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August 1980
ISSN 0031-9228
EISSN 1945-0699
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The AIP in 1979
Physics Today 33 (8), 25–32 (1980);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914209
The Annual Report surveys a year of long‐range planning during which the Institute re‐examined its functions, resources and opportunities
How bats detect flying insects
Physics Today 33 (8), 34–40 (1980);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914210
During their evolution, the echolocating bats have developed an “auditory fovea” to fully exploit the capacities of their ears, which permits them to find and feast on the rich variety of insects that fly at night
Antiproton–proton colliders and Intermediate Bosons
Physics Today 33 (8), 44–52 (1980);
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2914211
Phase‐space cooling makes p̄p colliders practical; CERN and Fermilab plan to use them to find and measure the properties of the Intermediate Vector Bosons
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A health sensor powered by sweat
Alex Lopatka
Origami-inspired robot folds into more than 1000 shapes
Jennifer Sieben
Careers by the numbers
Richard J. Fitzgerald