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The Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy is the newest publication from the American Institute of Physics. Published online but not in print, JRSE covers all aspects of the generation, conversion, and distribution of green energy. The journal’s peer-reviewed papers are complemented by a blog, news picks, and interviews with scientists and policymakers.
Writing in the journal Foreign Policy, Richard Muller has drawn up The List: Five Physics Lessons for Obama. The succinct lessons cover terrorism, energy, nuclear energy, space, and global warming. Muller is a physicist at the University of California, Berkeley.
The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum has been steadily scanning its trove of presidential records and making them available online. The collection about Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki now includes more...
