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SEP 01, 2006

Volume 59, Issue 9

Opinion

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An educational moment?
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Letters

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Letters
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Creating the measure of Chandrasekhar’s life
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Creating the measure of Chandrasekhar’s life
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Creating the measure of Chandrasekhar’s life
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Distance learning a losing tactic for advanced physics
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Phillips’s death marks the end of an era
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Memories of Philip Morrison
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Memories of Philip Morrison
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Rutherford on the 1906 San Francisco quake
SEP 01, 2006

News

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Tiny oscillating circuit exhibits new quantization of electrical conductance
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Neural-network model may explain the surprisingly good infrared vision of snakes
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Nuclear spin polarization induced solely by a rotating magnetic field
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Dune tunes
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Optical molecular microscopy
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A BEC magnetometer
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Predicting crystal structures with evolution
SEP 01, 2006
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DARPA joins industry, academia to build better prosthetic arms
SEP 01, 2006
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NASA saves SOFIA by slashing planet-finding funds
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Portugal builds on renewables effort with $78M solar plant
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Nanotech risk research needs strategy, money
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Boltzmann honored on death centenary
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NASA aeronautics lacks money, relevance, NRC says
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Zero-gravity flights aim to boost interest in S&T careers
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Singapore, Slovakia host high-school physics competitions
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Numbers up in undergraduate physics, astronomy
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Physics has merit in new boy scouts program
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Utah astronomy
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NASA makes a statement
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Hays gets OSTP nod
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AMO physics needs funding
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Web Watch
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Grove is AGU president-elect
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Perlmutter wins Feltrinelli Prize
SEP 01, 2006

Features

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Science-based cleanup of Rocky Flats
SEP 01, 2006
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A look at physics in Cuba
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Fermi and Pooh: A strange mix
SEP 01, 2006
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From the archives: The stability of the bicycle
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AVS annual symposium, Industrial Physics Forum have broad appeal
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Reviews

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The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius; Stealing God’s Thunder: Benjamin Franklin’s Lightning Rod and the Invention of America
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Comets
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The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
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Pierre Simon Laplace, 1749-1827: A Determined Scientist
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Glassy Materials and Disordered Solids: An Introduction to Their Statistical Mechanics
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New Books
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Products

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Products
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Focus on magnetics and electromagnetism
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Obituaries

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Obituaries
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Article
Arthur B. Metzner
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Obituaries
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Philip Russell Wallace
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Quick Study

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Quick Study
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A glossary of cellular components
SEP 01, 2006

Back Scatter

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Back Scatter
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Article
The birth of electrostatics
SEP 01, 2006