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DEC 01, 2017

DOI: 10.1063/PT.3.3800

Physics Today

Subject Index

Accelerators

See Facilities and laboratories; Nuclear physics; Particle physics

Acoustics

  • Pitch sharpening in woodwinds (UP) FEB 24

  • Bats’ ears may solve an evolutionary puzzle (UP) MAR 22

  • Hearing from you (ED) APR 8

  • From sound to meaning, E. B. Myers (ART) APR 34

  • Imaging cancer with photoacoustic radar, A. Mandelis (ART) MAY 42

  • Infants note the notes, B. K. Lau, M. Ng (QS) JUL 78

  • A seismic hydrophone array in a tube (BS) JUL 80

  • Cochlear implants and electronic hearing, M. Svirsky (ART) AUG 52

  • Specialized vocal organs give some birds their unique songs (UP) OCT 29

  • Acoustic levitation widens the study of droplet jetting (SD) NOV 18

  • Arms control

    See Military physics and arms control

    Asia

    See International science

    Astrophysics and cosmology

    See also Space and planetary science

  • Neutron starlight gets QED-fueled polarization boost (UP) JAN 22

  • A neutron star, not a black hole (UP) JAN 23

  • Superluminous event may lose supernova status (UP) FEB 23

  • The space weather on the closest Earth-like exoplanet (UP) FEB 24

  • Fates of two big radio dishes hang in the balance (IE) FEB 26

  • Testing theories of modified gravity (UP) MAR 21

  • A fast radio burst’s extragalactic home (UP) MAR 22

  • Where are they? M. Livio, J. Silk (ART) MAR 50

  • The strange star discovered by Planet Hunters, B. E. Schaefer (ART) MAR 82

  • Meghnad Saha and the contemporary scene, C. W. Clark ; J. Ganguly (FOR) APR 11

  • A gravitational-lensing measurement of the Hubble constant (UP) APR 24

  • Supernovae, supercomputers, and galactic evolution, P. F. Hopkins (QS) APR 70

  • Magnetic monopole search, past and present, A. S. Goldhaber ; K. Frankel ; C. Harrison ; A. Rajantie (FOR) JUN 12

  • LIGO backstory delights and displeases, J. M. Pasachoff (FOR) JUN 14

  • How stars visit the solar neighborhood (UP) JUN 24

  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope eyes sky with new capabilities (IE) JUN 36

  • Hidden worlds of fundamental particles, D. Curtin, R. Sundrum (ART) JUN 46

  • Commentary: How killer black holes saved astronomy, J. Ribaudo (FOR) JUL 10

  • Proton–proton collisions prove stranger than expected (SD) JUL 21

  • Pulsar timing arrays are poised to reveal gravitational waves (IE) JUL 26

  • Commentary: The eclipse of a generation, A. Speck (FOR) AUG 10

  • Weighing a star with light (UP) AUG 24

  • Why is the Sun’s corona so hot? Why are prominences so cool? J. B. Zirker, O. Engvold (ART) AUG 36

  • Galactic census reaffirms standard model of cosmology (UP) SEP 22

  • What causes the Sun’s plasma jets? (UP) SEP 23

  • Difficult decisions (ED) OCT 8

  • Throwing icebergs at white dwarfs (UP) OCT 30

  • They may not be out there, H. Smith (FOR) NOV 13

  • Evaluating the habitability of exomoons (UP) NOV 22

  • Weiss, Barish, and Thorne share 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics (SD) DEC 16

  • Two kinds of waves from a neutron-star smashup (SD) DEC 19

  • Baryon acoustic oscillations: A cosmological ruler, W. J. Percival (ART) DEC 32

  • Discovering Earth’s radiation belts, D. N. Baker, M. I. Panasyuk (ART) DEC 46

  • Trigonometry for the heavens, G. Van Brummelen (QS) DEC 70

  • Atmospheric science

    See also Earth science; Environment; Space and planetary science

  • Carl-Gustaf Rossby: Theorist, institution builder, bon vivant, J. R. Fleming (ART) JAN 50

  • The space weather on the closest Earth-like exoplanet (UP) FEB 24

  • How did a scientific Siberia turn into AstroBoulder? J. P. Bassi (ART) FEB 36

  • Why the ocean’s carbon sink has gotten stronger (SD) APR 21

  • The upper atmosphere’s natural thermostat (UP) APR 23

  • Rising heat content of Earth’s oceans (UP) MAY 23

  • International Cloud Atlas (BS) MAY 76

  • Giant undersea craters were blown out by decomposing methane hydrates (SD) AUG 21

  • Atmospheric research in the Rocky Mountain foothills (IE) AUG 32

  • Climate change scenarios and risks, M. J. Gerver (FOR) SEP 11

  • Climate change in the Arctic accelerates (IE) SEP 24

  • Calling computers names in Swedish, J. Carlsson ; J. R. Fleming (FOR) NOV 14

  • Ancient clues help quantify modern methane (SD) NOV 16

  • Ships cause their own stormy seas (SD) NOV 20

  • The relentless pursuit of hypersonic flight, I. A. Leyva (ART) NOV 30

  • Ship tracks (BS) NOV 80

  • Atomic physics

    See also Chemical and molecular physics; Nuclear physics; Quantum physics

  • Antihydrogen gives way to spectroscopic study (SD) FEB 16

  • Magnetic trap snares methyl radicals (SD) APR 18

  • Helium compound may form under pressure (UP) APR 23

  • A step toward deciphering auroras (UP) MAY 22

  • Carving out entanglement (UP) JUL 25

  • Quantum computing with neutral atoms, D. S. Weiss, M. Saffman (ART) JUL 44

  • Quantum gases cooled to long-range antiferromagnetic order (SD) AUG 17

  • Trapping molecules for quantum chemistry, M. G. Raizen (FOR) DEC 12

  • Biography and personalities

    See also History and philosophy; Obituaries

  • Carl-Gustaf Rossby: Theorist, institution builder, bon vivant, J. R. Fleming (ART) JAN 50

  • Meghnad Saha and the contemporary scene, C. W. Clark ; J. Ganguly (FOR) APR 11

  • Standing on their shoulders, A. R. Hoffman ; R. Ö. Akyüz (FOR) MAY 13

  • Gathering the human stories of science, G. A. Good (QS) MAY 74

  • Clippers, yachts, and the false promise of the wave line, L. D. Ferreiro, A. Pollara (ART) JUL 52

  • Historical note on 2016 Physics Nobel, M. Schick (FOR) AUG 13

  • First physicist in Congress dies (IE) OCT 38

  • Death and succession among Finland’s nuclear waste experts, V. Ialenti (ART) OCT 48; correction DEC 15

  • Calling computers names in Swedish, J. Carlsson ; J. R. Fleming (FOR) NOV 14

  • In celebration of Ilya Lifshitz, A. Y. Grosberg, B. Halperin, J. Singleton (ART) NOV 44

  • Biological physics

    See also Crystallography; Medical physics

  • Electron microscopy gets a multicolor makeover (SD) JAN 14

  • Bats’ ears may solve an evolutionary puzzle (UP) MAR 22

  • The laws of life, C. S. Cockell (ART) MAR 42

  • Where are they? M. Livio, J. Silk (ART) MAR 50

  • Biological eigenstrokes (BS) MAR 84

  • Biology leads the race to turn sunlight into fuels (IE) APR 30

  • From sound to meaning, E. B. Myers (ART) APR 34

  • Force spectroscopy unveils hidden protein-folding states (SD) MAY 16

  • Sea turtles don’t just go with the flow (UP) MAY 22

  • Frog fluorescence (UP) MAY 23

  • The power of imaging with phase, not power, G. Popescu (ART) MAY 34

  • Biological tissue can behave like a liquid crystal (SD) JUN 19

  • The ocellated lizard is a computer game come to life (UP) JUN 25

  • Cold periods accelerate evolution (UP) JUN 25

  • Limits and progress (ED) JUL 8; correction AUG 13

  • Coral isotopes track the rise of anthropogenic nitrogen (SD) JUL 19

  • Shepherding DNA with light and entropy (UP) JUL 25

  • Infants note the notes, B. K. Lau, M. Ng (QS) JUL 78

  • Spider dragline silk’s surprising twist (UP) AUG 23

  • Cochlear implants and electronic hearing, M. Svirsky (ART) AUG 52

  • Resolving smaller molecules with cryo-EM (UP) SEP 22

  • The emergent physics of animal locomotion, S. Sponberg (ART) SEP 34

  • Microscopy without lenses, E. McLeod, A. Ozcan (ART) SEP 50

  • How squid build their graded-index spherical lenses (SD) OCT 26

  • Specialized vocal organs give some birds their unique songs (UP) OCT 29

  • Apple seismology, K. van Wijk, S. Hitchman (QS) OCT 94

  • They may not be out there, H. Smith (FOR) NOV 13

  • In celebration of Ilya Lifshitz, A. Y. Grosberg, B. Halperin, J. Singleton (ART) NOV 44

  • Da Vinci’s observations of soaring birds, P. L. Richardson (QS) NOV 78

  • A universal human constant? I. S. Hammerman (FOR) DEC 14

  • Cryoelectron microscopy pioneers win chemistry Nobel (SD) DEC 22

  • Fluid dynamics explains ancient organism behavior (UP) DEC 25

  • Books

    See separate BOOKS REVIEWED index (page A8); Publishing, media, and the press

    Bose–Einstein condensation

    See Atomic physics; Condensed-matter physics; Quantum physics

    Budgets

    See Politics and policy

    Careers

    See Employment and careers

    Chaos

    See Classical mechanics and electromagnetism; Nonlinear science; Theory and mathematical physics

    Chemical and molecular physics

    See also Atomic physics; Materials science; Quantum physics

  • Electron microscopy gets a multicolor makeover (SD) JAN 14

  • Wearable transistor can heal its own wounds (UP) JAN 22

  • Supercooled water survives in no-man’s-land (SD) FEB 18

  • Diamonds from the deep (BS) FEB 80

  • Polymer-based transistors bring fully stretchable devices within reach (SD) MAR 14

  • The laws of life, C. S. Cockell (ART) MAR 42

  • Footnote on femtochemistry, Y. Gan (FOR) APR 14

  • Magnetic trap snares methyl radicals (SD) APR 18

  • The upper atmosphere’s natural thermostat (UP) APR 23

  • Helium compound may form under pressure (UP) APR 23

  • Biology leads the race to turn sunlight into fuels (IE) APR 30

  • Force spectroscopy unveils hidden protein-folding states (SD) MAY 16

  • Forging a carbon nanobelt (UP) JUN 26

  • Breakthrough battery hinged on funding from program in Trump’s crosshairs (IE) JUN 34

  • Shepherding DNA with light and entropy (UP) JUL 25

  • Giant undersea craters were blown out by decomposing methane hydrates (SD) AUG 21

  • Hydrogen-powered vehicles: A chicken and egg problem (IE) SEP 31; correction NOV 15

