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In Explaining High is D‐Wave a Washout?
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There's Still Some Resistance to Reports of Extra‐High Superconductors
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The Ear's Gears: Mechanoelectrical Transduction by Hair Cells
Our senses of hearing and equilibrium depend upon biological strain gauges that can respond to mechanical stimuli of atomic dimensions and frequencies exceeding 20 kilohertz.
Electrosensory Organisms
By detecting weak electric fields from animate or inanimate sources, many aquatic animals acquire information used for orientation, communication and other critical behavior.
Neurons, Dynamics and Computation
Brains have long been regarded as biological computers. But how do these collections of neurons perform computations?
The Primary Steps of Photosynthesis
The two important initial steps of photosynthesis—electron transfer and energy transfer—occur with great speed and efficiency. New techniques in laser optics and genetic engineering are helping us to understand why.
Biomolecules: Where the Physics of Complexity and Simplicity Meet
How can a protein fold itself properly in on instant, and how could functional proteins possibly have evolved in the brief span of life on Earth? Addressing such questions, we learn a lot about the physics of complexity.
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Physical Properties of III‐V Semiconductor Compounds: InP, InAs, GaAs, GaP, InGaAs and lnGaAsP
Simple Models of Complex Nuclei: The Shell Model and Interacting Boson Model
Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Field Theory:A Modern Introduction
Quantum Theory of the Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductors
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