < Crystallography
Magnetic reconnection in 3D (BS) MAR 76
Chaos Computer games take their place in the science classroom (IE) See also Biological physics; Condensed-matter physics;
APR 27 Medical physics
See Nonlinear science White House seeks to get a handle on “big data” (IE) MAY 28 Earth's natural quasicrystals came from outer space (UP)
Building a virus the simple way (UP) JUN 24 OCT 21
Chemical and molecular Theoretical challenges in understanding galaxy evolution, J. P.
Ostriker, T. Naab (ART) AUG 43 Department of Defense
physics
Despite gloomy economy, signs good for billion-dollar US
See also Atomic physics; Materials science; Quantum physics telescope (IE) SEP 22 See Funding and budgets; Military physics and arms control;
Monitoring surface diffusion, one molecule at a time (UP) Cloud simulations improving in climate models (UP) OCT 21 Science policy and politics
JAN 17
Tethered proteins speed up photosynthetic electron transfer Condensed-matter physics Department of Energy
(UP) FEB 20 See also Energy; Facilities and laboratories; Funding and
Radiation meets food, J. S. Dickson (QS) FEB 66 See also Crystallography; Fluids; Materials science; budgets; Science policy and politics
Improving organic semiconductors (BS) FEB 76 Microstructures and nanostructures; Rheology; A missing variable in the clean energy equation (IE) JAN 19
Superconductivity and superfluidity
Criegee chemistry is captured (SD) MAR 17 Silicon carbide defects hold promise for device-friendly qubits Small business technology program gains new lease on life
Inside a sonoluminescing microbubble, hints of a dense (IE) FEB 24
(SD) JAN 10
plasma (SD) APR 18 A self-assembled nanopattern exhibits near-perfect order (SD) With 2012 budgets set, the outlook for R&D clouds up (IE}
Toward an attosecond view of molecules (SD) MAY 16 MAR 14 FEB 27
Designer Dirac fermions (BS) MAY 76 Notes on Anderson localization, T. Castner; A. Lagendijk, Is Japan ready to forgo nuclear reprocessing? (IE) MAR 25
DNA-based sensors know what the nose knows (SD) B. van Tiggelen, D. Wiersma (FOR) MAY 10 Modest but uneven R&D increases proposed for FY 2013 (IE)
JUN 22 Fast times in ferromagnetic alloys (UP) MAY 18 APR 33
Reevaluating NMR coupling (UP) JUL 18 Heating and cooling with electron spins (UP) MAY 19 Fostering a research “ecosystem” (IE) MAY 22
Strange kinetics of single molecules in living cells, E. Barkai, Designer Dirac fermions (BS) MAY 76 Nuclear security agency and weapons labs at odds (IE) MAY 26
Y. Garini, R. Metzler (ART) AUG 29 Evidence for Majorana fermions in a nanowire (SD) JUN 14; White House seeks to get a handle on “big data” (IE) MAY 28
Hearing chemical compounds in real time (UP) OCT 20 correction AUG 12 Magnetic record (NN) MAY 30
A mysterious player on the atmospheric stage (SD) OCT 20 From black holes to strange metals, H. Liu (QS) JUN 68 Fifth DOE hub in the works (IE) JUL 28
Atomic force microscopy probes fractional differences in Topological phases and quasiparticle braiding, N. Read (ART) Romney, Obama surrogates spell out candidates’ energy
chemical bond order (SD) NOV 14 JUL 38 policies (IE) SEP 20
Nanopore DNA sequencing inches closer to commercial Resistivity in ordinary and strange metals: A clarification, Competition boosts clean-energy startups (IE) SEP 28
debut (IE) NOV 29 H. Liu (FOR) SEP 10 Ignition effort may be slowed as Livermore facility misses
What separates a liquid from a gas? V. V. Brazhkin, Ultrafast spectroscopy of quantum materials, J. Orenstein (ART) milestone (IE) OCT 28
K. Trachenko (QS) NOV 68 SEP 44
Ultracold chemistry in supersonic beams (UP) DEC 21 Earth's natural quasicrystals came from outer space (UP) Department of Homeland
OCT 21
Security
A single-atom qubit in silicon (UP) NOV 20
China
The original evidence of supersolidity in helium-4 is explained See Funding and budgets; Military physics and arms controi;
See Asia; International science away (SD) DEC 19 Science policy and politics
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Earth science Electromagnetism Ignition effort may be slowed as Livermore facility misses
milestone (IE) OCT 28
See also Atmospheric science; Environment; Ocean science; See Classical mechanics and electromagnetism As its renaissance recedes, US nuclear industry looks abroad
Space and planetary science
(IE) NOV 24
Slow slip: A new kind ofe arthquake, J. E. Vidale, H. Houston Electronic publishing Betavoltaic power sources, L. C. Olsen, P. Cabauy, B. J. Elkind
Crev(aAsRsTe)s JAmNa y 38m ake ice shelves more stable (UP) FEB 20 See Publishing, media, and the press (ART) DEC 35
The Arctic gyre spins up to store fresh water (UP) MAR 22
Environment
Predicting and managing extreme weather events, Electronics
J. Lubchenco, T. R. Karl (ART) MAR 31 See also Atmospheric science; Energy; Ocean science; Science
See Computers and computational physics; Industry and
Water in Earth's mantle, M. Hirschmann, D. Kohlstedt (ART) physics; Instrumentation and techniques; Technology and policy and politics; Society and physics
MAR 40 engineering Ocean acidification and coral reefs (UP) FEB 20
The many uses of electron antineutrinos,W . F.M cDonough, J.G Climate scientists not cowed by relentless climate change
Learned, S. T.D ye (ART) MAR 46 deniers (IE) FEB 22
Emergent phenomena
Temperature steps in salty seas, J. R. Carpenter, M.-L Another exchange on climate change, R. K. Adair; D. Schmidt;
Timmermans (QS) MAR 66 See also Nonlinear science; Theory and mathematical physics W. R. Dickinson; S. Rojas; R. Larson; N. J. Van Buer;
Memories of volcanic flame in Hawaii, J. M. Pasachoff (FOR) Dynamic similarity, the dimensionless science, D. Bolster, R. E. S. Sherwood; R. C. J. Somerville, S. J. Hassol (FOR) MAR 8
APR 12 Hershberger, R. J. Donnelly (ART) SEP 42 [2011]; correction Predicting and managing extreme weather events,
The triggering and persistence of the Little Ice Age (SD) FEB 12 J. Lubchenco, T. R. Karl (ART) MAR 31
APR 15 Networks in motion, A. E. Motter, R. Albert (ART) APR 43 The triggering and persistence of the Little ice Age (SD)
A note on rocky planet formation, B. Zuckerman (FOR) Evidence for Majorana fermions in a nanowire (SD) JUN 14; APR 15
JUN 13 correction AUG 12 Politics and humility in climate change debate, T. J. Goldman;
Carbon dioxide drove the ending of the last glacial epoch (SD) From black holes to strange metals, H. Liu (QS) JUN 68 R. J. L. Thompson; J. W. Cooper; F. Chen (FOR) JUN 9
JUN 16 Topological phases and quasiparticle braiding, N. Read (ART) Carbon dioxide drove the ending of the last glacial epoch (SD)
Time to reset isotopic clocks? (SD) JUN 20 JUL 38 JUN 16
Modeling the impact on Hawaii of the 2011 tsunami (UP) Resistivity in ordinary and strange metals: A clarification, Scientists poke holes in carbon dioxide sequestration (IE)
JUN 24 H. Liu (FOR) SEP 10 AUG 22
Costs for polar-orbiting weather satellites climb again (IE)
Magnetic recordingi n rocks, D. J.D unlop (ART) JUN 31 Dance of the microswimmers, E. Lauga, R. E. Goldstein (ART) AUG 26
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Environmental intelligence, basic thermodynamics, and policies (IE) SEP 20
extreme weather, N. Colleton; J. Allen (FOR) SEP 8 Employment and careers
Reading to the end of the last glacial epoch, J. Harte (FOR)
Earth's changing orbit shows up in tree ring data (UP) SEP 19 See also Education; Industry and physics; Society and physics; OCT 13
Deterministic chaos and geomagnetic reversals (BS) SEP 84 Sociology of science Cloud simulations improving in climate models (UP) OCT 21