  • Phase-sensitive surface spectroscopy, simplified (UP) OCT 30

  • Ancient clues help quantify modern methane (SD) NOV 16

  • Healing defects in perovskite films (UP) NOV 23

  • Commentary: The promise of polymers, T. Lodge (FOR) DEC 10

  • Trapping molecules for quantum chemistry, M. G. Raizen (FOR) DEC 12

  • China

    See International science

    Classical mechanics and electromagnetism

    See also Statistical physics and thermodynamics

  • Kamifusen, the self-inflating Japanese paper balloon, I. Fukumori (QS) JAN 78

  • Semiconductor metamaterial fools the Hall effect (SD) FEB 21

  • Magnetic trap snares methyl radicals (SD) APR 18

  • Photonic doping tunes transparent media (SD) MAY 20

  • Magnetic monopole search, past and present, A. S. Goldhaber ; K. Frankel ; C. Harrison ; A. Rajantie (FOR) JUN 12

  • Row bots, J.-P. Boucher, R. Labbé, C. Clanet (QS) JUN 82

  • Early descriptions of Coriolis effect, C. M. Graney (FOR) JUL 12

  • Hall sign reversal in certain metamaterials, R. G. Mani (FOR) JUL 13

  • Hall-effect metamaterials and “anti-Hall bars”, M. Wegener, M. Kadic, C. Kern (FOR) OCT 14

  • Superfast superconducting vortices (UP) OCT 30

  • Trapping molecules for quantum chemistry, M. G. Raizen (FOR) DEC 12

  • Climate change

    See Atmospheric science; Earth science; Environment; Ocean science

    Collective effects

    See Emergent phenomena

    Complexity

    See Emergent phenomena; Nonlinear science; Theory and mathematical physics

    Computers and computational physics

    See also Nonlinear science; Technology and engineering; Theory and mathematical physics

  • Supernovae, supercomputers, and galactic evolution, P. F. Hopkins (QS) APR 70

  • The many dimensions of Earth’s landscapes (SD) JUN 21

  • The ocellated lizard is a computer game come to life (UP) JUN 25

  • Quantum computing with neutral atoms, D. S. Weiss, M. Saffman (ART) JUL 44

  • A deep neural network of light (UP) AUG 24

  • The carbon nanotube integrated circuit goes three-dimensional (SD) SEP 14

  • Condensed-matter physics

    See also Crystallography; Fluids; Materials science; Microstructures and nanostructures; Rheology

  • Helium compound may form under pressure (UP) APR 23

  • Universal lower bound on the dissipation of superconductors (UP) APR 24

  • Graphene visualized (BS) APR 72

  • Sulfur hydride and superconductivity theory, D. G. Walmsley, X.-H. Zheng (FOR) JUL 14

  • Ferromagnetism found in two-dimensional materials (SD) JUL 16

  • How friction melts sliding rock (UP) JUL 24

  • Surprises from the spin Hall effect, J. Sinova, T. Jungwirth (ART) JUL 38

  • Historical note on 2016 Physics Nobel, M. Schick (FOR) AUG 13

  • Quantum gases cooled to long-range antiferromagnetic order (SD) AUG 17

  • Superfast superconducting vortices (UP) OCT 30

  • The new era of polariton condensates, D. W. Snoke, J. Keeling (ART) OCT 54

  • Conduction electrons flow like honey (UP) NOV 22

  • Now you see this nanoplasmonic mirror. Now you don’t. (UP) NOV 22

  • Healing defects in perovskite films (UP) NOV 23

  • In celebration of Ilya Lifshitz, A. Y. Grosberg, B. Halperin, J. Singleton (ART) NOV 44

  • Cosmology

    See Astrophysics and cosmology; Particle physics; Theory and mathematical physics

    Crystallography

    See also Biological physics; Condensed-matter physics; Medical physics

  • Supercooled water survives in no-man’s-land (SD) FEB 18

  • Electron diffraction sees hydrogen atoms (SD) MAR 16

  • Watching perovskite photoexcitations, atom by atom (UP) MAR 21

  • Helium compound may form under pressure (UP) APR 23

  • Biological tissue can behave like a liquid crystal (SD) JUN 19

  • Limits and progress (ED) JUL 8; correction AUG 13

  • Sulfur hydride and superconductivity theory, D. G. Walmsley, X.-H. Zheng (FOR) JUL 14

  • Resolving smaller molecules with cryo-EM (UP) SEP 22

  • Healing defects in perovskite films (UP) NOV 23

  • Department of Defense

    See Military physics and arms control; Politics and policy

    Department of Energy

    See Energy; Facilities and laboratories; Politics and policy

    Department of Homeland Security

    See Military physics and arms control; Politics and policy

    Device physics

    See Instrumentation and techniques

    Earth science

    See also Atmospheric science; Environment; Ocean science; Space and planetary science

  • Ocean currents respond to climate change in unexpected ways (SD) JAN 17

  • Antarctic ice flows (BS) JAN 80

  • Fracking and the future of fuels, D. A. Cornell ; A. Cavallo ; R. LaRosa ; M. Marder, T. Patzek, S. W. Tinker (FOR) FEB 10

  • Citizen observers chart Arctic change (IE) FEB 29

  • Diamonds from the deep (BS) FEB 80

  • Newfound rocks may be progeny of primordial crust (UP) MAY 22

  • Rising heat content of Earth’s oceans (UP) MAY 23

  • The many dimensions of Earth’s landscapes (SD) JUN 21

  • Sediment supply predicts river geometry (UP) JUN 26

  • How friction melts sliding rock (UP) JUL 24

  • Black carbon in Antarctica (UP) JUL 25

  • A seismic hydrophone array in a tube (BS) JUL 80

  • Giant undersea craters were blown out by decomposing methane hydrates (SD) AUG 21

  • Atmospheric research in the Rocky Mountain foothills (IE) AUG 32

  • Climate change scenarios and risks, M. J. Gerver (FOR) SEP 11

  • Continental rift exposes mantle melting at work (UP) SEP 23

  • Climate change in the Arctic accelerates (IE) SEP 24

  • Climate change research cut as Canada focuses on mitigation (IE) SEP 28

  • The Moving Rocks of Death Valley (BS) SEP 84

  • Difficult decisions (ED) OCT 8

  • Nevada and Trump administration face off over Yucca Mountain (IE) OCT 32

  • Apple seismology, K. van Wijk, S. Hitchman (QS) OCT 94

  • Ancient clues help quantify modern methane (SD) NOV 16

  • Refracturing may not be all it’s cracked up to be (IE) NOV 27

  • Cruising the seas on the wreckage of a natural disaster (UP) DEC 25

  • Education

    See also Employment and careers; Society and physics; Sociology of science

  • Physics education research and student development, J. Winfrey (FOR) FEB 10

  • A bridge between undergraduate and doctoral degrees, T. Hodapp, K. S. Woodle (ART) FEB 50

  • Commentary: How to teach me physics: Tradition is not always a virtue, R. Heras (FOR) MAR 10

  • Approaches to studying our history, M. Berry ; M. Nauenberg (FOR) MAR 11

  • Undergraduate labs lag in science and technology (IE) APR 26

  • Theory institute opens residence hall for visitors (IE) APR 32

  • Commentary: Diversity in physics: Are you part of the problem? A. Nelson (FOR) MAY 10

  • Important factors in shaping physics identities, E. De Pree, J. M. Grossman ; P. W. Irving, E. C. Sayre (FOR) MAY 12

  • US academic fusion researchers sound alarm (IE) MAY 32

  • The past and future of physics education reform, V. K. Otero, D. E. Meltzer (ART) MAY 50

  • Guns on campus: Is that physics? D. A. Roberts ; C. Barsi (FOR) JUN 15

  • College-level project-based learning gains popularity (IE) JUN 28

  • Illinois budget impasse damaging state universities (IE) JUN 32

  • Commentary: How killer black holes saved astronomy, J. Ribaudo (FOR) JUL 10

  • As student labor movements grow, scientists turn activist (IE) JUL 32

  • Commentary: The eclipse of a generation, A. Speck (FOR) AUG 10

  • Guns on campus are scientists’ concern, A. Hobson (FOR) AUG 12

  • In the digital age, physics students and professors prefer paper textbooks (IE) AUG 30

  • The Moving Rocks of Death Valley (BS) SEP 84

  • Is it time to change the undergraduate curriculum? (ED) NOV 8

  • Readers weigh in on how to teach physics, B. C. Reed ; M. Daly ; P. A. Stahl ; R. Heras (FOR) NOV 10

  • Preparing physics students for 21st-century careers, L. McNeil, P. Heron (ART) NOV 38

  • Electromagnetism

    See Classical mechanics and electromagnetism

    Emergent phenomena

    See also Nonlinear science; Theory and mathematical physics

  • Classical precursor to turbulence observed in a superfluid (SD) JAN 19

  • The unfolding and control of network cascades, A. E. Motter, Y. Yang (ART) JAN 32

  • Semiconductor metamaterial fools the Hall effect (SD) FEB 21

  • Dynamics of a human spiral wave, A. J. Welsh, E. F. Greco, F. H. Fenton (QS) FEB 78

  • Hall sign reversal in certain metamaterials, R. G. Mani (FOR) JUL 13

  • The emergent physics of animal locomotion, S. Sponberg (ART) SEP 34

  • Hall-effect metamaterials and “anti-Hall bars”, M. Wegener, M. Kadic, C. Kern (FOR) OCT 14

  • Conduction electrons flow like honey (UP) NOV 22

  • Employment and careers

    See also Education; Industry and physics; Society and physics; Sociology of science

  • Your most impactful publication can come at any time (UP) JAN 23

  • Important factors in shaping physics identities, E. De Pree, J. M. Grossman ; P. W. Irving, E. C. Sayre (FOR) MAY 12

  • Commentary: Pursuing science across nationalities and disciplines, K. Dani (FOR) JUN 10

  • Commentary: Surviving scientist burnout, L. Delle Site (FOR) SEP 10

  • Patent work blends science, business, and law (IE) OCT 36

  • Salaries for female physics faculty trail those for male colleagues (IE) NOV 24

  • Preparing physics students for 21st-century careers, L. McNeil, P. Heron (ART) NOV 38

  • Energy

    See also Environment; Nuclear physics; Plasmas and fusion; Politics and policy; Society and physics

  • Fracking and the future of fuels, D. A. Cornell ; A. Cavallo ; R. LaRosa ; M. Marder, T. Patzek, S. W. Tinker (FOR) FEB 10

  • Passive cooling doesn’t cost the planet (SD) APR 16

  • Biology leads the race to turn sunlight into fuels (IE) APR 30

  • As nuclear fuel ages, an antineutrino anomaly changes (UP) JUL 24

  • Hydrogen-powered vehicles: A chicken and egg problem (IE) SEP 31; correction NOV 15

