Stochastic Resonance home page at PerugiaStochastic resonance at the NCCOSCOver the past 50 years, the steel pan has evolved from a Caribbean folk instrument into a versatile and popular instrument, used worldwide in musical styles ranging from symphonic to calypso. Behind its rich sound lie some interesting acoustical properties -- Thomas D. Rossing, D. Scott Hampton and Uwe J. Hansen
Blurring the line between physics and chemistry, he advanced the research frontier in several fields at the turn of the century, gave dazzling lectures and invented the dewar flask---which also gave us the thermos bottle -- Robert J. Soulen Jr
Since its introduction more than ten years ago, stochastic
resonance has become widely recognized as a paradigm for noise-induced effects in driven nonlinear dynamic systems -- Adi R. Bulsara (bulsara@nosc.mil) and Luca Gammaitoni (gammaitoni@perugia.infn.it)
Stochastic Resonance home page at Perugia
Stochastic resonance at the NCCOSC
High-Tc superconductors show promise for bulk applications from transmission cables to high-field magnets -- Gloria B. Lubkin
What's wrong with this sustaining myth? -- N. David Mermin
Antihydrogen makes a fleeting debut. Now that antihydrogen atoms have made their first appearance, researchers are hoping for further visits that will reveal more fully the traits of this rare species.
CERN's press release on antihydrogen production
Experimenters produce new Bose--Einstein condensate(s) and possible puzzles for theorists. Three different systems of bosonic alkali atoms have now been cooled well into their respective quantum degenerate regimes. Two clearly exhibit Bose--Einstein condensation, whereas the third poses challenges to experimenters and theorists alike.
Bose--Einstein Condensation home page at GSU
Labs demonstrate logic gates for quantum computation. After years of just writing down Hamiltonians and algorithms,
quantum computer enthusiasts have begun creating logic gates in the lab. Where will it end?
Quantum Computation page at Oxford, including many links to other sites
Quantum interference used to eliminate optical problem.
St. Louis Will Host the APS March Meeting
Online meeting program
Creating a place where science is fun
In winter of discontent, Lane, Curtis and Gibbons light fires under scientists to awaken Congress
Almost halfway into FY 1996, many science budgets still uncertain as next budget cycle begins
Average PhD now takes one year longer to finish
Delaney is named Paleoceanography editor
Briefs:
Industrial and Applied Physics Speakers List
New Astronomy journal
History of the AAS
Fritz London: A Scientific Biography, K. Gavroglu (reviewed by A. J. Leggett)
The Myth of Scientific Literacy, M. H. Shamos (reviewed by R. H. Howes)
The Force of Symmetry, V. Icke (reviewed by L. M. Krauss)
Laser Experiments for Beginners, R. N. Zare, B. H. Spencer, D. S. Springer and M. P. Jacobson (reviewed by A. G. Yodh)
Algebraic Theory of Molecules, F. Iachello and R. D. Levine (reviewed by R. S. Berry)
Spectra of Atoms and Molecules, P. F. Bernath (reviewed by A. Dalgarno)
Advances in Photochemistry, edited by D. C. Neckers, D. H. Volman and G. von Bünau (reviewed by N. J. Turro)
Effects of Radiation: A Half-Century of Studies from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, W. J. Schull;
Atomic Bomb Injuries, N. Kusano (reviewed by D. S. Gooden)
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