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SEP 01, 2008

Volume 61, Issue 9

Letters

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Sailing and the physics of lift
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Sailing and the physics of lift
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Most pressurized elements aren’t simple cubic
SEP 01, 2008
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Most pressurized elements aren’t simple cubic
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Alpher, Bethe, Gamow
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TV could use real-world physics
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Crystal quest
SEP 01, 2008
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Mixing science and theology
SEP 01, 2008
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Mixing science and theology
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Correction
SEP 01, 2008

News

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The ground state of bottomonium has finally been found
SEP 01, 2008
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Calving icebergs may cause glacial earthquakes in Greenland
SEP 01, 2008
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Shaped light waves can pass through opaque material
SEP 01, 2008
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The Montreal protocol mitigates climate change
SEP 01, 2008
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Lensless, microfluidic imaging of cells and tiny worms
SEP 01, 2008
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Imaging light atoms on graphene
SEP 01, 2008
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Optical vortex coronagraph demonstrated
SEP 01, 2008
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Physics flourishes in Hong Kong
SEP 01, 2008
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G8 nations commit to building a score of CO2 sequestration demonstration projects
SEP 01, 2008
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Giant telescope teams seek funding
SEP 01, 2008
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O’Riordan takes VP reins at AIP
SEP 01, 2008
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Students go for gold at physics olympiad
SEP 01, 2008
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US skips “Physics World Cup,” holds its own contest
SEP 01, 2008
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Portable bridge
SEP 01, 2008
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Revitalizing NOAO
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Web watch
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A 21st-century vision for geophysical data management
SEP 01, 2008
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Boston hosts 2008 AVS symposium
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AVS 2008 exhibitor program
SEP 01, 2008

Features

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Modeling the physics of storm surges
SEP 01, 2008
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The gas centrifuge and nuclear weapons proliferation
SEP 01, 2008
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The Chinese nuclear tests, 1964–1996
SEP 01, 2008

Reviews

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Among the Stars: The Life of Maria Mitchell; Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science: An Astronomer Among the American Romantics
SEP 01, 2008
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Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering
SEP 01, 2008
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James Van Allen: The First Eight Billion Miles
SEP 01, 2008
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Engines of Discovery: A Century of Particle Accelerators
SEP 01, 2008
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Decoherence and the Quantum-to-Classical Transition
SEP 01, 2008
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New books
SEP 01, 2008

Products

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Focus on magnetics and electromagnetism
SEP 01, 2008

Obituaries

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Edward Norton Lorenz
SEP 01, 2008

Quick Study

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Tennis physics, anyone?
SEP 01, 2008

Back Scatter

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Earth’s coupled interior
SEP 01, 2008