  • Necessary and sufficient conditions for practical fusion power, R. L. Hirsch (FOR) OCT 11

  • Nevada and Trump administration face off over Yucca Mountain (IE) OCT 32

  • Death and succession among Finland’s nuclear waste experts, V. Ialenti (ART) OCT 48; correction DEC 15

  • Refracturing may not be all it’s cracked up to be (IE) NOV 27

  • NASA sees a future with nuclear power (IE) DEC 26

  • Boosting solar energy conversion with nanofluids, N. E. Hjerrild, R. A. Taylor (ART) DEC 40

  • Environment

    See also Atmospheric science; Earth science; Energy; Ocean science; Politics and policy; Society and physics

  • Israel’s water story: Success or crisis? G. Antonius (FOR) JAN 12

  • Ocean currents respond to climate change in unexpected ways (SD) JAN 17

  • With Trump in charge, uncharted waters lie ahead for science (IE) JAN 29

  • Antarctic ice flows (BS) JAN 80

  • Citizen observers chart Arctic change (IE) FEB 29

  • Climate-data rescue efforts gear up (IE) MAR 31

  • Passive cooling doesn’t cost the planet (SD) APR 16

  • Why the ocean’s carbon sink has gotten stronger (SD) APR 21

  • Biology leads the race to turn sunlight into fuels (IE) APR 30

  • Rising heat content of Earth’s oceans (UP) MAY 23

  • More details on Israel’s water story, S. R. Cohen (FOR) JUN 11

  • The many dimensions of Earth’s landscapes (SD) JUN 21

  • Cold periods accelerate evolution (UP) JUN 25

  • Sediment supply predicts river geometry (UP) JUN 26

  • Coral isotopes track the rise of anthropogenic nitrogen (SD) JUL 19

  • Black carbon in Antarctica (UP) JUL 25

  • Cleanup of Cold War nuclear waste drags on (IE) JUL 28

  • Giant undersea craters were blown out by decomposing methane hydrates (SD) AUG 21

  • Atmospheric research in the Rocky Mountain foothills (IE) AUG 32

  • Climate change scenarios and risks, M. J. Gerver (FOR) SEP 11

  • Climate change in the Arctic accelerates (IE) SEP 24

  • Climate change research cut as Canada focuses on mitigation (IE) SEP 28

  • Hydrogen-powered vehicles: A chicken and egg problem (IE) SEP 31; correction NOV 15

  • Ancient clues help quantify modern methane (SD) NOV 16

  • Ships cause their own stormy seas (SD) NOV 20

  • Ship tracks (BS) NOV 80

  • Cruising the seas on the wreckage of a natural disaster (UP) DEC 25

  • Europe

    See International science

  • An electron–proton collider could bridge the gap between the LHC and its successor (IE) MAY 29

  • Facilities and laboratories

    See also International science

  • Israel’s water story: Success or crisis? G. Antonius (FOR) JAN 12

  • Erratic helium prices create research havoc (IE) JAN 26

  • Fates of two big radio dishes hang in the balance (IE) FEB 26

  • High-energy-density science blooms at NIF (IE) FEB 33

  • How did a scientific Siberia turn into AstroBoulder? J. P. Bassi (ART) FEB 36

  • Notes on the New Big Science, P. Foukal ; R. P. Crease, C. Westfall (FOR) MAR 12

  • Can a trusting relationship between DOE and its labs be restored? (IE) MAR 27

  • Theory institute opens residence hall for visitors (IE) APR 32

  • An electron–proton collider could bridge the gap between the LHC and its successor (IE) MAY 29

  • US academic fusion researchers sound alarm (IE) MAY 32

  • More details on Israel’s water story, S. R. Cohen (FOR) JUN 11

  • Hobby–Eberly Telescope eyes sky with new capabilities (IE) JUN 36

  • Hidden worlds of fundamental particles, D. Curtin, R. Sundrum (ART) JUN 46

  • Pulsar timing arrays are poised to reveal gravitational waves (IE) JUL 26

  • Cleanup of Cold War nuclear waste drags on (IE) JUL 28

  • Issues that pushed the SSC’s demise, C. Milner ; M. Riordan (FOR) AUG 12

  • Making a statement about parameter ranges, A. Caldwell (FOR) AUG 12

  • Massive machine gears up to weigh nearly massless particles (IE) AUG 26

  • Atmospheric research in the Rocky Mountain foothills (IE) AUG 32

  • Climate change research cut as Canada focuses on mitigation (IE) SEP 28

  • Neutrino detection goes small (UP) OCT 29

  • Ultraperipheral nuclear collisions, S. Klein, J. Nystrand (ART) OCT 40

  • Weiss, Barish, and Thorne share 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics (SD) DEC 16

  • Two kinds of waves from a neutron-star smashup (SD) DEC 19

  • Fluids

    See also Condensed-matter physics; Nonlinear science; Rheology

  • Classical precursor to turbulence observed in a superfluid (SD) JAN 19

  • Leidenfrost for solids (UP) JAN 23

  • Fracking and the future of fuels, D. A. Cornell ; A. Cavallo ; R. LaRosa ; M. Marder, T. Patzek, S. W. Tinker (FOR) FEB 10

  • Biological eigenstrokes (BS) MAR 84

  • Row bots, J.-P. Boucher, R. Labbé, C. Clanet (QS) JUN 82

  • Shepherding DNA with light and entropy (UP) JUL 25

  • Clippers, yachts, and the false promise of the wave line, L. D. Ferreiro, A. Pollara (ART) JUL 52

  • Collisions of viscous droplets (UP) AUG 23

  • The emergent physics of animal locomotion, S. Sponberg (ART) SEP 34

  • Wickless heat pipes in microgravity, J. L. Plawsky, T. Nguyen (QS) SEP 82

  • Taking the measure of water’s whirl (SD) OCT 20

  • Acoustic levitation widens the study of droplet jetting (SD) NOV 18

  • Refracturing may not be all it’s cracked up to be (IE) NOV 27

  • The relentless pursuit of hypersonic flight, I. A. Leyva (ART) NOV 30

  • Da Vinci’s observations of soaring birds, P. L. Richardson (QS) NOV 78

  • Fluid dynamics explains ancient organism behavior (UP) DEC 25

  • Liquid diodes (BS) DEC 72

  • Funding and budgets

    See Politics and policy

    Geophysics

    See Atmospheric science; Earth science; Energy; Environment; Ocean science; Space and planetary science

    High-pressure physics

    See Condensed-matter physics; Earth science; Space and planetary science

    History and philosophy

    See also Biography and personalities; Obituaries; Sociology of science

  • Carl-Gustaf Rossby: Theorist, institution builder, bon vivant, J. R. Fleming (ART) JAN 50

  • Olive spoons and terrapin forks (ED) FEB 8

  • How did a scientific Siberia turn into AstroBoulder? J. P. Bassi (ART) FEB 36

  • In referees we trust? M. Baldwin (ART) FEB 44

  • Discoveries and explanations (ED) MAR 8

  • Commentary: How to teach me physics: Tradition is not always a virtue, R. Heras (FOR) MAR 10

  • Approaches to studying our history, M. Berry ; M. Nauenberg (FOR) MAR 11

  • Notes on the New Big Science, P. Foukal ; R. P. Crease, C. Westfall (FOR) MAR 12

  • Commentary: In defense of Crazy Ideas, D. Stevenson (FOR) APR 10

  • Meghnad Saha and the contemporary scene, C. W. Clark ; J. Ganguly (FOR) APR 11

  • Science is indeed special, J. Winkler ; G. Keaton (FOR) APR 12

  • The secret of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, A. Wellerstein, E. Geist (ART) APR 40

  • Sakharov, Gorbachev, and nuclear reductions, F. N. von Hippel (ART) APR 48

  • Standing on their shoulders, A. R. Hoffman ; R. Ö. Akyüz (FOR) MAY 13

  • The past and future of physics education reform, V. K. Otero, D. E. Meltzer (ART) MAY 50

  • Gathering the human stories of science, G. A. Good (QS) MAY 74

  • The secret search for uranium in Cold War Morocco, M. Adamson (ART) JUN 54

  • Early descriptions of Coriolis effect, C. M. Graney (FOR) JUL 12

  • Clippers, yachts, and the false promise of the wave line, L. D. Ferreiro, A. Pollara (ART) JUL 52

  • A seismic hydrophone array in a tube (BS) JUL 80

  • Historical note on 2016 Physics Nobel, M. Schick (FOR) AUG 13

  • Why is the Sun’s corona so hot? Why are prominences so cool? J. B. Zirker, O. Engvold (ART) AUG 36

  • Mobilizing US physics in World War I, J.-G. Hagmann (ART) AUG 44

  • Explaining a few discoveries, S. Tremaine (FOR) SEP 12

  • Revisiting The Los Alamos Primer, B. C. Reed (ART) SEP 42

  • Peer review as conflict, Y. Gingras ; V. Matsarski ; P. T. Williams ; M. Baldwin (FOR) OCT 16

  • Readers weigh in on how to teach physics, B. C. Reed ; M. Daly ; P. A. Stahl ; R. Heras (FOR) NOV 10

  • Wastefulness not always a result of progress, A. Stillman (FOR) NOV 12

  • Calling computers names in Swedish, J. Carlsson ; J. R. Fleming (FOR) NOV 14

  • Da Vinci’s observations of soaring birds, P. L. Richardson (QS) NOV 78

  • Commentary: The promise of polymers, T. Lodge (FOR) DEC 10

  • Heisenberg letters show courage in horrific times, I. Heisenberg ; K. Gottstein (FOR) DEC 13

  • Discovering Earth’s radiation belts, D. N. Baker, M. I. Panasyuk (ART) DEC 46

  • Trigonometry for the heavens, G. Van Brummelen (QS) DEC 70

  • Industry and physics

    See also Employment and careers; Sociology of science; Technology and engineering

  • X-ray sterilization with accelerators is viable in US (FOR) JAN 11

  • Passive cooling doesn’t cost the planet (SD) APR 16

  • From lab to clinic (ED) AUG 8

  • Climate change in the Arctic accelerates (IE) SEP 24

  • Hydrogen-powered vehicles: A chicken and egg problem (IE) SEP 31; correction NOV 15

  • Death and succession among Finland’s nuclear waste experts, V. Ialenti (ART) OCT 48; correction DEC 15

  • Refracturing may not be all it’s cracked up to be (IE) NOV 27

  • Commentary: The promise of polymers, T. Lodge (FOR) DEC 10

  • Instrumentation and techniques

    See also Metrology and fundamental constants; Microscopy; Technology and engineering