Questioning mantle plumes, D. L.A nderson (FOR) OCT 10 Science fellows find policy “a perfect fit” (IE) JAN 24; correction Less trade, quieter seas (UP) OCT 21
Reading to the end of the last glacial epoch, J. Harte (FOR) MAR 13 Obama, Romney agree on support for basic research, but little
OCT 13 Astronomy education and jobs (NN) FEB 28 else (IE) OCT 22
Global positioning: The early Finnish connection, J. Kakkuri Women in physics: A tale ofl imits, R. Ivie, C. L. Tesfaye (ART) Snowfall thickens the East Antarctic ice sheet (UP) DEC 22
|.. Kivioja (FOR) NOV 8 FEB 47 NOAA consolidates its climate-modeling network (IE) DEC 26
A new 3D microscopy tool in the geologist’s kit (SD) NOV 18 Physics faculty jobs (NN) JUN 30
Snowfall thickens the East Antarctic ice sheet (UP) DEC 22 Physics resources for varied communities, C. O'Riordan (ART) Europe
NOAA consolidates its climate-modeling network (IE) JUN 48
DEC 26 Jobs for physics doctorates (IE) AUG 27 See also International science
Looking at volcanoes with cosmic-ray muons, G. Saracino Physics graduates at work (NN) OCT 29 From cells to limbs, UK center studies war injuries (IE) FEB 25
C. Carloganu (QS) DEC 60 Fusion could fuel particle physicists’ future, R. Johnson (FOR) Scorecard shows wide disparity in the security of world’s
weapons materials (IE) MAR 24
NOV 10
Education Risky business: A study of physics entrepreneurship, O. R. Butler, Science endures as conditions in Greece worsen (IE) APR 24
R. J.A nderson (ART) DEC 39 Obama urges renewed efforts on arms control (IE) MAY 24
See also Employment and careers; Society and physics Jupiter mission selection garners excitement, questions (IE)
Sociology of science Energy JUN 29
New York City seeds tech campus (IE) MAR 26 New international scientific organization is launched (IE)
Computer games take their place in the science classroom (IE) See also Department of Energy; Environment; Nuclear physics; JUL 27
APR 27 Plasmas and fusion; Science policy and politics; Society Germany differentiates its universities (IE) AUG 24
Modest but uneven R&D increases proposed for FY 2013 (IE) and physics First seeded free electron laser shines for users (IE) NOV 28
APR 33 Chief scientist Ellen Williams seeks to bring new energy to BP
Problem sets and other deterrents for women, M. Lesmeister (IE) JAN 18 Facilities and laboratories
D. Grayson; S. Gilbert, C.H einer, N.H olmes, |. Roll, G. Rieger A missing variable in the clean energy equation (IE) JAN 19
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A. Welsh; J. Winkler; M. N. Bass; J. Trefil, S. Swartz (FOR Multiple exciton generation enhances a working solar cell See also Department of Energy; Funding and budgets
MAY 8 (SD) FEB 17 A resource for laboratory safety, M. Nornberg (FOR) JAN 9
Sexism may be in the eye of the beholder, R. Wolfson Is Japan ready to forgo nuclear reprocessing? (IE) MAR 25 Chile aims to better exploit role as telescope host (IE) JAN 20
L. Lederman, C. Hill (FOR) JUN 12 Reactor resurgence (NN) MAR 29 From cells to limbs, UK center studies war injuries (IE) FEB 25
Teaching general relativity to undergraduates, N. Christensen A better option for US fusion program, W. Manheimer (FOR) Regional centers extend ICTP work in South and Central
T. Moore (ART) JUN 41 MAY 12 America (IE) APR 29
Physics resources for varied communities, C. O'Riordan (ART) Private versus public energy solutions, J. W. Grula (FOR) Hats off to Japanese center (NN) APR 30
JUN 48° JUL 10 A better option for US fusion program, W. Manheimer (FOR)
STEM solutions through college collaborations, J. |. Villalobos Thoughts on concentrated solar power, M. Hirsch; M. Natelson MAY 12
(FOR) JUL 11 (FOR) JUL 12 Nuclear security agency and weapons labs at odds (IE)
Scientists share blame for public's ignorance of science (IE) Fifth DOE hub in the works (IE) JUL 28 MAY 26 —c=mom~Tc _o om
JUL 23 Scientists poke holes in carbon dioxide sequestration (IE) Taking steps toward the next big particle collider (1E) MAY 27
Germany differentiates its universities (IE) AUG 24 AUG 22 Budget squeezes neutrinos (NN) MAY 30
Obama, Romney agree on support for basic research, but little Romney, Obama surrogates spell out candidates’ energy Magnetic record (NN) MAY 30
else (IE) OCT 22 policies (IE) SEP 20 Commentary: What defines a healthy US particle-physics
Coin Stack (BS) NOV 92 APS questions new uranium enrichment technology (IE) program? P. S. Drell (FOR) JUN 8
Delivering science to the public, L.B . Hopkins; B. P. Stein (FOR) SEP 25 Antarctic telescope (NN) JUN 30
DEC 15 Competition boosts clean-energy startups (IE) SEP 28 Dual sites for the SKA radio telescope (IE) JUL 25
Hong Kong's physics departments adapt to education Obama, Romney agree on support for basic research, but little Fifth DOE hub in the works (IE) JUL 28
overhaul (IE) DEC 23 else (IE) OCT 22 Plasma record in China (NN) AUG 28
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B. Schulte; R. Schnabel (FOR) SEP 8 telescope (IE) SEP 22
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Despite gloomy economy, signs good for billion-dollar US Obama, Romney agree on support for basic research, but little
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telescope (IE) SEP 22 else (IE) OCT 22
Robots headed out to sea (IE) OCT 25 Ignition effort may be slowed as Livermore facility misses
US nuclear physics facilities on the chopping block (IE) milestone (IE) OCT 28 Industry and physics
NOV 26 As its renaissance recedes, US nuclear industry looks abroad See also Employment and careers; Sociology of science;
First seeded free electron laser shines for users (IE) NOV 28 (IE) NOV 24 Technology and engineering
NOAA consolidates its climate-modeling network (IE) DEC 26 US nuclear physics facilities on the chopping block (IE) NOV 26 Chief scientist Ellen Williams seeks to bring new energy to BP
Open letter to the associate director for DOE's Office of Fusion (IE) JAN 18
Fluids Energy Sciences, V. Lukin, A. White (FOR) DEC 14 Reactor resurgence (NN) MAR 29
Risky business: A study of physics entrepreneurship, O. R. Butler, Physics resources for varied communities, C. O'Riordan (ART)
See also Condensed-matter physics; Nonlinear science; R. J. Anderson (ART) DEC 39 JUN 48
Rheology; Superconductivity and superfluidity
Dynamic similarity, the dimensionless science, D. Bolster, R. E. Competition boosts cleari-energy startups (IE) SEP 28
Hershberger, R. J. Donnelly (ART) SEP 42 [2011]; correction Fusion and plasmas As its renaissance recedes, US nuclear industry looks abroad
FEB 12 See Plasmas and fusion (IE) NOV 24
Wrinkled roaches and flapping flags (UP) JAN 16 Nanopore DNA sequencing inches closer to commercial
Silicon meets the butterfly wing (UP) JAN 17 debut (IE) NOV 29
Fluid mixing from viscous fingering (BS) JAN 72 Geophysics Risky business: A study of physics entrepreneurship, O. R. Butler,
Analyses of dimensionless science, J. E. Allen; H. Blatter; A. D. See Atmospheric science; Earth science; Energy; Environment; R. J. Anderson (ART) DEC 39
Allen (FOR) FEB 11 Ocean science; Space and planetary science
The Arctic gyre spins up to store fresh water (UP) MAR 22 Instrumentation and
New insights into droplet collisions (UP) MAR 22 Government and physics techniques
Temperature steps in salty seas, J. R. Carpenter, M.-L.
Timmermans (QS) MAR 66 See Science policy and politics See also Metrology and fundamental constants; Microscopy;
Exploring the interface between the Sun’s surface and corona, Technology and engineering
