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Mesoscopic Texture in Manganites |
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From atom-scale stripes to micron-scale patches, manganites exhibit a wealth of fascinating phase-separated behavior -- Neil Mathur and Peter Littlewood |
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Early Cosmic-Ray Research in Argentina |
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The 1950s were a decade of political and economic difficulties in Argentina. Still, university students could carry out a modest research program -- Juan G. Roederer |
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The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program |
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To predict reliably what increased greenhouse gases will do to global climate, we have to understand the crucial role of clouds -- Thomas P. Ackerman and Gerald M. Stokes |
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Physics Update |
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Reference Frame |
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Discrete and Continuum Descriptions of Matter -- Jerry Gollub |
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Letters |
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Crisis in Physics Spurs Spirited Dialogue |
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Datz's Early Work Clarified |
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RCA's Role in Early Superconducting Magnet Research |
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Sometimes It's the Ref Who Fouls Out |
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Correction |
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Search & Discovery |
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Second CERN Group Produces Cold Atoms of Antihydrogen |
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A new experiment, by CERN's ATRAP collaboration, introduces a technique for determining the quantum state in which antihydrogen atoms are formed. |
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A Little Extra Weight Goes a Long Way |
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Since the beginning of the Olympics in
708 BC, the long jump has been a part of the pentathlon, with
one minor difference to its modern-day counterpart: Ancient
Olympians leaped holding halteres, or jumping weights. Now,
Alberto Minetti and Luca Ardigó of Manchester Metropolitan
University in England have analyzed the effect of loading athletes
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Isotope Ratio Measurements Firm Up Knowledge of Earth's Formation |
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New measurements on primitive meteorites suggest that Earth's core formed earlier than was previously thought. |
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Issues & Events |
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Planetary Astronomers Worry about Future Funding |
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Will plugging for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope end up hurting support for ground-based planetary astronomy? |
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New APS Ethics Guidelines Address Research Misconduct and Professional Responsibilities |
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Scientific fraud incidents at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Bell Labs have ended the "innocent thinking" that marked the society's earlier ethics guidelines. |
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NRC and NAPA Endorse Federal Funding of Smithsonian Science Centers |
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Direct federal funding of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and five other science research centers operated by the Smithsonian Institution should continue, according to reports from the National Research Council and the National Academy of Public Administration. |
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UK Science Spending on Course to Double |
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Ian Halliday suddenly has money to play with. The UK's Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC), which Halliday heads, has had a tight budget for years. But now the UK can become a real player in planning the next big particle accelerator, he says. |
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San Diego Center Theorizes about the Physics of Biology |
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Applying the tools of theoretical physics to elucidate the mysteries of biology is the aim of the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics. |
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News Notes |
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Name change for Gemini; Industrial science as history |
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Web Watch |
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Nova; What Is Mass Spectrometry?; Crystal Structures |
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Synchronization: A Universal Concept in Nonlinear Sciences, Arkady Pikovsky,
Michael Rosenblum, and Jürgen Kurths (reviewed by Steven Strogatz) |
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An Introduction to the Science of Cosmology, Derek Raine and Ted Thomas (reviewed by Nickolay Y. Gnedin) |
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The Measurement of Time: Time, Frequency and the Atomic Clock, Claude Audoin and Bernard Guinot(reviewed by Jacques Vanier) |
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The Casimir Effect: Physical Manifestations of Zero-Point Energy, K. A. Milton (reviewed by Peter W. Milonni) |
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Laser Remote Sensing of the Ocean: Methods and Applications, Alexei Bunkin and Konstantin Voliak (reviewed by Gregory A. Neumann) |
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New Products |
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Focus on Data Acquisition |
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We Hear That |
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Childs Is AVS President-Elect |
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In Brief |
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Obituaries |
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Willibald Jentschke |
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Lyle Benjamin Borst |
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George Briggs Collins |
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Alvin Radkowsky |
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Donald Tuomi |
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Albert Edward Whitford |
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