  • X-ray sterilization with accelerators is viable in US (FOR) JAN 11

  • Electron microscopy gets a multicolor makeover (SD) JAN 14

  • Erratic helium prices create research havoc (IE) JAN 26

  • Electron diffraction sees hydrogen atoms (SD) MAR 16

  • Circuitry made robust enough for Venus (SD) MAR 19

  • Watching perovskite photoexcitations, atom by atom (UP) MAR 21

  • Footnote on femtochemistry, Y. Gan (FOR) APR 14

  • Magnetic trap snares methyl radicals (SD) APR 18

  • Undergraduate labs lag in science and technology (IE) APR 26

  • Graphene visualized (BS) APR 72

  • Force spectroscopy unveils hidden protein-folding states (SD) MAY 16

  • The power of imaging with phase, not power, G. Popescu (ART) MAY 34

  • Imaging cancer with photoacoustic radar, A. Mandelis (ART) MAY 42

  • The many dimensions of Earth’s landscapes (SD) JUN 21

  • Printing glass in 3D (UP) JUN 24

  • Quantum-circuit refrigerator (BS) JUN 84

  • Limits and progress (ED) JUL 8; correction AUG 13

  • Shepherding DNA with light and entropy (UP) JUL 25

  • From lab to clinic (ED) AUG 8

  • A graphene-based digital camera (UP) AUG 24

  • Cochlear implants and electronic hearing, M. Svirsky (ART) AUG 52

  • X rays peer inside a magnet (SD) SEP 17

  • Resolving smaller molecules with cryo-EM (UP) SEP 22

  • The emergent physics of animal locomotion, S. Sponberg (ART) SEP 34

  • Microscopy without lenses, E. McLeod, A. Ozcan (ART) SEP 50

  • Taking the measure of water’s whirl (SD) OCT 20

  • Exceptional points make for exceptional sensors (SD) OCT 23

  • Neutrino detection goes small (UP) OCT 29

  • Phase-sensitive surface spectroscopy, simplified (UP) OCT 30

  • Apple seismology, K. van Wijk, S. Hitchman (QS) OCT 94

  • Acoustic levitation widens the study of droplet jetting (SD) NOV 18

  • Trapping molecules for quantum chemistry, M. G. Raizen (FOR) DEC 12

  • Cryoelectron microscopy pioneers win chemistry Nobel (SD) DEC 22

  • Liquid diodes (BS) DEC 72

  • International science

    See also Facilities and laboratories; Politics and policy

  • Israel’s water story: Success or crisis? G. Antonius (FOR) JAN 12

  • Despite financial squeeze, Japan continues drive to globalize its science enterprise (IE) JAN 24

  • UK science mired in uncertainty about Brexit (IE) MAR 24

  • Meghnad Saha and the contemporary scene, C. W. Clark ; J. Ganguly (FOR) APR 11

  • Biology leads the race to turn sunlight into fuels (IE) APR 30

  • An electron–proton collider could bridge the gap between the LHC and its successor (IE) MAY 29

  • Commentary: Pursuing science across nationalities and disciplines, K. Dani (FOR) JUN 10

  • More details on Israel’s water story, S. R. Cohen (FOR) JUN 11

  • College-level project-based learning gains popularity (IE) JUN 28

  • Pulsar timing arrays are poised to reveal gravitational waves (IE) JUL 26

  • Massive machine gears up to weigh nearly massless particles (IE) AUG 26

  • Mobilizing US physics in World War I, J.-G. Hagmann (ART) AUG 44

  • Climate change in the Arctic accelerates (IE) SEP 24

  • Climate change research cut as Canada focuses on mitigation (IE) SEP 28

  • Commentary: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and you, B. H. J. McKellar (FOR) OCT 10

  • A spray-on material can retrofit walls to save lives in earthquakes (IE) DEC 30

  • Japan

    See International science

    Lasers

    See Instrumentation and techniques; Optics and photonics; Quantum physics

    Latin America

    See International science

    Low-temperature physics

    See Instrumentation and techniques; Quantum physics

    Magnetism

    See Classical mechanics and electromagnetism; Condensed-matter physics; Quantum physics; Space and planetary science

    Materials science

    See also Chemical and molecular physics; Condensed-matter physics; Microstructures and nanostructures

  • Israel’s water story: Success or crisis? G. Antonius (FOR) JAN 12

  • Wearable transistor can heal its own wounds (UP) JAN 22

  • Kamifusen, the self-inflating Japanese paper balloon, I. Fukumori (QS) JAN 78

  • Semiconductor metamaterial fools the Hall effect (SD) FEB 21

  • High-energy-density science blooms at NIF (IE) FEB 33

  • Diamonds from the deep (BS) FEB 80

  • Notes on the New Big Science, P. Foukal ; R. P. Crease, C. Westfall (FOR) MAR 12

  • Polymer-based transistors bring fully stretchable devices within reach (SD) MAR 14

  • Circuitry made robust enough for Venus (SD) MAR 19

  • Watching perovskite photoexcitations, atom by atom (UP) MAR 21

  • Passive cooling doesn’t cost the planet (SD) APR 16

  • Photonic doping tunes transparent media (SD) MAY 20

  • More details on Israel’s water story, S. R. Cohen (FOR) JUN 11

  • Metal–organic framework extracts water from thin air (SD) JUN 16

  • Printing glass in 3D (UP) JUN 24

  • Breakthrough battery hinged on funding from program in Trump’s crosshairs (IE) JUN 34

  • Hall sign reversal in certain metamaterials, R. G. Mani (FOR) JUL 13

  • Sulfur hydride and superconductivity theory, D. G. Walmsley, X.-H. Zheng (FOR) JUL 14

  • Ferromagnetism found in two-dimensional materials (SD) JUL 16

  • How friction melts sliding rock (UP) JUL 24

  • Surprises from the spin Hall effect, J. Sinova, T. Jungwirth (ART) JUL 38

  • Spider dragline silk’s surprising twist (UP) AUG 23

  • A graphene-based digital camera (UP) AUG 24

  • Interplanetary sand traps, T. Shinbrot (QS) AUG 78

  • X rays peer inside a magnet (SD) SEP 17

  • A thermodynamic theory of granular material endures (SD) SEP 20

  • Hydrogen-powered vehicles: A chicken and egg problem (IE) SEP 31; correction NOV 15

  • Hall-effect metamaterials and “anti-Hall bars”, M. Wegener, M. Kadic, C. Kern (FOR) OCT 14

  • How squid build their graded-index spherical lenses (SD) OCT 26

  • Phase-sensitive surface spectroscopy, simplified (UP) OCT 30

  • Apple seismology, K. van Wijk, S. Hitchman (QS) OCT 94

  • Grape balls of fire! (BS) OCT 96

  • Now you see this nanoplasmonic mirror. Now you don’t. (UP) NOV 22

  • Healing defects in perovskite films (UP) NOV 23

  • The relentless pursuit of hypersonic flight, I. A. Leyva (ART) NOV 30

  • Commentary: The promise of polymers, T. Lodge (FOR) DEC 10

  • A spray-on material can retrofit walls to save lives in earthquakes (IE) DEC 30

  • Mathematical physics

    See Theory and mathematical physics

    Media and the press

    See Publishing, media, and the press; Society and physics

    Medical physics

    See also Biological physics; Crystallography

  • X-ray sterilization with accelerators is viable in US (FOR) JAN 11

  • Dynamics of a human spiral wave, A. J. Welsh, E. F. Greco, F. H. Fenton (QS) FEB 78

  • The power of imaging with phase, not power, G. Popescu (ART) MAY 34

  • Imaging cancer with photoacoustic radar, A. Mandelis (ART) MAY 42

  • Infants note the notes, B. K. Lau, M. Ng (QS) JUL 78

  • From lab to clinic (ED) AUG 8

  • Cochlear implants and electronic hearing, M. Svirsky (ART) AUG 52

  • Microscopy without lenses, E. McLeod, A. Ozcan (ART) SEP 50

  • Meteorology

    See Atmospheric science; Earth science; Environment

    Metrology and fundamental constants

    See also Instrumentation and techniques

  • Antihydrogen gives way to spectroscopic study (SD) FEB 16

  • Making a statement about parameter ranges, A. Caldwell (FOR) AUG 12

  • Proton mass measured with unprecedented precision (UP) SEP 23

  • A universal human constant? I. S. Hammerman (FOR) DEC 14

  • Microscopy

    See also Instrumentation and techniques; Optics and photonics

  • Electron microscopy gets a multicolor makeover (SD) JAN 14

  • Graphene visualized (BS) APR 72

  • The power of imaging with phase, not power, G. Popescu (ART) MAY 34

  • Imaging cancer with photoacoustic radar, A. Mandelis (ART) MAY 42

  • Limits and progress (ED) JUL 8; correction AUG 13

  • From lab to clinic (ED) AUG 8

  • X rays peer inside a magnet (SD) SEP 17

  • Resolving smaller molecules with cryo-EM (UP) SEP 22

  • Microscopy without lenses, E. McLeod, A. Ozcan (ART) SEP 50

  • Cryoelectron microscopy pioneers win chemistry Nobel (SD) DEC 22

  • Microstructures and nanostructures

    See also Condensed-matter physics; Materials science; Quantum physics

  • Semiconductor metamaterial fools the Hall effect (SD) FEB 21

  • Polymer-based transistors bring fully stretchable devices within reach (SD) MAR 14

  • Passive cooling doesn’t cost the planet (SD) APR 16

  • Forging a carbon nanobelt (UP) JUN 26

  • Breakthrough battery hinged on funding from program in Trump’s crosshairs (IE) JUN 34

  • Quantum-circuit refrigerator (BS) JUN 84

  • Hall sign reversal in certain metamaterials, R. G. Mani (FOR) JUL 13

  • Shepherding DNA with light and entropy (UP) JUL 25

  • Surprises from the spin Hall effect, J. Sinova, T. Jungwirth (ART) JUL 38

  • The carbon nanotube integrated circuit goes three-dimensional (SD) SEP 14

  • X rays peer inside a magnet (SD) SEP 17

  • Hall-effect metamaterials and “anti-Hall bars”, M. Wegener, M. Kadic, C. Kern (FOR) OCT 14

  • Exceptional points make for exceptional sensors (SD) OCT 23

  • Now you see this nanoplasmonic mirror. Now you don’t. (UP) NOV 22

  • Boosting solar energy conversion with nanofluids, N. E. Hjerrild, R. A. Taylor (ART) DEC 40

  • Military physics and arms control

    See also Politics and policy; Society and physics

  • X-ray sterilization with accelerators is viable in US (FOR) JAN 11

  • With Trump in charge, uncharted waters lie ahead for science (IE) JAN 29

  • Can a trusting relationship between DOE and its labs be restored? (IE) MAR 27

  • The secret of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, A. Wellerstein, E. Geist (ART) APR 40