C. C. Kankelborg (QS) APR 72 High-pressure physics Tides, moonlight, machines, and D-Day, D. W. Olson, R. L.
Turbulence in two dimensions, N. T. Ouellette (QS) MAY 68 Doescher; P. Zimmerman; B. Parker (FOR) JAN 8
Classical vortex beams show their discrete side (SD) JUN 18 See Condensed-matter physics; Earth science Measuring morphological change (UP) JAN 16
Modeling the impact on Hawaii of the 2011 tsunami (UP) A marriage of microscopy and image compression (UP)
JUN 24 History and philosophy JAN 17
The hydrodynamics of shark skin (BS) JUN 76 See also Biography and personalities; Obituaries; Sociology Accelerated ion beams for art forensics, P. Collon, M. Wiescher
Theory meets experiment in the blink of an eye (UP) JUL 17 of science (QS) JAN 58
Archimedes’s principle gets updated (SD) SEP 15 Correcting the Coriolis correlation, R. A. Akmaev; J. Clarage A new suitor in the carbon-14 dating game (UP) FEB 20
Microfluidic chip sorts the living from the dead (UP) SEP 19 (FOR) JAN 8 Improving organic semiconductors (BS) FEB 76
Dance of the microswimmers, E. Lauga, R. E. Goldstein (ART) Tides, moonlight, machines, and D-Day, D. W. Olson, R. L. Frequency-doubled photons can measure current density
SEP 30 Doescher; P. Zimmerman; B. Parker (FOR) JAN 8 (SD) MAR 15
Flow geometry controls viscous fingering (SD) OCT 15 Einstein, too, miscredited Hubble's “discovery,” R. J. Reynolds New plastic detects weapons materials (IE) MAR 28
Interacting solitary waves (UP) NOV 20 (FOR) JAN 9 Time for the future (IE) MAR 28
Filter-free separation of particles by shape (UP) NOV 21 A century of cosmic rays, P. Carlson (ART) FEB 30; correction The many uses ofe iectron antineutrinos, W. F. McDonough, J. G
What separates a liquid from a gas? V. V. Brazhkin, MAY 12 Learned, S. T. Dye (ART) MAR 46
K. Trachenko (QS) NOV 68 Mikhail Lomonosov and the dawn of Russian science, V. Shiltsev Ocean sensing is influenced by platform, C. Waldmann (FOR)
Extreme water (UP) DEC 22 (ART) FEB 40 APR 12
An optofluidic random laser (UP) DEC 22 Another exchange on climate change, R. K. Adair; D. Schmidt; Nano 3D printing hits the fast track (BS) APR 80
W. R. Dickinson; S. Rojas; R. Larson; N. J. Van Buer; Shhhh. Listen to the data (IE) MAY 20
Fundamental constants S. Sherwood; R. C. J. Somerville, S. J. Hassol (FOR) MAR 8 Molding the flow ofl ight: Photonics in astronomy, J. Bland-
Radioactive toothpaste and reversed helicity, E. Merzbacher; Hawthorn, P. Kern (ART) MAY 31
See Metrology and fundamental constants B. Esterling; A. S. Goldhaber (FOR) APR 10 IceCube fails to see neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts (UP)
Herschel archives (NN) APR 30 JUN 23
Funding and budgets Notes on Anderson localization, T. Castner; A. Lagendijk, Doppler sonar in air for border security (UP) JUN 24
B. van Tiggelen, D. Wiersma (FOR) MAY 10 On the weakness of passive radiation detectors, A. DeVolpi
See Ianltseor nDaetipoanratlm esnctie ncoef; EnNeArSgAy;; FNaactiiliotniaels aSncdie nlcaeb orFaotuonrdieast;i on; Insights from the classical atom, P. Gruji¢, N. Simonovie (ART) (FOR) JUL 13
Science policy and politics MAY 40; correction AUG 12 Graphene photodetectors get gain (SD) JUL 15
NSF invites “CREATIV” research proposals (IE) JAN 23 A tale of openness and secrecy: The Philadelphia Story, Reevaluating NMR coupling (UP) JUL 18
Small business technology program gains new lease on life A. Wellerstein (ART) MAY 47 Catching a submarine volcano in the act (SD) AUG 16
(IE) FEB 24 Physics resources for varied communities, C. O'Riordan (ART) A new imaging technique for analyzing art (UP) AUG 20
With 2012 budgets set, the outlook for R&D clouds up (IE) JUN 48 Plutonium-239 yields to nuclear magnetic resonance (UP)
FEB 27 Ancient Maya astronomical tables (UP) JUL 18 AUG 20
Science endures as conditions in Greece worsen (IE) APR 24 Putting the Savannah River Site where it belongs, G. S. A brief note on the Long Now clock, G. L. Baker (FOR) SEP 8
Modest but uneven R&D increases proposed for FY 2013 (IE) Lightner (FOR) AUG 12 Ultrafast spectroscopy of quantum materials, J. Orenstein (ART)
APR 33 Crossword: In memory of Niels Bohr, N. Pasachoff (FOR) SEP 9 SEP 44
A better option for US fusion program, W. Manheimer (FOR) Anatomy of a fall: Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the story of g, Superfluid helium interferometers, Y. Sato, R. Packard (ART)
MAY 12 C. M. Graney (ART) SEP 36 OCT 31
Fostering a research “ecosystem” (IE) MAY 22 Marietta Blau in the history of cosmic rays, R. L. Sime; A new 3D microscopy tool in the geologist’s kit (SD) NOV 18
Taking steps toward the next big particle collider (IE) MAY 27 P. Carlson (FOR) OCT 8 Different photons in, indistinguishable photons out (UP)
White House seeks to get a handle on “big data” (IE) MAY 28 Early telephone credit claims, R. Molteni; P. Boucher (FOR) NOV 21
Budget squeezes neutrinos (NN) MAY 30 OcT9 Filter-free separation of particles by shape (UP) NOV 21
Progress in fusion, but not in its US funding (IE) JUN 25 Answers: In memory of Niels Bohr, N. Pasachoff (FOR) OCT 13 A transparent microactuator from a single piece of glass (UP)
Jupiter mission selection garners excitement, questions (IE) Alexander Friedmann and the origins of modern cosmology, NOV 21
JUN 29 A. Belenkiy (ART) OCT 38 Nanopore DNA sequencing inches closer to commercial
STEM solutions through college collaborations, J. |. Villalobos Further Coriolis correlation considerations, M. Lopez-Mariscal; debut (IE) NOV 29
(FOR) JUL 11 C. M. Graney (FOR) NOV 8 Manipulating the color and shape ofsi ngle photons, M. G.
On the weakness of passive radiation detectors, A. DeVolpi Global positioning: The early Finnish connection, J. Kakkuri, Raymer, K. Srinivasan (ART) NOV 32
(FOR) JUL 13 L. Kivioja (FOR) NOV 8 Ultracold chemistry in supersonic beams (UP) DEC 21
Canada's researchers fret over shifts in funding landscape (IE) Did Lomonosov see the Venusian atmosphere? J. M. Extreme water (UP) DEC 22
JUL 20 Pasachoff, W. Sheehan; V. Shiltsev (FOR) NOV 11 Robotic vehicles taking up positions under the sea (IE) DEC 24
Germany differentiates its universities (IE) AUG 24 Oliver Heaviside: A first-rate oddity, B. J. Hunt (ART) NOV 48 X-ray imaging detectors, S. M. Gruner (ART) DEC 29
Costs for polar-orbiting weather satellites climb again (IE) Risky business: A study of physics entrepreneurship, O. R. Butler, Looking at volcanoes with cosmic-ray muons, G. Saracino,
AUG 26 R. J. Anderson (ART) DEC 39 C. Carloganu (QS) DEC 60
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Chile aims to better exploit role as telescope host (IE) JAN 20 Silicon carbide defects hold promise for device-friendly qubits A new 3D microscopy tool in the geologist’s kit (SD) NOV 18
Scorecard shows wide disparity in the security of world’s (SD) JAN 10
weapons materials (IE) MAR 24 Building ultralight lattices (SD) JAN 13
Is Japan ready to forgo nuclear reprocessing? (IE) MAR 25 Molding many-faced particles (UP) JAN 16 Microstructures and
New York City seeds tech campus (IE) MAR 26 A marriage of microscopy and image compression (UP) JAN 17 nanostructures
Regional centers extend ICTP work in South and Central Monitoring surface diffusion, one molecule at a time (UP) See also Condensed-matter physics; Materials science;
America (IE) APR 29 JAN 17 Quantum physics
Obama urges renewed efforts on arms control (IE) MAY 24 Silicon meets the butterfly wing (UP) JAN 17 Building ultralight lattices (SD) JAN 13
Taking steps toward the next big particle collider (IE) MAY 27 Multiple exciton generation enhances a working solar cell Molding many-faced particles (UP) JAN 16
(SD) FEB 17
Progress in fusion, but not in its US funding (IE) JUN 25 Improving organic semiconductors (BS) FEB 76 Silicon meets the butterfly wing (UP) JAN 17
Stove designed by US national lab improves lives in Darfur (IE) Optical-fiber microcavities reach angstrom-scale precision
A self-assembled nanopattern exhibits near-perfect order (SD)
JUN 26 (SD) FEB 14
Max Planck pushes frontiers around globe (IE) JUN 29 MAR 14 Multiple exciton generation enhances a working solar cell
Frequency-doubled photons can measure current density
Antarctic telescope (NN) JUN 30 (SD) FEB 17
(SD) MAR 15
Canada’s researchers fret over shifts in funding landscape (IE) Surface-healing nanoparticles find their target (UP) MAR 22 A self-assembled nanopattern exhibits near-perfect order (SD)
JUL 20 New plastic detects weapons materials (iE) MAR 28 MAR 14
Dual sites for the SKA radio telescope (IE) JUL 25 Surface-healing nanoparticles find their target (UP) MAR 22
Custom shapes from swell gels (SD) MAY 15
New international scientific organization is launched (IE) Fast times in ferromagnetic alloys (UP) MAY 18 DNA nanobarrel delivers the goods (SD) APR 20
JUL 27 Designer Dirac fermions (BS) MAY 76 Nano 3D printing hits the fast track (BS) APR 80
High school students compete in Estonia (IE) SEP 26 Custom shapes from swell gels (SD) MAY 15
Max Planck pushes frontiers around globe (IE) JUN 29
South Korea invests big in basic research (IE) OCT 26 Artificial materials manipulate heat flow (SD) JUL 16 Heating and cooling with electron spins (UP) MAY 19
Evidence for Majorana fermions in a nanowire (SD) JUN 14;
Fifth DOE hub in the works (IE) JUL 28
Japan The mechanics of traumatic brain injury (BS) JUL 72 correction AUG 12
Entangled two-spin qubits (UP) JUN 23
Platinum hairs add finishing touch to artificial skin (UP) SEP 18
See Asia; international science Graphene photodetectors get gain (SD) JUL 15
Competition boosts clean-energy startups (IE) SEP 28
Quantum optomechanics, M. Aspelmeyer, P. Meystre,
Journals GeomSeEtP ri7c0 cohesion in granular materials, S. V. Franklin (QS) K. Schwab (ART) JUL 29
Nanotechnology in cancer medicine, J. H. Grossman, S. E.
