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Physics Today 52 (7), 9 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2802799

Reference Frame

Physics Today 52 (7), 11–13 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882767

Letters

Physics Today 52 (7), 15–81 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882742
Physics Today 52 (7), 81 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882763
Physics Today 52 (7), 81–82 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882764
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Search and Discovery

Physics Today 52 (7), 17–18 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882744

The high density and extremely slow motion of atoms at nanokelvin temperatures can be exploited to alter radically the optical properties of the atoms. Clever tricks at room temperature and above can work, too.

Physics Today 52 (7), 18–20 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882745

Recent experiments on realistic samples take us further toward the goal of studying details smaller than 10 nm in objects that either emit light or absorb it.

Articles

Physics Today 52 (7), 22–25 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882746

Andrei Sakharov Introduction by Elena Bonner Translated by Matvei E. Yankelevich

Physics Today 52 (7), 26–31 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882747

Lubricants are familiar and useful, yet their underlying physics is surprisingly subtle and complex.

Physics Today 52 (7), 32–37 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882719

A type of exclusion principle sometimes operates for married physicists, allowing only one spouse to occupy a job in a given location. Couples are trying to find ways to stay in their chosen fields—and in their marriages.

Washington Reports

Physics Today 52 (7), 39–40 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882748
Physics Today 52 (7), 40–41 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882749
Physics Today 52 (7), 41–42 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882750
Physics Today 52 (7), 42 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882751

Physics Community

Physics Today 52 (7), 45–46 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882753
Physics Today 52 (7), 46 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882754
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Physics Today 52 (7), 48–49 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882723
Physics Today 52 (7), 49 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882724

Books

Physics Today 52 (7), 51 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882756
Physics Today 52 (7), 51–52 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882757
Physics Today 52 (7), 52–54 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882758
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Physics Today 52 (7), 54–56 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882760
Physics Today 52 (7), 56–58 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2802800
Physics Today 52 (7), 56 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882761

New Products

Physics Today 52 (7), 59–62 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2802801

We Hear That

Physics Today 52 (7), 67 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2802802
Physics Today 52 (7), 67 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2802803
Physics Today 52 (7), 67–68 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2802804
Physics Today 52 (7), 68–69 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2802805
Physics Today 52 (7), 69 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.882762

Obituaries

Physics Today 52 (7), 69–70 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2802806

Calendar

Physics Today 52 (7), 73–79 (1999); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2802807
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