  • Sakharov, Gorbachev, and nuclear reductions, F. N. von Hippel (ART) APR 48

  • The secret search for uranium in Cold War Morocco, M. Adamson (ART) JUN 54

  • Cleanup of Cold War nuclear waste drags on (IE) JUL 28

  • Grim news for science and research in Trump budget (IE) JUL 34

  • Mobilizing US physics in World War I, J.-G. Hagmann (ART) AUG 44

  • Revisiting The Los Alamos Primer, B. C. Reed (ART) SEP 42

  • The relentless pursuit of hypersonic flight, I. A. Leyva (ART) NOV 30

  • Minorities in physics

    See Sociology of science

    Miscellaneous

  • A reminder of the powers of π, L. J. Dubé (FOR) NOV 13

  • What do they think we know? (ED) DEC 8

  • Molecular physics

    See Chemical and molecular physics

    Nanostructures

    See Microstructures and nanostructures

    NASA

    See also Politics and policy

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

    See Facilities and laboratories; Metrology and fundamental constants; Politics and policy

    National laboratories

    See Facilities and laboratories

    National Science Foundation

    See Politics and policy

    Nonlinear science

    See also Computers and computational physics; Emergent phenomena; Fluids; Rheology; Theory and mathematical physics

  • Classical precursor to turbulence observed in a superfluid (SD) JAN 19

  • The unfolding and control of network cascades, A. E. Motter, Y. Yang (ART) JAN 32

  • The ocellated lizard is a computer game come to life (UP) JUN 25

  • A deep neural network of light (UP) AUG 24

  • Phase-sensitive surface spectroscopy, simplified (UP) OCT 30

  • Nuclear physics

    See also Atomic physics; Energy; Particle physics

  • X-ray sterilization with accelerators is viable in US (FOR) JAN 11

  • High-energy-density science blooms at NIF (IE) FEB 33

  • Meghnad Saha and the contemporary scene, C. W. Clark ; J. Ganguly (FOR) APR 11

  • The secret of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, A. Wellerstein, E. Geist (ART) APR 40

  • Proton structure seen in a new light (SD) MAY 14

  • As nuclear fuel ages, an antineutrino anomaly changes (UP) JUL 24

  • Revisiting The Los Alamos Primer, B. C. Reed (ART) SEP 42

  • Necessary and sufficient conditions for practical fusion power, R. L. Hirsch (FOR) OCT 11

  • Neutrino detection goes small (UP) OCT 29

  • Ultraperipheral nuclear collisions, S. Klein, J. Nystrand (ART) OCT 40

  • Death and succession among Finland’s nuclear waste experts, V. Ialenti (ART) OCT 48; correction DEC 15

  • NASA sees a future with nuclear power (IE) DEC 26

  • Nuclear reactors and nuclear energy

    See Energy; Nuclear physics

    Nuclear weapons

    See Military physics and arms control

    Obituaries

    See also Biography and personalities; History and philosophy

  • Deborah Jin, J. Bohn (OB) JAN 69

  • John Michael Julius Madey, P. Lam, V. Shiltsev, F. Zimmermann (OB) JAN 70

  • Making a name with Chinese characters, W. T. Chu, K.-J. Kim (FOR) FEB 15

  • Ralph J. Cicerone, M. Prather, R. Stolarski (OB) FEB 67

  • David Ritz Finkelstein, P. Cvitanović, L. Susskind (OB) FEB 68

  • Edward Joseph Lofgren, W. Barletta, J. Alonso (OB) FEB 69

  • James Watson Cronin, H. J. Frisch, J. E. Pilcher, M. J. Shochet (OB) MAR 72

  • Vera Cooper Rubin, N. A. Bahcall (OB) MAR 73

  • Jacques Isaac Pankove, T. D. Moustakas, B. Monemar (OB) APR 64

  • Robert Gomer, D. Menzel, M. C. Tringides, L. D. Schmidt (OB) MAY 67

  • Lev Petrovich Gor’kov, G. Boebinger, S. Iordansky, D. Pines, L. Pitaevskii (OB) MAY 68

  • Stanley Mandelstam, (OB) MAY 69

  • Spartak Timofeevich Belyaev, A. Barabanov, V. Zelevinsky (OB) JUN 72

  • Mildred S. Dresselhaus, M. Endo, A. Jorio, M. A. Pimenta, R. Saito, A. G. Souza Filho, M. Terrones, D. Tománek (OB) JUN 73

  • Anthony Philip French, P. H. Fisher, C. H. Holbrow (OB) JUN 74

  • Leonid Keldysh, F. Capasso, P. Corkum, O. Kocharovskaya, L. Pitaevskii, M. V. Sadovskii (OB) JUN 75

  • Ursula Martius Franklin, D. D. Perovic (OB) JUL 70

  • C. V. Vishveshwara, N. Dadhich, R. Isaacson, B. Iyer, K. Jani, C. W. Misner (OB) JUL 71

  • Yoshio Yamaguchi, N. Sakai (OB) JUL 72

  • Roger Wolfe Cohen, P. Eisenberger, M. P. Fricke, L. I. Gould, W. Happer (OB) AUG 70

  • Kwok-Yung Lo, P. A. Vanden Bout, A. I. Sargent (OB) AUG 71

  • Gary Steigman, R. Scherrer, J. Beacom, T. Walker, K. Olive, M. Turner (OB) AUG 72

  • Paul Frederick Zweifel, N. J. McCormick, C. E. Siewert, B. D. Ganapol, A. K. Prinja (OB) AUG 73

  • Sidney David Drell, J. D. Bjorken, R. L. Garwin, W. J. Perry (OB) SEP 69

  • Edwin Leo Goldwasser, R. A. Carrigan, R. O. Simmons (OB) SEP 70

  • Kerson Huang, C. Xiong (OB) SEP 71

  • Arthur Hinton Rosenfeld, A. Gadgil, D. B. Goldstein, J. Koomey (OB) SEP 72

  • First physicist in Congress dies (IE) OCT 38

  • Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, M. R. Norman, A. A. Varlamov (OB) OCT 73

  • Leo Leroy Beranek, G. C. Maling Jr, E. J. W. Wood (OB) OCT 74

  • Cornelis A. Gehrels, S. B. Cenko, F. Reddy (OB) OCT 75

  • Abraham Szöke, S. B. Libby, M. D. Rosen (OB) OCT 76

  • Karl-Heinz Rieder, L. Bartels, S.-W. Hla, J. Manson, A. Baratoff, L. Grill, K.-H. Ernst (OB) NOV 63

  • Sheldon Schultz, M. B. Maple, D. C. Vier, D. R. Smith, D. M. Eigler (OB) NOV 63

  • Ronald William Prest Drever, C. M. Caves, R. E. Spero (OB) DEC 59

  • Peter Mansfield, P. Gowland (OB) DEC 60

  • Ocean science

    See also Earth science; Environment

  • Ocean currents respond to climate change in unexpected ways (SD) JAN 17

  • Antarctic ice flows (BS) JAN 80

  • Citizen observers chart Arctic change (IE) FEB 29

  • Why the ocean’s carbon sink has gotten stronger (SD) APR 21

  • Sea turtles don’t just go with the flow (UP) MAY 22

  • Rising heat content of Earth’s oceans (UP) MAY 23

  • Coral isotopes track the rise of anthropogenic nitrogen (SD) JUL 19

  • A seismic hydrophone array in a tube (BS) JUL 80

  • Giant undersea craters were blown out by decomposing methane hydrates (SD) AUG 21

  • Climate change scenarios and risks, M. J. Gerver (FOR) SEP 11

  • Climate change in the Arctic accelerates (IE) SEP 24

  • Cruising the seas on the wreckage of a natural disaster (UP) DEC 25

  • Optics and photonics

    See also Instrumentation and techniques; Microscopy

  • Photonic doping tunes transparent media (SD) MAY 20

  • Frog fluorescence (UP) MAY 23

  • The power of imaging with phase, not power, G. Popescu (ART) MAY 34

  • Imaging cancer with photoacoustic radar, A. Mandelis (ART) MAY 42

  • Carving out entanglement (UP) JUL 25

  • Shepherding DNA with light and entropy (UP) JUL 25

  • From lab to clinic (ED) AUG 8

  • Quantum entanglement reaches new heights (SD) AUG 14

  • A graphene-based digital camera (UP) AUG 24

  • A deep neural network of light (UP) AUG 24

  • Microscopy without lenses, E. McLeod, A. Ozcan (ART) SEP 50

  • Exceptional points make for exceptional sensors (SD) OCT 23

  • How squid build their graded-index spherical lenses (SD) OCT 26

  • Phase-sensitive surface spectroscopy, simplified (UP) OCT 30

  • The new era of polariton condensates, D. W. Snoke, J. Keeling (ART) OCT 54

  • Now you see this nanoplasmonic mirror. Now you don’t. (UP) NOV 22

  • Weiss, Barish, and Thorne share 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics (SD) DEC 16

  • Boosting solar energy conversion with nanofluids, N. E. Hjerrild, R. A. Taylor (ART) DEC 40

  • Particle physics

    See also Nuclear physics; Theory and mathematical physics

  • Antiprotonic helium (UP) JAN 22

  • Antihydrogen gives way to spectroscopic study (SD) FEB 16

  • Proton structure seen in a new light (SD) MAY 14

  • An electron–proton collider could bridge the gap between the LHC and its successor (IE) MAY 29

  • Magnetic monopole search, past and present, A. S. Goldhaber ; K. Frankel ; C. Harrison ; A. Rajantie (FOR) JUN 12

  • Hidden worlds of fundamental particles, D. Curtin, R. Sundrum (ART) JUN 46

  • Proton–proton collisions prove stranger than expected (SD) JUL 21

  • As nuclear fuel ages, an antineutrino anomaly changes (UP) JUL 24

  • Issues that pushed the SSC’s demise, C. Milner ; M. Riordan (FOR) AUG 12

  • Making a statement about parameter ranges, A. Caldwell (FOR) AUG 12

  • Massive machine gears up to weigh nearly massless particles (IE) AUG 26

  • Proton mass measured with unprecedented precision (UP) SEP 23

  • Neutrino detection goes small (UP) OCT 29

  • Ultraperipheral nuclear collisions, S. Klein, J. Nystrand (ART) OCT 40

  • A reminder of the powers of π, L. J. Dubé (FOR) NOV 13

  • Philosophy of science

    See History and philosophy

    Planetary science

    See Earth science; Space and planetary science

    Plasmas and fusion

    See also Astrophysics and cosmology; Energy; Space and planetary science

  • High-energy-density science blooms at NIF (IE) FEB 33

  • A step toward deciphering auroras (UP) MAY 22

  • US academic fusion researchers sound alarm (IE) MAY 32

  • Why is the Sun’s corona so hot? Why are prominences so cool? J. B. Zirker, O. Engvold (ART) AUG 36

  • What causes the Sun’s plasma jets? (UP) SEP 23

  • Necessary and sufficient conditions for practical fusion power, R. L. Hirsch (FOR) OCT 11

  • Grape balls of fire! (BS) OCT 96

  • Politics and policy

    See also International science; Military physics and arms control; Society and physics; Sociology of science

  • Commentary: Physicists without borders, A. P. Gast (FOR) JAN 10

  • X-ray sterilization with accelerators is viable in US (FOR) JAN 11

  • Despite financial squeeze, Japan continues drive to globalize its science enterprise (IE) JAN 24