See Publishing, media, and the press A transparent microactuator from a single piece of glass (UP) McNeil (ART) AUG 38
NOV 21 Platinum hairs add finishing touch to artificial skin (UP) SEP 18
Lasers and photonics X-ray imaging detectors, S. M. Gruner (ART) DEC 29 Microfluidic chip sorts the living from the dead (UP) SEP 19
Filter-free separation of particles by shape (UP) NOV 21
See also Instrumentation and techniques; Optics; Quantum Mathematical physics A transparent microactuator from a single piece of glass (UP)
Frepqhuyesniccsy -doubled photons can measure current density See Theory and mathematical physics An NopOtVo fl2u1i dic random laser (UP) DEC 22
(SD) MAR 15
A blind quantum computer makes its laboratory debut (SD Mechanics
MAR 21 Military physics and
See Classical mechanics and electromagnetism
Toward an attosecond view of molecules (SD) MAY 16 arms control
Fast times in ferromagnetic alloys (UP) MAY 18
Media and the press See also Science policy and politics; Society and physics
Ultrashort pulses of optical superradiance (UP) MAY 19 Discussions in scientific nuclear diplomacy, A. DeVolpir; I. R.
Molding the flow ofli ght: Photonicsi n astronomy, J. Bland See Books; Publishing, media, and the press; Society and Lindemuth; K. LaGattuta; D. Marton; S. S. Hecker (FOR)
Hawthorn, P. Kern (ART) MAY 31 physics FEB8
Coherence and precision in classical systems, S. Klein; From cells to limbs, UK center studies war injuries (IE) FEB 25
R. Sewell, M. Mitchell (FOR) JUN 13 Medical physics With 2012 budgets set, the outlook for R&D clouds up (IE) FEB 27
Graphene photodetectors get gain (SD) JUL 15 Scorecard shows wide disparity in the security of world’s
Quantum optomechanics, M. Aspelmeyer, P. Meystre See also Biological physics; Crystallography weapons materials (IE) MAR 24
K. Schwab (ART) JUL 29 DNA nanobarrel delivers the goods (SD) APR 20 New plastic detects weapons materials (IE) MAR 28
Optical vortex pulses (UP) SEP 13 Diagnosing thyroid cancer with ultrasound (UP) MAY 19 The many uses ofe lectron antineutrinos, W. F. McDonough, J. G.
APS questions new uranium enrichment technology (IE The mechanics of traumatic brain injury (BS) JUL 72 Learned, S. T. Dye (ART) MAR 46
SEP 25 Nanotechnology in cancer medicine, J. H. Grossman, S. E. Modest but uneven R&D increases proposed for FY 2013 (IE)
McNeil (ART) AUG 38
Ultrafast spectroscopy of quantum materials, J. Orenstein (ART APR 33
SEP 44 intrinsically disordered proteins, P. Tompa, K.-H. Han (QS) Obama urges renewed efforts on arms control (IE) MAY 24
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Hearing chemical compounds in real time (UP) OCT 20 Nuclear security agency and weapons labs at odds (IE) MAY 26
A new 3D microscopy tool in the geologist's kit (SD) NOV 18 Platinum hairs add finishing touch to artificial skin (UP) SEP 18 A tale of openness and secrecy: The Philadelphia Story,
Different photons in, indistinguishable photons out (UP Toward a compact microbeam radiotherapy system (UP) A. Wellerstein (ART) MAY 47
NOV 21 SEP 18 On the weakness of passive radiation detectors, A. DeVolpi
First seeded free electron laser shines for users (IE) NOV 28 (FOR) JUL 13
Manipulating the color and shape of single photons, M. G Metrology and fundamental APS questions new uranium enrichment technology (IE) SEP 25
Raymer, K. Srinivasan (ART) NOV 32 constants Obama, Romney agree on support for basic research, but little
An optofluidic random laser (UP) DEC 22 else (IE) OCT 22
See also Instrumentation and techniques Robots headed out to sea (IE) OCT 25
Latin America Tabled decision gains time for leap seconds (IE) MAR 27 Ignition effort may be slowed as Livermore facility misses
Time for the future (IE) MAR 28 milestone (IE) OCT 28
See International science Coherence and precision in classical systems, S. Klein; As its renaissance recedes, US nuclear industry looks abroad
R. Sewell, M. Mitchell (FOR) JUN 13 (IE) NOV 24
Low-temperature physics A brief note on the Long Now clock, G. L. Baker (FOR) SEP 8 Robotic vehicles taking up positions under the sea (IE) DEC 24
Global positioning: The early Finnish connection, J. Kakkuri,
See Instrumentation and techniques; Quantum physics; L. Kivioja (FOR) NOV 8 Minorities in physics
Superconductivity and superfluidity
Microscopy See Sociology of science
Magnetism
See also Instrumentation and techniques; Lasers and Miscellaneous
See Classical mechanics and electromagnetism; Condensed- photonics; Optics
matter physics; Earth science; Quantum physics; Space and A marriage of microscopy and image compression (UP) Czech sculptor deserves credit, M. Dryburgh (FOR) JAN 9
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Radiation meets food, J. S. Dickson (QS) FEB 66 FEB 8 See Scientific societies
Exploring the art of science, F. Shair (FOR) MAR 12 A tale of openness and secrecy: The Philadelphia Story,
How rumors spread (UP) APR 22 A. Wellerstein (ART) MAY 47 Optics
Putting the Savannah River Site where it belongs, G. S. Time to reset isotopic clocks? (SD) JUN 20 See also Instrumentation and techniques; Lasers and
Lightner (FOR) AUG 12 On the weakness of passive radiation detectors, A. DeVolpi photonics; Microscopy
A new imaging technique for analyzing art (UP) AUG 20 (FOR) JUL 13 Silicon meets the butterfly wing (UP) JAN 17
Crossword: In memory of Niels Bohr, N. Pasachoff (FOR) SEP 9 Plutonium-239 yields to nuclear magnetic resonance (UP) Optical-fiber microcavities reach angstrom-scale precision
Answers: In memory of Niels Bohr, N. Pasachoff (FOR) OCT 13 AUG 20 (SD) FEB 14
Nuclear data (NN) SEP 29
A new suitor in the carbon-14 dating game (UP) FEB 20
US nuclear physics facilities on the chopping block (IE)
Molecular physics Frequency-doubled photons can measure current density
NOV 26
(SD) MAR 15
See Chemical and molecular physics
A blind quantum computer makes its laboratory debut (SD)
Nuclear reactors and nuclear MAR 21
Nanostructures energy An optical probe of quantum gravity? (UP) MAY 19
See Microstructures and nanostructures See Department of Energy; Energy; Nuclear physics Ultrashort pulses of optical superradiance (UP) MAY 19
Molding the flow ofl ight: Photonics in astronomy, J. Bland-
NASA Hawthorn, P. Kern (ART) MAY 31
Nuclear weapons Rydberg excitations power a new single-photon source (SD)
See also Funding and budgets; Science policy and politics See Department of Energy; Military physics and arms control JUL 14
Small business technology program gains new lease on life Graphene photodetectors get gain (SD) JUL 15
(IE) FEB 24 Quantum optomechanics, M. Aspelmeyer, P. Meystre,
With 2012 budgets set, the outlook for R&D clouds up (IE) Obituaries K. Schwab (ART) JUL 29
FEB 27 See also Biography and personalities; History and philosophy A new imaging technique for analyzing art (UP) AUG 20
Exploring the art of science, F. Shair (FOR) MAR 12 M. Baldo Ceolin (OB) AUG 60 Signal to noise in the search for gravitational waves,
Modest but uneven R&D increases proposed for FY 2013 (IE) R. Blinc (OB) APR 70 B. Schulte; R. Schnabel (FOR) SEP 8
APR 33 R. G. Fuller (OB) JUL 62 Optical vortex pulses (UP) SEP 18
Jupiter mission selection garners excitement, questions (IE) S. Hagstr6m (OB) MAY 65 Seeing the sound to locate its source (UP) SEP 19
JUN 29 H. A. Hauptman (OB) APR 71 A transparent microactuator from a single piece of glass (UP)
NASA receives spy telescopes (IE) JUL 26 R. A. Helliwell (OB) JAN 55 NOV 21
Costs for polar-orbiting weather satellites climb again (IE) AUG 26 F. Holtzberg (OB) AUG 61 Manipulating the color and shape of single photons, M. G.
