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Physics Today 50 (2), 9 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806515

Letters

Physics Today 50 (2), 11–13 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881667
Physics Today 50 (2), 11 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881956
Physics Today 50 (2), 13 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881668
Physics Today 50 (2), 13–15 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881669
Physics Today 50 (2), 15 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881670
Physics Today 50 (2), 15 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881671
Physics Today 50 (2), 15–90 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881672
Physics Today 50 (2), 90 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806539

Search and Discovery

Physics Today 50 (2), 17–19 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881673

Experimenters know something fascinating is going on when the I–V curve for a conducting phase—a property of the dynamics—falls right on the V‐I curve for an insulating phase.

Physics Today 50 (2), 19–21 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881679

Whave no idea how protons can get accelerated to energies above 1020 eV, but they occasionally do. Existing air‐shower arrays have seen less than a dozen in 35 years.

Articles

Physics Today 50 (2), 24–30 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881677

Based on remarkable scientific and technical achievements, a series of 145 American spy satellites provided strategic information that helped stabilize East‐West relations during the cold war.

Physics Today 50 (2), 32–38 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881674

By unraveling individual DNA molecules under the microscope physicistsare learing about the elastic properties that are important to DNA's function.

Physics Today 50 (2), 40–42 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881680

Many believe that superstring theory, because of its extraordinarily tiny length Scale and gargantuan energy Scale, Cannot be tested. That belief is a myth.

Meetings

Physics Today 50 (2), 45–48 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806519

Career Choices

Physics Today 50 (2), 50–51 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881675

Washington Reports

Physics Today 50 (2), 53–54 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881681
Physics Today 50 (2), 54–55 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881682
Physics Today 50 (2), 55–56 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806521

Physics Community

Physics Today 50 (2), 58–59 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881634
Physics Today 50 (2), 59–61 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881633
Physics Today 50 (2), 61 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806523
Physics Today 50 (2), 61–62 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806525
Physics Today 50 (2), 62 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806526
Physics Today 50 (2), 62 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806528

Books

Physics Today 50 (2), 65–66 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881678
Physics Today 50 (2), 66–67 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881653
Physics Today 50 (2), 66 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881712
Physics Today 50 (2), 67–68 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881654
Physics Today 50 (2), 68 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881954
Physics Today 50 (2), 68–69 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881955
Physics Today 50 (2), 69–70 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.881655
Physics Today 50 (2), 70–76 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806529

New Products

Physics Today 50 (2), 77–79 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806530

We Hear That

Physics Today 50 (2), 85 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806531
Physics Today 50 (2), 85 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806532
Physics Today 50 (2), 85–86 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806533
Physics Today 50 (2), 86 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806534

Obituaries

Physics Today 50 (2), 86–87 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806535
Physics Today 50 (2), 87 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806536
Physics Today 50 (2), 87–88 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806537
Physics Today 50 (2), 88 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2806538
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