  • Erratic helium prices create research havoc (IE) JAN 26

  • With Trump in charge, uncharted waters lie ahead for science (IE) JAN 29

  • Fracking and the future of fuels, D. A. Cornell ; A. Cavallo ; R. LaRosa ; M. Marder, T. Patzek, S. W. Tinker (FOR) FEB 10

  • Book on Sakharov raises issues, S. D. Drell, G. P. Shultz ; V. Z. Kresin, T. Yankelevich ; A. Kojevnikov (FOR) FEB 14

  • Society, politics, and the realm of physics, R. S. Orr ; C. Day (FOR) FEB 15

  • Fates of two big radio dishes hang in the balance (IE) FEB 26

  • Effort in asteroid defense under way despite funding constraints (IE) FEB 31

  • How did a scientific Siberia turn into AstroBoulder? J. P. Bassi (ART) FEB 36

  • Notes on the New Big Science, P. Foukal ; R. P. Crease, C. Westfall (FOR) MAR 12

  • UK science mired in uncertainty about Brexit (IE) MAR 24

  • Can a trusting relationship between DOE and its labs be restored? (IE) MAR 27

  • Climate-data rescue efforts gear up (IE) MAR 31

  • Meghnad Saha and the contemporary scene, C. W. Clark ; J. Ganguly (FOR) APR 11

  • The secret of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, A. Wellerstein, E. Geist (ART) APR 40

  • Sakharov, Gorbachev, and nuclear reductions, F. N. von Hippel (ART) APR 48

  • Steady, strong growth is expected for open-access journals (IE) MAY 24

  • The past and future of physics education reform, V. K. Otero, D. E. Meltzer (ART) MAY 50

  • Illinois budget impasse damaging state universities (IE) JUN 32

  • Breakthrough battery hinged on funding from program in Trump’s crosshairs (IE) JUN 34

  • The secret search for uranium in Cold War Morocco, M. Adamson (ART) JUN 54

  • Cleanup of Cold War nuclear waste drags on (IE) JUL 28

  • As student labor movements grow, scientists turn activist (IE) JUL 32

  • Grim news for science and research in Trump budget (IE) JUL 34

  • Issues that pushed the SSC’s demise, C. Milner ; M. Riordan (FOR) AUG 12

  • Atmospheric research in the Rocky Mountain foothills (IE) AUG 32

  • Mobilizing US physics in World War I, J.-G. Hagmann (ART) AUG 44

  • Climate change scenarios and risks, M. J. Gerver (FOR) SEP 11

  • Climate change in the Arctic accelerates (IE) SEP 24

  • Climate change research cut as Canada focuses on mitigation (IE) SEP 28

  • Hydrogen-powered vehicles: A chicken and egg problem (IE) SEP 31; correction NOV 15

  • Difficult decisions (ED) OCT 8

  • Necessary and sufficient conditions for practical fusion power, R. L. Hirsch (FOR) OCT 11

  • Nevada and Trump administration face off over Yucca Mountain (IE) OCT 32

  • First physicist in Congress dies (IE) OCT 38

  • Heisenberg letters show courage in horrific times, I. Heisenberg ; K. Gottstein (FOR) DEC 13

  • NASA sees a future with nuclear power (IE) DEC 26

  • Polymer physics

    See Chemical and molecular physics; Materials science; Rheology

    Publishing, media, and the press

    See also Sociology of science

  • Our new website (ED) JAN 8

  • Your most impactful publication can come at any time (UP) JAN 23

  • The image of scientists in The Big Bang Theory, M. A. Weitekamp (ART) JAN 40

  • Society, politics, and the realm of physics, R. S. Orr ; C. Day (FOR) FEB 15

  • In referees we trust? M. Baldwin (ART) FEB 44

  • The state of open access (ED) MAY 8

  • Steady, strong growth is expected for open-access journals (IE) MAY 24

  • International Cloud Atlas (BS) MAY 76

  • LIGO backstory delights and displeases, J. M. Pasachoff (FOR) JUN 14

  • Guns on campus: Is that physics? D. A. Roberts ; C. Barsi (FOR) JUN 15

  • Guns on campus are scientists’ concern, A. Hobson (FOR) AUG 12

  • Call him Doctor Cooper, T. Katori (FOR) AUG 13

  • In the digital age, physics students and professors prefer paper textbooks (IE) AUG 30

  • Against the rising flood of information (ED) SEP 8

  • Difficult decisions (ED) OCT 8

  • Peer review as collaboration, T. Shinbrot (FOR) OCT 15

  • Peer review as conflict, Y. Gingras ; V. Matsarski ; P. T. Williams ; M. Baldwin (FOR) OCT 16

  • What do they think we know? (ED) DEC 8

  • Quantum physics

    See also Atomic physics; Chemical and molecular physics; Microstructures and nanostructures; Optics and photonics; Theory and mathematical physics

  • Classical precursor to turbulence observed in a superfluid (SD) JAN 19

  • Neutron starlight gets QED-fueled polarization boost (UP) JAN 22

  • Antiprotonic helium (UP) JAN 22

  • Constraining interpretations of quantum mechanics (UP) FEB 23

  • Footnote on femtochemistry, Y. Gan (FOR) APR 14

  • Proton structure seen in a new light (SD) MAY 14

  • Magnetic monopole search, past and present, A. S. Goldhaber ; K. Frankel ; C. Harrison ; A. Rajantie (FOR) JUN 12

  • Shedding light (and dark) on quantum probabilities (UP) JUN 24

  • Quantum-circuit refrigerator (BS) JUN 84

  • Carving out entanglement (UP) JUL 25

  • Surprises from the spin Hall effect, J. Sinova, T. Jungwirth (ART) JUL 38

  • Quantum computing with neutral atoms, D. S. Weiss, M. Saffman (ART) JUL 44

  • Historical note on 2016 Physics Nobel, M. Schick (FOR) AUG 13

  • Quantum entanglement reaches new heights (SD) AUG 14

  • Quantum gases cooled to long-range antiferromagnetic order (SD) AUG 17

  • Exceptional points make for exceptional sensors (SD) OCT 23

  • The new era of polariton condensates, D. W. Snoke, J. Keeling (ART) OCT 54

  • Rheology

    See also Condensed-matter physics; Fluids; Nonlinear science

  • Leidenfrost for solids (UP) JAN 23

  • Fracking and the future of fuels, D. A. Cornell ; A. Cavallo ; R. LaRosa ; M. Marder, T. Patzek, S. W. Tinker (FOR) FEB 10

  • Polymer-based transistors bring fully stretchable devices within reach (SD) MAR 14

  • Sediment supply predicts river geometry (UP) JUN 26

  • How friction melts sliding rock (UP) JUL 24

  • Spider dragline silk’s surprising twist (UP) AUG 23

  • Collisions of viscous droplets (UP) AUG 23

  • Interplanetary sand traps, T. Shinbrot (QS) AUG 78

  • Wickless heat pipes in microgravity, J. L. Plawsky, T. Nguyen (QS) SEP 82

  • How squid build their graded-index spherical lenses (SD) OCT 26

  • Commentary: The promise of polymers, T. Lodge (FOR) DEC 10

  • Fluid dynamics explains ancient organism behavior (UP) DEC 25

  • Liquid diodes (BS) DEC 72

  • Scientific societies

  • Steady, strong growth is expected for open-access journals (IE) MAY 24

  • The Moving Rocks of Death Valley (BS) SEP 84

  • Commentary: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and you, B. H. J. McKellar (FOR) OCT 10

  • Preparing physics students for 21st-century careers, L. McNeil, P. Heron (ART) NOV 38

  • Society and physics

    See also Education; Employment and careers; Energy; Environment; Military physics and arms control; Politics and policy; Publishing, media, and the press; Sociology of science

  • Commentary: Physicists without borders, A. P. Gast (FOR) JAN 10

  • With Trump in charge, uncharted waters lie ahead for science (IE) JAN 29

  • The image of scientists in The Big Bang Theory, M. A. Weitekamp (ART) JAN 40

  • Fracking and the future of fuels, D. A. Cornell ; A. Cavallo ; R. LaRosa ; M. Marder, T. Patzek, S. W. Tinker (FOR) FEB 10

  • Book on Sakharov raises issues, S. D. Drell, G. P. Shultz ; V. Z. Kresin, T. Yankelevich ; A. Kojevnikov (FOR) FEB 14

  • Society, politics, and the realm of physics, R. S. Orr ; C. Day (FOR) FEB 15

  • Citizen observers chart Arctic change (IE) FEB 29

  • Discoveries and explanations (ED) MAR 8

  • Approaches to studying our history, M. Berry ; M. Nauenberg (FOR) MAR 11

  • UK science mired in uncertainty about Brexit (IE) MAR 24

  • Climate-data rescue efforts gear up (IE) MAR 31

  • The strange star discovered by Planet Hunters, B. E. Schaefer (ART) MAR 82

  • Commentary: In defense of Crazy Ideas, D. Stevenson (FOR) APR 10

  • Meghnad Saha and the contemporary scene, C. W. Clark ; J. Ganguly (FOR) APR 11

  • Where’s my flying car? (ED) JUN 8

  • Guns on campus: Is that physics? D. A. Roberts ; C. Barsi (FOR) JUN 15

  • Illinois budget impasse damaging state universities (IE) JUN 32

  • Cleanup of Cold War nuclear waste drags on (IE) JUL 28

  • Commentary: The eclipse of a generation, A. Speck (FOR) AUG 10

  • Guns on campus are scientists’ concern, A. Hobson (FOR) AUG 12

  • Issues that pushed the SSC’s demise, C. Milner ; M. Riordan (FOR) AUG 12

  • Call him Doctor Cooper, T. Katori (FOR) AUG 13

  • Mobilizing US physics in World War I, J.-G. Hagmann (ART) AUG 44

  • A JunoCam close-up (BS) AUG 80

  • Explaining a few discoveries, S. Tremaine (FOR) SEP 12

  • Climate change in the Arctic accelerates (IE) SEP 24

  • Climate change research cut as Canada focuses on mitigation (IE) SEP 28

  • Hydrogen-powered vehicles: A chicken and egg problem (IE) SEP 31; correction NOV 15

  • Revisiting The Los Alamos Primer, B. C. Reed (ART) SEP 42

  • Commentary: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and you, B. H. J. McKellar (FOR) OCT 10

  • Necessary and sufficient conditions for practical fusion power, R. L. Hirsch (FOR) OCT 11

  • Nevada and Trump administration face off over Yucca Mountain (IE) OCT 32

  • Patent work blends science, business, and law (IE) OCT 36

  • Salaries for female physics faculty trail those for male colleagues (IE) NOV 24

  • What do they think we know? (ED) DEC 8

  • A universal human constant? I. S. Hammerman (FOR) DEC 14

  • A spray-on material can retrofit walls to save lives in earthquakes (IE) DEC 30