Obama, Romney agree on support for basic research, but little D. Lazarus (OB) MAR 65 Raymer, K. Srinivasan (ART) NOV 32
else (IE) OCT 22
F. Lizhi (OB) SEP 66; correction DEC 15
A.C. B. Lovell (OB) NOV 67 Optoelectronics
National Institute of Standards A. B. Meinel (OB) MAY 66
See Lasers and photonics; Optics
and Technology D. L. Mills (OB) AUG 62
A. W. Overhauser (OB) OCT 69
See Facilities and laboratories; Funding and budgets; Particle physics
P. M. Platzman (OB) JUN 64
Metrology and fundamental constants; Science policy
and politics J. W. Quinn (OB) DEC 58 See also Cosmology and general relativity; Nuclear physics;
N. F. Ramsey Jr (OB) FEB 64 Theory and mathematical physics
F. S. Rowland (OB) OCT 70 The Large Hadron Collider yields tantalizing hints of the Higgs
National laboratories D. Sayre (OB) JUN 65 boson (SD) FEB 16
See Facilities and laboratories N. Untersteiner (OB) JUN 66 A century ofc osmic rays, P. Carlson (ART) FEB 30; correction
S. van der Meer (OB) JAN 56 MAY 12
National Science Foundation S. A. Watkins (OB) OCT 72 The many uses ofe lectron antineutrinos, W. F. McDonough, J. G.
R. S. Yalow (OB) MAY 66 Learned, S. T. Dye (ART) MAR 46
See also Funding and budgets; Science policy and politics H. Zirin (OB) SEP 68 Radioactive toothpaste and reversed helicity, E. Merzbacher;
NSF invites “CREATIV” research proposals (IE) JAN 23 B. Esterling; A. S. Goldhaber (FOR) APR 10
With 2012 budgets set, the outlook for R&D clouds up (IE) Ocean science On the value of particle physics, C. E. Roos (FOR) MAY 10
FEB 27 _ Reactor experiment reveals neutrino oscillation’s third mixing
Modest but uneven R&D increases proposed for FY 2013 (IE) See also Atmospheric science; Earth science; Environment angle (SD) MAY 13
APR 33 Tides, moonlight, machines, and D-Day, D. W. Olson, R. L. Taking steps toward the next big particle collider (IE) MAY 27
White House seeks to get a handle on “big data” (IE) MAY 28 Doescher; P. Zimmerman; B. Parker (FOR) JAN 8 Budget squeezes neutrinos (NN) MAY 30
New international scientific organization is launched (IE) Crevasses may make ice shelves more stable (UP) FEB 20 Commentary: What defines a healthy US particle-physics
JUL 27 Ocean acidification and coral reefs (UP) FEB 20 program? P. S. Drell (FOR) JUN 8
The Arctic gyre spins up to store fresh water (UP) MAR 22 Nature's manifest absurdity: A cautionary tale, M. Nauenberg;
Nonlinear science Temperature steps in salty seas, J. R. Carpenter, M.-L. A. Chodos (FOR) JUN 12
Timmermans (QS) MAR 66 Evidence for Majorana fermions in a nanowire (SD) JUN 14;
See also Computers and computational physics; Emergent Ocean sensing is influenced by platform, C. Waldmann (FOR) correction AUG 12
phenomena; Fluids; Rheology; Theory and mathematical APR 12 IceCube fails to see neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts (UP)
physics The triggering and persistence of the Little Ice Age (SD) APR 15 JUN 23
Frequency-doubled photons can measure current density Carbon dioxide drove the ending of the last glacial epoch (SD) From black holes to strange metals, H. Liu (QS) JUN 68
tle (SD) MAR 15 JUN 16 Spin correlation in top-quark pairs (UP) JUL 17
Turbulence in two dimensions, N. T. Ouellette (QS) MAY 68 Modeling the impact on Hawaii of the 2011 tsunami (UP) Discovery or fluke: Statistics in particle physics, L. lyons (ART)
Dance of the microswimmers, E. Lauga, R. E. Goldstein (ART) JUN 24 JUL 45; correction NOV 12
SEP 30 Catching a submarine volcano in the act (SD) AUG 16 Putting the Savannah River Site where it belongs, G. S.
Deterministic chaos and geomagnetic reversals (BS) Reading to the end of the last glacial epoch, J. Harte (FOR) Lightner (FOR) AUG 12
SEP 84 OCT 13 A Higgs particle has been spotted (UP) AUG 19
ExotOicC Tc h1i7m era dynamics glimpsed in experiments (SD) Less trade, quieter seas (UP) OCT 21 Resistivity in ordinary and strange metals: A clarification,
Robots headed out to sea (IE) OCT 25 H. Liu (FOR) SEP 10
Physics peeks into the ballot box, S. Fortunato, C. Castellano
(QS) OCT 74 Interacting solitary waves (UP) NOV 20 The Higgs particle, or something much like it, has been
Snowfall thickens the East Antarctic ice sheet (UP) DEC 22 spotted (SD) SEP 12
Interacting solitary waves (UP) NOV 20
Robotic vehicles taking up positions under the sea (1E) DEC 24 Gauge symmetry saved, mass endowed (SD) SEP 14
Low-energy tools underlie high-energy physics, J. F.
Nuclear physics Office of Science and Waymouth (FOR) OCT 12
See also Energy; Particle physics Technology Policy Fusion could fuel particle physicists’ future, R. Johnson (FOR)
Accelerated ion beams for art forensics, P. Colion, M. Wiescher NOV 10
(QS) JAN 58 See Science policy and politics Let's not call it the ‘God particle, M. Peshkin (FOR) NOV 12
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Time-reversal asymmetry in particle physics has finally been Commentary: Quantum mechanics: Fixing the shifty split, Predicting and managing extreme weather events,
clearly seen (SD) NOV 16 N. D. Mermin (FOR) JUL 8 J. Lubchenco,T . R. Karl (ART) MAR 31
Looking at volcanoes with cosmic-ray muons, G. Saracino, Rydberg excitations power a new single-photon source (SD) Science endures as conditions in Greece worsen (IE) APR 24
C. Carloganu (QS) DEC 60 JUL 14 Modest but uneven R&D increases proposed for FY 2013 (IE)
Quantum optomechanics, M. Aspelmeyer, P. Meystre, APR 33
Philosophy of science K. Schwab (ART) JUL 29 On the value of particle physics, C. E. Roos (FOR) MAY 10
Topological phases and quasiparticle braiding, N. Read (ART) A better option for US fusion program, W. Manheimer (FOR)
See History and philosophy JUL 38 MAY 12
Signal to noise in the search for gravitational waves, Fostering a research “ecosystem” (IE) MAY 22
Planetary science B. Schulte; R. Schnabel (FOR) SEP 8 Obama urges renewed efforts on arms control (IE) MAY 24
Ultrafast spectroscopy of quantum materials, J. Orenstein (ART) Nuclear security agency and weapons labs at odds (IE) MAY 26
See Earth science; Space and planetary science SEP 44 White House seeks to get a handle on “big data” (IE) MAY 28
Superfluid helium interferometers, Y. Sato, R. Packard (ART) Budget squeezes neutrinos (NN) MAY 30
Plasmas and fusion OCT 31 A tale of openness and secrecy: The Philadelphia Story,
See also Astronomy and astrophysics; Energy; Space and A single-atom qubit in silicon (UP) NOV 20 A. Wellerstein (ART) MAY 47
planetary science Different photons in, indistinguishable photons out (UP) Commentary: What defines a healthy US particle-physics
Inside a sonoluminescing microbubble, hints of a dense NOV 21 program? P. S. Drell (FOR) JUN 8
plasma (SD) APR 18 Manipulating the color and shape ofs ingle photons, M. G. Politics and humility in climate change debate, T. J. Goldman;
Raymer, K. Srinivasan (ART) NOV 32 R. J. L. Thompson; J. W. Cooper; F. Chen (FOR) JUN 9
Solar eruptive events, G. D. Holman (ART) APR 56
Exploring the interface between the Sun's surface and corona, Measured responses to quantum Bayesianism, R. B. Griffiths; Progress in fusion, but not in its US funding (IE) JUN 25
C. C. Kankelborg (QS) APR 72 C. H. Woo; M. Nauenberg; A. Hobson; B. Stacey; N. D. White House, Congress mull future of scientific journals (IE)
A better option for US fusion program, W. Manheimer (FOR) Mermin (FOR) DEC 8 JUN 27
MAY 12 Physics Nobel honors pioneers in quantum optics (SD) DEC 16 Physics resources for varied communities, C. O'Riordan (ART)
Progress in fusion, but not in its US funding (IE) JUN 25 Ultracold chemistry in supersonic beams (UP) DEC 21 JUN 48
Max Planck pushes frontiers around globe (IE) JUN 29 Highly charged ions challenge QED (UP) DEC 22 Private versus public energy solutions, J. W. Grula (FOR)