  • Sociology of science

    See also Education; Employment and careers; History and philosophy; Politics and policy; Publishing, media, and the press; Society and physics

  • Commentary: Physicists without borders, A. P. Gast (FOR) JAN 10

  • Your most impactful publication can come at any time (UP) JAN 23

  • The image of scientists in The Big Bang Theory, M. A. Weitekamp (ART) JAN 40

  • Physics education research and student development, J. Winfrey (FOR) FEB 10

  • In referees we trust? M. Baldwin (ART) FEB 44

  • A bridge between undergraduate and doctoral degrees, T. Hodapp, K. S. Woodle (ART) FEB 50

  • Discoveries and explanations (ED) MAR 8

  • Commentary: How to teach me physics: Tradition is not always a virtue, R. Heras (FOR) MAR 10

  • Approaches to studying our history, M. Berry ; M. Nauenberg (FOR) MAR 11

  • Notes on the New Big Science, P. Foukal ; R. P. Crease, C. Westfall (FOR) MAR 12

  • UK science mired in uncertainty about Brexit (IE) MAR 24

  • Commentary: In defense of Crazy Ideas, D. Stevenson (FOR) APR 10

  • Science is indeed special, J. Winkler ; G. Keaton (FOR) APR 12

  • Undergraduate labs lag in science and technology (IE) APR 26

  • Theory institute opens residence hall for visitors (IE) APR 32

  • Commentary: Diversity in physics: Are you part of the problem? A. Nelson (FOR) MAY 10

  • Important factors in shaping physics identities, E. De Pree, J. M. Grossman ; P. W. Irving, E. C. Sayre (FOR) MAY 12

  • Steady, strong growth is expected for open-access journals (IE) MAY 24

  • The past and future of physics education reform, V. K. Otero, D. E. Meltzer (ART) MAY 50

  • Gathering the human stories of science, G. A. Good (QS) MAY 74

  • Commentary: Pursuing science across nationalities and disciplines, K. Dani (FOR) JUN 10

  • LIGO backstory delights and displeases, J. M. Pasachoff (FOR) JUN 14

  • College-level project-based learning gains popularity (IE) JUN 28

  • As student labor movements grow, scientists turn activist (IE) JUL 32

  • Issues that pushed the SSC’s demise, C. Milner ; M. Riordan (FOR) AUG 12

  • Call him Doctor Cooper, T. Katori (FOR) AUG 13

  • In the digital age, physics students and professors prefer paper textbooks (IE) AUG 30

  • Commentary: Surviving scientist burnout, L. Delle Site (FOR) SEP 10

  • Explaining a few discoveries, S. Tremaine (FOR) SEP 12

  • Revisiting The Los Alamos Primer, B. C. Reed (ART) SEP 42

  • Commentary: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and you, B. H. J. McKellar (FOR) OCT 10

  • Peer review as collaboration, T. Shinbrot (FOR) OCT 15

  • Peer review as conflict, Y. Gingras ; V. Matsarski ; P. T. Williams ; M. Baldwin (FOR) OCT 16

  • Patent work blends science, business, and law (IE) OCT 36

  • Death and succession among Finland’s nuclear waste experts, V. Ialenti (ART) OCT 48; correction DEC 15

  • Is it time to change the undergraduate curriculum? (ED) NOV 8

  • Readers weigh in on how to teach physics, B. C. Reed ; M. Daly ; P. A. Stahl ; R. Heras (FOR) NOV 10

  • Salaries for female physics faculty trail those for male colleagues (IE) NOV 24

  • Preparing physics students for 21st-century careers, L. McNeil, P. Heron (ART) NOV 38

  • Space and planetary science

    See also Astrophysics and cosmology; Atmospheric science; Earth science; Plasmas and fusion

  • The space weather on the closest Earth-like exoplanet (UP) FEB 24

  • Effort in asteroid defense under way despite funding constraints (IE) FEB 31

  • High-energy-density science blooms at NIF (IE) FEB 33

  • How did a scientific Siberia turn into AstroBoulder? J. P. Bassi (ART) FEB 36

  • Circuitry made robust enough for Venus (SD) MAR 19

  • Our changing view of Mars, A. R. Vasavada (ART) MAR 34

  • Where are they? M. Livio, J. Silk (ART) MAR 50

  • The upper atmosphere’s natural thermostat (UP) APR 23

  • Radar reveals new hot spots on Enceladus (SD) MAY 18

  • Newfound rocks may be progeny of primordial crust (UP) MAY 22

  • A step toward deciphering auroras (UP) MAY 22

  • The new Moon, B. Denevi (ART) JUN 38

  • Commentary: The eclipse of a generation, A. Speck (FOR) AUG 10

  • Weighing a star with light (UP) AUG 24

  • Atmospheric research in the Rocky Mountain foothills (IE) AUG 32

  • Why is the Sun’s corona so hot? Why are prominences so cool? J. B. Zirker, O. Engvold (ART) AUG 36

  • Interplanetary sand traps, T. Shinbrot (QS) AUG 78

  • A JunoCam close-up (BS) AUG 80

  • They may not be out there, H. Smith (FOR) NOV 13

  • Evaluating the habitability of exomoons (UP) NOV 22

  • NASA sees a future with nuclear power (IE) DEC 26

  • Discovering Earth’s radiation belts, D. N. Baker, M. I. Panasyuk (ART) DEC 46

  • Statistical physics and thermodynamics

    See also Classical mechanics and electromagnetism; Theory and mathematical physics

  • Classical precursor to turbulence observed in a superfluid (SD) JAN 19

  • Leidenfrost for solids (UP) JAN 23

  • Kamifusen, the self-inflating Japanese paper balloon, I. Fukumori (QS) JAN 78

  • Supercooled water survives in no-man’s-land (SD) FEB 18

  • Constraining interpretations of quantum mechanics (UP) FEB 23

  • Dynamics of a human spiral wave, A. J. Welsh, E. F. Greco, F. H. Fenton (QS) FEB 78

  • Diamonds from the deep (BS) FEB 80

  • Passive cooling doesn’t cost the planet (SD) APR 16

  • Universal lower bound on the dissipation of superconductors (UP) APR 24

  • Metal–organic framework extracts water from thin air (SD) JUN 16

  • Quantum-circuit refrigerator (BS) JUN 84

  • Ferromagnetism found in two-dimensional materials (SD) JUL 16

  • How friction melts sliding rock (UP) JUL 24

  • Historical note on 2016 Physics Nobel, M. Schick (FOR) AUG 13

  • Quantum gases cooled to long-range antiferromagnetic order (SD) AUG 17

  • Giant undersea craters were blown out by decomposing methane hydrates (SD) AUG 21

  • Why is the Sun’s corona so hot? Why are prominences so cool? J. B. Zirker, O. Engvold (ART) AUG 36

  • Interplanetary sand traps, T. Shinbrot (QS) AUG 78

  • A thermodynamic theory of granular material endures (SD) SEP 20

  • The emergent physics of animal locomotion, S. Sponberg (ART) SEP 34

  • Wickless heat pipes in microgravity, J. L. Plawsky, T. Nguyen (QS) SEP 82

  • The Moving Rocks of Death Valley (BS) SEP 84

  • Superfast superconducting vortices (UP) OCT 30

  • The new era of polariton condensates, D. W. Snoke, J. Keeling (ART) OCT 54

  • Now you see this nanoplasmonic mirror. Now you don’t. (UP) NOV 22

  • The relentless pursuit of hypersonic flight, I. A. Leyva (ART) NOV 30

  • In celebration of Ilya Lifshitz, A. Y. Grosberg, B. Halperin, J. Singleton (ART) NOV 44

  • A universal human constant? I. S. Hammerman (FOR) DEC 14

  • Superconductivity and superfluidity

    See Condensed-matter physics; Quantum physics

    Surface physics

    See Condensed-matter physics; Materials science

    Synchrotron light sources

    See Biological physics; Condensed-matter physics; Crystallography; Facilities and laboratories

    Technology and engineering

    See also Computers and computational physics; Industry and physics; Instrumentation and techniques

  • Israel’s water story: Success or crisis? G. Antonius (FOR) JAN 12

  • Wearable transistor can heal its own wounds (UP) JAN 22

  • Olive spoons and terrapin forks (ED) FEB 8

  • Fracking and the future of fuels, D. A. Cornell ; A. Cavallo ; R. LaRosa ; M. Marder, T. Patzek, S. W. Tinker (FOR) FEB 10

  • Passive cooling doesn’t cost the planet (SD) APR 16

  • Biology leads the race to turn sunlight into fuels (IE) APR 30

  • Where’s my flying car? (ED) JUN 8

  • More details on Israel’s water story, S. R. Cohen (FOR) JUN 11

  • Metal–organic framework extracts water from thin air (SD) JUN 16

  • Printing glass in 3D (UP) JUN 24

  • Surprises from the spin Hall effect, J. Sinova, T. Jungwirth (ART) JUL 38

  • Quantum entanglement reaches new heights (SD) AUG 14

  • A graphene-based digital camera (UP) AUG 24

  • The carbon nanotube integrated circuit goes three-dimensional (SD) SEP 14

  • Hydrogen-powered vehicles: A chicken and egg problem (IE) SEP 31; correction NOV 15

  • Wickless heat pipes in microgravity, J. L. Plawsky, T. Nguyen (QS) SEP 82

  • Necessary and sufficient conditions for practical fusion power, R. L. Hirsch (FOR) OCT 11

  • The new era of polariton condensates, D. W. Snoke, J. Keeling (ART) OCT 54

  • Wastefulness not always a result of progress, A. Stillman (FOR) NOV 12

  • Refracturing may not be all it’s cracked up to be (IE) NOV 27

  • The relentless pursuit of hypersonic flight, I. A. Leyva (ART) NOV 30

  • Commentary: The promise of polymers, T. Lodge (FOR) DEC 10

  • A spray-on material can retrofit walls to save lives in earthquakes (IE) DEC 30

  • Boosting solar energy conversion with nanofluids, N. E. Hjerrild, R. A. Taylor (ART) DEC 40

  • Theory and mathematical physics

    See also Computers and computational physics

  • The unfolding and control of network cascades, A. E. Motter, Y. Yang (ART) JAN 32

  • Constraining interpretations of quantum mechanics (UP) FEB 23

  • Testing theories of modified gravity (UP) MAR 21

  • Magnetic monopole search, past and present, A. S. Goldhaber ; K. Frankel ; C. Harrison ; A. Rajantie (FOR) JUN 12

  • Shedding light (and dark) on quantum probabilities (UP) JUN 24

  • Hidden worlds of fundamental particles, D. Curtin, R. Sundrum (ART) JUN 46

  • Historical note on 2016 Physics Nobel, M. Schick (FOR) AUG 13

  • In celebration of Ilya Lifshitz, A. Y. Grosberg, B. Halperin, J. Singleton (ART) NOV 44