When a dusty plasma gets dirty (UP) AUG 19 JUL 10
Plasma record in China (NN) AUG 28 Rheology Thoughts on concentrated solar power, M. Hirsch; M. Natelson
(FOR) JUL 12
Fusion could fuel particle physicists’ future, R. Johnson (FOR) See also Condensed-matter physics; Fluids; Nonlinear science On the weakness of passive radiation detectors, A. DeVolpi
OpeENnnO eVlr egtyt1e 0r Sctioe ntchees ,a sVs.o cLiuaktine, diAre.Wc thoirt e for( FODRO)E 'sD ECOf fi1c4e of Fusion DynHFaEemBri sch 1b2es irmgielarr,i tyR,. Jt.h eD odninmeelnlsyi on(lAeRsTs) SscEiPe nc4e2, [D2.0 11Bo]l;s tceorr, reRc.t iEo. n CanaJ(dUFaLO' Rs)2 0 JrUeLs ea1r3c hers fret over shifts in funding landscape (IE)
Extreme water (UP) DEC 22 Fluid mixing from viscous fingering (BS) JAN 72 Scientists share blame for public's ignorance of science (IE)
Analyses of dimensionless science, J. E. Allen; H. Blatter; A. D. JUL 23
Public understanding Allen (FOR) FEB 11 Dual sites for the SKA radio telescope (IE) JUL 25
of science Water in Earth’s mantle, M. Hirschmann, D. Kohistedt (ART) New international scientific organization is launched (IE) JUL 27
MAR 40 Fifth DOE hub in the works (IE) JUL 28
See Society and physics Custom shapes from swell gels (SD) MAY 15 Scientists poke holes in carbon dioxide sequestration (IE)
The mechanics of traumatic brain injury (BS) JUL 72
AUG 22
Publishing, media, and Archimedes's principle gets updated (SD) SEP 15 Germany differentiates its universities (IE) AUG 24
the press Microfluidic chip sorts the living from the dead (UP) SEP 19 Costs for polar-orbiting weather satellites climb again (IE)
Dance of the microswimmers, E. Lauga, R. E. Goldstein (ART) AUG 26
See also Books; Sociology of science SEP 30 Environmental intelligence, basic thermodynamics, and
The “Doctor” title: Respect or confusion? A. Kovalev; L. Lub Geometric cohesion in granular materials, S. V. Franklin (QS) extreme weather, N. Colleton; J. Allen (FOR) SEP 8
Q. Yin (FOR) FEB 10 SEP 70 Romney, Obama surrogates spell out candidates’ energy
Commentary: Too many authors, too few creators, P. J. Wyatt Flow geometry controls viscous fingering (SD) OCT 15 policies (IE) SEP 20
(FOR) APR 9 Filter-free separation of particles by shape (UP) NOV 21 APS questions new uranium enrichment technology (IE)
White House, Congress mull future of scientific journals (IE) SEP 25
JUN 27 Russia Early telephone credit claims, R. Molteni; P. Boucher (FOR)
Physics resources for varied communities, C. O'Riordan (ART) OCT 9
JUN 48 See Asia; Europe; International science Low-energy tools underlie high-energy physics, J. F.
Authors comment on authorship commentary, H. Ledbetter. Waymouth (FOR) OCT 12
M. Brandon; M. Goodman; D. D. Clayton; T. Kott; L. Nizami Science policy and politics Obama, Romney agree on support for basic research, but little
R. B. Doak; W. Wieme;P . J. Wyatt (FOR) AUG 8 else (IE) OCT 22
Nuclear data (NN) SEP 29 See also Funding and budgets; International science; Military South Korea invests big in basic research (IE) OCT 26
Europe moves closer to open-access publishing (IE) NOV 22 physics and arms control; Society and physics; Sociology of Ignition effort may be slowed as Livermore facility misses
science milestone (IE) OCT 28
A missing variable in the clean energy equation (IE) JAN 19
Quantum physics Chile aims to better exploit role as telescope host (IE) JAN 20 Fusion could fuel particle physicists’ future, R. Johnson (FOR)
NOV 10
See also Atomic physics; Chemical and molecular physics. NSF invites “CREATIV” research proposals (IE) JAN 23 Europe moves closer to open-access publishing (IE) NOV 22
Lasers and photonics; Microstructures and nanostructures; Science fellows find policy “a perfect fit” (IE) JAN 24; correction As its renaissance recedes, US nuclear industry looks abroad
Superconductivity and superfluidity; Theory and MAR 13
(IE) NOV 24
mathematical physics Recent developments in US patent law, P. M. Boucher (ART) US nuclear physics facilities on the chopping block (IE)
Silicon carbide defects hold promise for device-friendly qubits JAN 27
NOV 26
QuanStD)u mJ AnNu mb10e rs, Chern classes, and a bodhisattva, C. N. Yang DiscLuisnsdieomnust hi;n sKc.i eLntaiGfaitct untuac;l eDa.r Mdairptloonm;a cSy., S. AH. ecDekVeorl p(iF;O RI). R. OpenEn elregtyte r Sctoi etnhec eass,Vs o.c Liuaktien , diAr.e cWthoirt ef or( FDOOR)E 'sD EOCf fi1c4e of Fusion
ART) JAN 33 FEB8
Delivering science to the public, L. B. Hopkins; B. P. Stein (FOR)
A blMinAdR q2u1a°n tum computer makes its laboratory debut (SD) Climdaetnei erssci e(nItEi)s tFsE B no2t2 cowed by relentless climate change DEC 15
Robotic vehicles taking up positions under the sea (IE) DEC 24
Radioactive toothpaste and reversed helicity, E.M erzbacher Small business technology program gains new lease on life
B. Esterling; A. S. Goldhaber (FOR) APR 10 (IE) FEB 24
Scientific societies
Preserving quantum nondemolition, P. Grangier (FOR) APR 11 Official scientific integrity (NN) FEB 27
An optical probe of quantum gravity? (UP) MAY 19 With 2012 budgets set, the outlook for R&D clouds up (IE) Science fellows find policy “a perfect fit” (IE) JAN 24; correction
Insights from the classical atom, P. Gruji¢, N. Simonovic (ART) FEB 27 MAR 13
MAY 40; correction AUG 12 Women in physics: A tale ofl imits, R. Wvie, C. L. Tesfaye (ART) Commentary: Too many authors, too few creators, P. J. Wyatt
Coherence and precision in classical systems, S. Klein; FEB 47 (FOR) APR 9
R. Sewell, M. Mitchell (FOR) JUN 13 Radiation meets food, J. S. Dickson (QS) FEB 66 Physics resources for varied communities, C. O'Riordan (ART)
Evidence for Majorana fermions in a nanowire (SD) JUN 14; Scorecard shows wide disparity in the security of world’s JUN 48
correction AUG 12 weapons materials (IE) MAR 24 Authors comment on authorship commentary, H. Ledbetter;
Entangled two-spin qubits (UP) JUN 23 Is Japan ready to forgo nuclear reprocessing? (IE) MAR 25 M. Brandon; M. Goodman; D. D. Clayton; T. Kott; L. Nizami;
Max Planck pushes frontiers around globe (IE) JUN 29 Reactor resurgence (NN) MAR 29 R. B. Doak; W. Wieme; P. J. Wyatt (FOR) AUG 8
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APS questions new uranium enrichment technology (IE) Society of Rheology Costs for polar-orbiting weather satellites climb again (IE)
SEP 25 AUG 26
See Scientific societies
High school students compete in Estonia (IE) SEP 26 Earth's changing orbit shows up in tree ring data (UP)
Physics graduates at work (NN) OCT 29 SEP 19
Europe moves closer to open-access publishing (IE) NOV 22 Sociology of science Earth's natural quasicrystals came from outer space (UP)
Coin Stack (BS) NOV 92 See also Education; Employment and careers; History and OCT 21
philosophy; Publishing, media, and the press; Science Exploring the extreme universe with the Fermi Gamma-Ray
Semiconductors policy and politics; Society and physics Space Telescope, D. J. Thompson, S. W. Digel, J. L. Racusin
A resource for laboratory safety, M. Nornberg (FOR) JAN 9 (ART) NOV 39
See Condensed-matter physics; Industry and physics; Lasers The “Doctor” title: Respect or confusion? A. Kovalev; L. Lub;
and photonics; Materials science; Microstructures and Q. Yin (FOR) FEB 10 Statistical physics and
nanostructures; Quantum physics; Technology and Climate scientists not cowed by relentless climate change thermodynamics
engineering deniers (IE) FEB 22
Official scientific integrity (NN) FEB 27 See also Classical mechanics and electromagnetism: Theory
Society and physics Astronomy education and jobs (NN) FEB 28 and mathematical physics
Another exchange on climate change, R. K. Adair; D. Schmidt; Punching holes in clouds (BS) AUG 80 [2011]; correction
See also Education; Employment and careers; Energy; W. R. Dickinson; S. Rojas; R. Larson; N. J. Van Buer; FEB 12
Environment; Military physics and arms control; Publishing, S. Sherwood; R. C. J. Somerville, S. J. Hassol (FOR) MAR 8 How rumors spread (UP) APR 22
media, and the press; Science policy and politics; Sociology
Commentary: Too many authors, too few creators, P. J. Wyatt Networks in motion, A. E. Motter, R. Albert (ART) APR 43
of science
(FOR) APR 9 Exploring the interface between the Sun's surface and corona,
Chile aims to better exploit role as telescope host (IE) JAN 20 Problem sets and other deterrents for women, M. Lesmeister; C. C. Kankelborg (QS) APR 72
Science fellows find policy “a perfect fit” (IE) JAN 24; correction D. Grayson; S. Gilbert, C. Heiner, N. Holmes, |. Roll, G. Rieger, Notes on Anderson localization, T. Castner; A. Lagendijk,
MAR 13 : A. Welsh; J. Winkler; M. N. Bass; J. Trefil, S. Swartz (FOR) B. van Tiggelen, D. Wiersma (FOR) MAY 10
Recent developments in US patent law, P. M. Boucher (ART) MAY 8 Heating and cooling with electron spins (UP) MAY 19
JAN 27 On the value of particle physics, C. E. Roos (FOR) MAY 10 Coherence and precision in classical systems, S. Klein;
The “Doctor” title: Respect or confusion? A. Kovalev; L. Lub; Shhhh. Listen to the data (IE) MAY 20 R. Sewell, M. Mitchell (FOR) JUN 13
Q. Yin (FOR) FEB 10 Fostering a research “ecosystem” (IE) MAY 22 Artificial materials manipulate heat flow (SD) JUL 16
Climate scientists not cowed by relentless climate change White House seeks to get a handle on “big data” (IE) Quantum optomechanics, M. Aspelmeyer, P. Meystre,
deniers (IE) FEB 22 MAY 28 K. Schwab (ART) JUL 29
From cells to limbs, UK center studies war injuries (IE) FEB 25 Politics and humility in climate change debate, T. J. Goldman; Discovery or fluke: Statistics in particle physics, L. Lyons (ART)
Women in physics: A tale ofli mits, R. Ivie, C. L. Tesfaye (ART) R. J. L. Thompson; J. W. Cooper; F. Chen (FOR) JUN 9 JUL 45; correction NOV 12
FEB 47 Sexism may be in the eye of the beholder, R. Wolfson; Concentration gradients promote antibiotic resistance (UP)
Radiation meets food, J. S. Dickson (QS) FEB 66 L. Lederman, C. Hill (FOR) JUN 12 AUG 20
Another exchange on climate change, R. K. Adair; D. Schmidt; Stove designed by US national lab improves lives in Darfur (IE) Strange kinetics of single molecules in living cells, E. Barkai,
W. R. Dickinson; S. Rojas; R. Larson; N. J. Van Buer; JUN 26 Y. Garini, R. Metzler (ART) AUG 29
S. Sherwood; R. C. J. Somerville, S. J. Hassol (FOR) MAR 8 White House, Congress mull future of scientific journals (IE) Environmental intelligence, basic thermodynamics, and
Exploring the art of science, F. Shair (FOR) MAR 12 JUN 27 extreme weather, N. Colleton; J. Allen (FOR) SEP 8
Tabled decision gains time for leap seconds (IE) MAR 27 Max Planck pushes frontiers around globe (IE) JUN 29 Dance of the microswimmers, E. Lauga, R. E. Goldstein (ART)
Time for the future (IE) MAR 28 Physics faculty jobs (NN) JUN 30 SEP 30
Predicting and managing extreme weather events, Physics resources for varied communities, C. O'Riordan (ART) Geometric cohesion in granular materials, S. V. Franklin (QS)
J. Lubchenco, T. R. Karl (ART) MAR 31 JUN 48 / SEP 70
Science endures as conditions in Greece worsen (IE) APR 24 STEM solutions through college collaborations, J. |. Villalobos Exotic chimera dynamics glimpsed in experiments (SD)
Regional centers extend ICTP work in South and Central (FOR) JUL 11 OCT 17
America (IE) APR 29 Canada’s researchers fret over shifts in funding landscape (IE) Physics peeks into the ballot box, S. Fortunato, C. Castellano
On the value of particle physics, C. E. Roos (FOR) MAY 10 JUL 20 (QS) OCT 74
A tale of openness and secrecy: The Philadelphia Story, Scientists share blame for public's ignorance of science (IE) Randomness of the tossed coin, T. Kapitaniak (FOR) NOV 10
A. Wellerstein (ART) MAY 47 JUL 23 What separates a liquid from a gas? V. V. Brazhkin,
Politics and humility in climate change debate, T. J. Goldman; Dual sites for the SKA radio telescope (IE) JUL 25 K. Trachenko (QS) NOV 68
R. J. L. Thompson; J. W. Cooper; F. Chen (FOR) JUN 9 New international scientific organization is launched (IE) Temperature-sensitive colloids show off an elusive melting
JUL 27 mechanism (SD) DEC 20
Stove designed by US national lab improves lives in Darfur (IE)
JUN 26 Authors comment on authorship commentary, H. Ledbetter; Extreme water (UP) DEC 22
M. Brandon; M. Goodman; D. D. Clayton; T. Kott; L. Nizami;
PhysJiUcNs r4e8s ources for varied communities, C. O'Riordan (ART) JobsR . fBo.r Dpohayks;i csW . dWociteomrea;t esP. J(.I EW) yAaUttG (2F7O R) AUG 8 Superconductivity and
Thoughts on concentrated solar power, M. Hirsch; M. Natelson Low-energy tools underlie high-energy physics, J. F. superfluidity
Scie(nFtiOsRt)s JsUhLa re12 blame for public’s ignorance of science (IE) Waymouth (FOR) OCT 12 See also Condensed-matter physics; Quantum physics
South Korea invests big in basic research (IE) OCT 26
JUL 23 Evidence for Majorana fermions in a nanowire (SD) JUN 14;
Can a scientist knock on heaven's door? K. Schofield (FOR) AFruscihoane ocloouglyd tfueerlm ipnaortliocglye pchoynsfiucsiistosn’, fJu.t uKr. e,H olRl.e Jyo h(nFsORo)n N(OFVOR ) 10 correction AUG 12
AUG 12 Ultrafast spectroscopy of quantum materials, J. Orenstein (ART)
NOV 10 SEP 44
AE nbvriirefo nnmoetnet aoln itnhtee lLloingegn ceN,o wb ascilco ckt,h eGr.m oL.d yBankaemri c(sF,OR )a nSdE P 8 Delivering science to the public, L. B. Hopkins; B. P. Stein (FOR) Superfluid helium interferometers, Y. Sato, R. Packard (ART)
DEC 15 OCT 31
extreme weather, N. Colleton; J. Allen (FOR) SEP 8
The original evidence of supersolidity in helium-4 is explained
Checking numbers on CO, forcing, S. Kilston (FOR) SEP 10
Space and planetary science away (SD) DEC 19
Early telephone credit claims, R. Molteni; P. Boucher (FOR)
ocT9 See also Astronomy and astrophysics; Atmospheric science;
Low-energy tools underlie high-energy physics, J. F. Earth science; Plasmas and fusion Surfaces and thin films
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Waymouth (FOR) OCT 12 Magnetic reconnection in 3D (BS) MAR 76 See Condensed-matter physics; Materials science
Physics peeks into the ballot box, S. Fortunato, C. Castellano A day on Venus just got longer (UP) APR 22
(QS) OCT 74 Gravity waves and heat in Mars’s atmosphere (UP) APR 22; Synchrotron radiation
Let's not call it the ‘God particle; M. Peshkin (FOR) NOV 12 correction JUN 13
As its renaissance recedes, US nuclear industry looks abroad Exploring the interface between the Sun's surface and corona, See Biological physics; Condensed-matter physics;
(IE) NOV 24 C. C. Kankelborg (QS) APR 72 Crystallography; Facilities and laboratories
Delivering science to the public, L. B. Hopkins; B. P. Stein (FOR) A note on rocky planet formation, B. Zuckerman (FOR)
DEC 15 JUN 13 Technology and engineering
Risky business: A study of physics entrepreneurship, O. R. Butler, Jupiter mission selection garners excitement, questions (IE)
R. J. Anderson (ART) DEC 39 JUN 29 See also Computers and computational physics; Industry and
NASA receives spy telescopes (IE) JUL 26 physics; Instrumentation and techniques
Hidden starburst galaxy pinpointed at high redshift (SD) Improving organic semiconductors (BS) FEB 76
Society of Physics Students
AUG 14 New York City seeds tech campus (IE) MAR 26
See Scientific societies A puzzling pair of planets (UP) AUG 19 Reactor resurgence (NN) MAR 29
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Nano 3D printing hits the fast track (BS) APR 80 Women in physics Fluids
Custom shapes from swell gels (SD) MAY 15 See Sociology of science Modeling Methods for Marine Science, D. M. Glover, W. J.