  • Trigonometry for the heavens, G. Van Brummelen (QS) DEC 70

  • Thermodynamics

    See Statistical physics and thermodynamics

    Underrepresented groups in physics

    See Sociology of science

    Universities and colleges

    See Education; Politics and policy; Society and physics; Sociology of science

    Women in physics

    See Sociology of science

    Books Reviewed

    Acoustics

  • Acoustics of Musical Instruments, A. Chaigne, J. Kergomard (B. Greenhut) APR 58

  • Sound: A Very Short Introduction, M. Goldsmith (M. D. Greenfield) JUN 64

  • Understanding Acoustics: An Experimentalist’s View of Acoustics and Vibration, S. L. Garrett (P. Joseph) OCT 61

  • Astronomy and astrophysics

  • All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life, J. Willis (P. Smith) MAR 59

  • Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, N. D. Tyson (M. Lagos) NOV 55

  • Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds, L. Messeri (M. Shindell) MAR 59

  • Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy, G. Schilling (R. O’Shaughnessy) DEC 52

  • Biological and medical physics

  • Biomimetics: Bioinspired Hierarchical-Structured Surfaces for Green Science and Technology, B. Bhushan (M. Srinivasarao) SEP 60

  • The Origin and Nature of Life on Earth: The Emergence of the Fourth Geosphere, E. Smith, H. J. Morowitz (S. I. Walker) SEP 58

  • Quantitative Viral Ecology: Dynamics of Viruses and Their Microbial Hosts, J. S. Weitz (M. Cosentino Lagomarsino) JUN 65

  • Condensed-matter physics

  • Introduction to Many-Body Physics, P. Coleman (M. Randeria) MAY 59

  • Cosmology and relativity

  • Effective Spacetime: Understanding Emergence in Effective Field Theory and Quantum Gravity, K. Crowther (S. Carlip) JUL 62

  • Now: The Physics of Time, R. A. Muller (M. Bojowald) FEB 57

  • Fluids

  • Combustion Waves and Fronts in Flows: Flames, Shocks, Detonations, Ablation Fronts and Explosion of Stars, P. Clavin, G. Searby (T. Poinsot) AUG 62

  • Modern Fluid Dynamics for Physics and Astrophysics, O. Regev, O. M. Umurhan, P. A. Yecko (G. Lodato) MAY 60

  • Geophysics

  • A Global Warming Primer: Answering Your Questions about the Science, the Consequences, and the Solutions, J. Bennett (J. Abraham) MAR 60

  • History and philosophy

  • American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins—the Art and Science of the Violin, Q. Whitney (C. Waltham) FEB 60

  • Anomaly! Collider Physics and the Quest for New Phenomena at Fermilab, T. Dorigo (K. Staley) NOV 53

  • Astronomy in the Ancient World: Early and Modern Views on Celestial Events, A. McLeod (G. Aldana) SEP 61

  • Einstein’s Greatest Mistake: A Biography, D. Bodanis (A. D. Stone) MAY 58

  • Gravity’s Kiss: The Detection of Gravitational Waves, H. Collins (B. Allen) DEC 53

  • Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, M. L. Shetterly (J. Levasseur) JAN 57

  • How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Space Flight, J. Guthrie (M. J. Neufeld) JUN 62

  • John Stewart Bell and Twentieth-Century Physics: Vision and Integrity, A. Whitaker (O. Freire Jr) FEB 57

  • Maxwell’s Enduring Legacy: A Scientific History of the Cavendish Laboratory, M. Longair (A. Zangwill) AUG 60

  • My Dear Li: Correspondence 1937–1946, W. Heisenberg, E. Heisenberg; A. M. Hirsch-Heisenberg, ed.; I. Heisenberg, trans. (S. Schweber) JUL 59

  • Observatories and Telescopes of Modern Times: Ground-Based Optical and Radio Astronomy Facilities Since 1945, D. Leverington (E.-J. Ahn) OCT 64

  • Placing Outer Space: An Earthly Ethnography of Other Worlds, L. Messeri (M. Shindell) MAR 59

  • The Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force: Discovery, Pursuit, and Justification in Modern Physics, A. Franklin, E. Fischbach (M. Riordan) APR 56

  • Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars, N. Holt (J. Levasseur) JAN 57

  • Strange Glow: The Story of Radiation, T. J. Jorgensen (M. Lavine) JAN 58

  • Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing, J. O. Weatherall (T. Ryckman) SEP 59

  • Miscellaneous

  • The Joy of Science: Seven Principles for Scientists Seeking Happiness, Harmony, and Success, R. Snieder, J. Schneider (G. Kane) JUL 61

  • Nonlinear science and chaos

  • An Introduction to Complex Systems: Society, Ecology, and Nonlinear Dynamics, P. Fieguth (S. P. Cornelius) NOV 51

  • Lyapunov Exponents: A Tool to Explore Complex Dynamics, A. Pikovsky, A. Politi (R. C. Hilborn) MAR 62

  • Nuclear physics

  • Energy from Nuclear Fission: An Introduction, E. De Sanctis, S. Monti, M. Ripani (N. Corngold) MAR 61

  • Optics and photonics

  • Cavity Optomechanics: Nano- and Micromechanical Resonators Interacting with Light, M. Aspelmeyer, T. J. Kippenberg, F. Marquardt, eds. (P. Meystre) FEB 58

  • Colour: How We See It and How We Use It, M. M. Woolfson (M. H. Brill) APR 56

  • Quantum Optomechanics, W. P. Bowen, G. J. Milburn (P. Meystre) FEB 58

  • Particle physics

  • Particle Physics in the LHC Era, G. Barr, R. Devenish, R. Walczak, T. Weidberg (M. Cirelli) JUN 62

  • Plasmas and fusion

  • Introduction to Modern Magnetohydrodynamics, S. Galtier (G. Ogilvie) DEC 54

  • Popularizations

  • American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins—the Art and Science of the Violin, Q. Whitney (C. Waltham) FEB 60

  • Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, N. D. Tyson (M. Lagos) NOV 55

  • Colour: How We See It and How We Use It, M. M. Woolfson (M. H. Brill) APR 56

  • A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos, G. F. Lewis, L. A. Barnes (M. Gleiser) NOV 51

  • Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, M. L. Shetterly (J. Levasseur) JAN 57

  • How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Space Flight, J. Guthrie (M. J. Neufeld) JUN 62

  • Now: The Physics of Time, R. A. Muller (M. Bojowald) FEB 57

  • Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy, G. Schilling (R. O’Shaughnessy) DEC 52

  • Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars, N. Holt (J. Levasseur) JAN 57

  • Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life, H. Czerski (B. Halfpap) AUG 59

  • Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing, J. O. Weatherall (T. Ryckman) SEP 59

  • Weather in the Courtroom: Memoirs from a Career in Forensic Meteorology, W. H. Haggard (G. Henderson) OCT 61

  • Your Guide to the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse, M. E. Bakich (S. Mitton) AUG 59

  • Quantum physics

  • The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, G. ’t Hooft (S. Forte) JUL 60

  • Statistical physics and thermodynamics

  • Statistical Physics: A Prelude and Fugue for Engineers, R. Piazza (E. Chimowitz) OCT 62

  • Texts and education

  • A Global Warming Primer: Answering Your Questions about the Science, the Consequences, and the Solutions, J. Bennett (J. Abraham) MAR 60

  • Laser Experiments for Chemistry and Physics, R. N. Compton, M. A. Duncan (J. Stalnaker) JAN 60

  • Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course, T. C. Hayes (P. J. H. Tjossem) MAY 61

  • Modern Fluid Dynamics for Physics and Astrophysics, O. Regev, O. M. Umurhan, P. A. Yecko (G. Lodato) MAY 60

  • Network Science, A.-L. Barabási (Z. Toroczkai) APR 55

  • Teaching and Learning STEM: A Practical Guide, R. M. Felder, R. Brent (S. Chasteen) MAY 57

  • Theory and mathematical methods

  • Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists, A. Zee (P. Van Isacker) JAN 58

  • Author Index

  • J. Abraham (BR) MAR 60

  • M. Adamson The secret search for uranium in Cold War Morocco (ART) JUN 54

  • E.-J. Ahn (BR) OCT 64

  • R. Ö. Akyüz (FOR) MAY 13

  • G. Aldana (BR) SEP 61

  • B. Allen (BR) DEC 53

  • J. Alonso (OB) FEB 69

  • G. Antonius (FOR) JAN 12

  • N. A. Bahcall (OB) MAR 73

  • D. N. Baker Discovering Earth’s radiation belts (ART) DEC 46

  • M. Baldwin In referees we trust? (ART) FEB 44 ; (FOR) OCT 18

  • A. Barabanov (OB) JUN 72

  • A. Baratoff (OB) NOV 63

  • W. Barletta (OB) FEB 69

  • C. Barsi (FOR) JUN 15

  • L. Bartels (OB) NOV 63

  • J. P. Bassi How did a scientific Siberia turn into AstroBoulder? (ART) FEB 36

  • J. Beacom (OB) AUG 72

  • M. Berry (FOR) MAR 11

  • J. D. Bjorken (OB) SEP 69

  • G. Boebinger (OB) MAY 68

  • J. Bohn (OB) JAN 69

  • M. Bojowald (BR) FEB 57

  • J.-P. Boucher (QS) JUN 82

  • C. Boulware (FOR) JAN 11

  • M. H. Brill (BR) APR 56

  • A. Caldwell (FOR) AUG 12

  • F. Capasso (OB) JUN 75

  • S. Carlip (BR) JUL 62

  • J. Carlsson (FOR) NOV 14

  • R. A. Carrigan (OB) SEP 70

  • A. Cavallo (FOR) FEB 11

  • C. M. Caves (OB) DEC 59

  • S. B. Cenko (OB) OCT 75

  • S. Chasteen (BR) MAY 57

  • E. Chimowitz (BR) OCT 62

  • W. T. Chu (FOR) FEB 15

  • M. Cirelli (BR) JUN 62

  • C. Clanet (QS) JUN 82

  • C. W. Clark (FOR) APR 11

  • C. S. Cockell The laws of life (ART) MAR 42

  • S. R. Cohen (FOR) JUN 11

  • P. Corkum (OB) JUN 75

  • S. P. Cornelius (BR) NOV 51

  • D. A. Cornell (FOR) FEB 10

  • N. Corngold (BR) MAR 61

  • M. Cosentino Lagomarsino (BR) JUN 65

  • S. Cowley (FOR) OCT 13

  • R. P. Crease (FOR) MAR 12

  • D. Curtin Hidden worlds of fundamental particles (ART) JUN 46

  • P. Cvitanović (OB) FEB 68

  • N. Dadhich (OB) JUL 71

  • M. Daly (FOR) NOV 10

  • K. Dani (FOR) JUN 10

  • C. Day (FOR) FEB 15

  • E. De Pree (FOR) MAY 12

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