Thoughts on concentrated solar power, M. Hirsch; M. Natelson Jenkins, S. C. Doney (A. Burd) MAY 56
(FOR) JUL 12 Scale Invariance: From Phase Transitions to Turbulence, A. Lesne,
X-ray physics
On the weakness of passive radiation detectors, A. DeVolpi M. Lagués (J. R. Saylor) NOV 56
(FOR) JUL 13 See Astronomy and astrophysics; Biological physics;
Catching a submarine volcano in the act (SD) AUG 16 Crystallography; Medical physics; Microscopy Geophysics
Scientists poke holes in carbon dioxide sequestration (IE)
AUG 22 Eruptions That Shook the World, C. Oppenheimer (D. L.
Plasma record in China (NN) AUG 28 BOOKS REVIEWED Anderson) MAY 55
Toward a compact microbeam radiotherapy system (UP) Introduction to Modern Climate Change, A. E. Dessler (D. J.
SEP 18 Astronomy and astrophysics Wuebbles) NOV 59
Modeling Methods for Marine Science, D. M. Glover, W. J.
APS questions new uranium enrichment technology (IE)
SEP 25 The Exoplanet Handbook, M. Perryman (G. P. Laughlin) Jenkins, S. C. Doney (A. Burd) MAY 56
Competition boosts clean-energy startups (IE) SEP 51 Planetary Surface Processes, H. J. Melosh (J. T. Perron)
SEP 28 An Introduction to Star Formation, D. Ward-Thompson, A. P. NOV 56
Nanopore DNA sequencing inches closer to commercial Whitworth (S. Stahler) JAN 47
debut (IE) NOV 29 Principles of Star Formation, P. H. Bodenheimer (S. Stahler) History and philosophy
Manipulating the color and shape of single photons, M. G. JAN 47 100 Years of Superconductivity, H. Rogalla, P. H. Kes, eds.
Raymer, K. Srinivasan (ART) NOV 32 (R. Kautz) JUL 54
Robotic vehicles taking up positions under the sea (IE) Atomic and molecular physics The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the
DEC 24 World, D. Deutsch (H. Barnum) DEC 48
X-ray imaging detectors, S. M. Gruner (ART) DEC 29 Advances in Atomic Physics: An Overview, C. Cohen-Tannoudji, Eruptions That Shook the World, C. Oppenheimer (D. L.
Betavoltaic power sources, L. C.O lsen, P. Cabauy, B. J. Elkind D. Guéry-Odelin (G. Berry) MAR 53 Anderson) MAY 55
(ART) DEC 35 The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American
Biological and medical physics Innovation, J. Gertner (V. Narayanamurti) SEP 51
Theory and mathematical Introduction to Experimental Biophysics: Biological Methods for The Infinity Puzzle: Quantum Field Theory and the Hunt for an
Orderly Universe, F. Close (C. Orzel) AUG 50
physics Physical Scientists, J. Nadeau (J. L. Ross) AUG 52
Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking
Neural Control Engineering: The Emerging Intersection Between
See also Computers and computational physics Control Theory and Neuroscience, S. J. Schiff (J. Cowan) Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World, L. Randall
Dynamic similarity, the dimensionless science, D. Bolster, R. E DEC 50 (A. Blondel) MAR 54
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AnalAyRsTe)s oJfA Nd im33e nsionless science, J.* Allen; H. Blatter; A. D adan d LuBzi,o lEo.g iPc. alR apEnocsoou,n teHr.s ,E . SGt. anMl.e yV i(sNw.a nWaattkhianns,) MJ.A NG . 4E4. Radi(oEa.c tBiavliest)y : OAC TH is5t8o ry of aM ysterious Science, M. C. Malley
Allen (FOR) FEB 11 The Shaping ofL ife: The Generation of Biological Pattern, L. G. The Rise of Nuclear Fear, S. R. Weart (M. D. Gordin)
Preserving quantum nondemolition, P. Grangier (FOR) Harrison (J. Milstein) JAN 46 JUN 55
APR 11
A Short History of Physics in the American Century, D. C. Cassidy
Notes on Anderson localization, T. Castner; A. Lagendijk,
B. van Tiggelen, D. Wiersma (FOR) MAY 10 Chemical physics (B. Wilson) MAY 54
The Sun’s Heartbeat: And Other Stories from the Life of the Star
An optical probe of quantum gravity? (UP) MAY 19 Polymer Physics: Applications to Molecular Association and That Powers Our Planet, B. Berman (D. Nandi) JUN 57
Insights from the classical atom, P. Gruji¢, N. Simonovic¢ (ART) Thermoreversible Gelation, F. Tanaka (R. Piazza) MAR 56 The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes’ Rule Cracked the
MAY 40; correction AUG 12 Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and
From black holes to strange metals, H. Liu (QS) JUN 68 Computers and computational Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy,
Commentary: Quantum mechanics: Fixing the shifty split S. B. McGrayne (S. L. Zeger) JUL 54
N. D. Mermin (FOR) JUL 8 physics Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe, G. Dyson
Topological phases and quasiparticle braiding, N. Read (ART) Modeling Methods for Marine Science, D. M. Glover, W. J. (F. Sullivan) OCT 56
JUL 38 Jenkins, S. C. Doney (A. Burd) MAY 56 War oft he Worldviews: Science vs. Spirituality, D. Chopra,
Can a scientist knock on heaven's door? K. Schofield (FOR) Neural Control Engineering: The Emerging intersection Between L. Mlodinow (M. Alford) APR 62
AUG 12 Control Theory and Neuroscience, S. J. Schiff (J. Cowan)
Resistivity in ordinary and strange metals: A clarification DEC 50 Instrumentation and
H. Liu (FOR) SEP 10
Gauge symmetry saved, mass endowed (SD) SEP 14 PrinJciUpNl es5 6 of Multiscale Modeling, W. E (N. Keviahan) techniques
The birth and death ofs tar clusters in the Milky Way, S. W Quantum Computing: A Gentle Introduction, E. Rieffel, W. Polak Modeling Nanoscale Imaging in Electron Microscopy, T. Vogt,
Stahler (ART) OCT 46 (V. Scarani) FEB 53 W. Dahmen, P. Binev, eds. (L. J. Allen) MAY 54
Measured responses to quantum Bayesianism, R. B. Griffiths Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe, G. Dyson
C. H. Woo; M. Nauenberg; A. Hobson; B. Stacey; N. D (F. Sullivan) OCT 56 Materials science
Mermin (FOR) DEC 8
Nanosensors: Physical, Chemical, and Biological, V. K. Khanna
Condensed-matter physics (T. Cass) MAR 55
Thermodynamics
Polymer Physics: Applications to Molecular Association and
100 Years of Superconductivity, H. Rogalla, P. H. Kes, eds.
See Statistical physics and thermodynamics Thermoreversible Gelation, F. Tanaka (R. Piazza) MAR 56
(R. Kautz) JUL 54
Scale Invariance: From Phase Transitions to Turbulence, A. Lesne,
Underrepresented groups M. Lagués (J. R. Saylor) NOV 56 Nonlinear science and chaos
in physics Field Theory of Non-Equilibrium Systems, A. Kamenev (V. Jaksic)
Device physics NOV 57
See Sociology of science
Fundamentals of Nonlinear Optics, P. E. Powers (A. Marcano)
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