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Physics Update
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Letters
More on Bottom‐Up Funding of FSU Science: Another Ongoing Program, a Plea for Reform
Search and Discovery
Ultraslow Light Pulse Propagation Observed in Atoms—Both Cold and Hot
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.
Progress Made in Near‐Field Imaging with Light from a Sharp Tip
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
Lecture in Lyons: Science and Freedom
Andrei Sakharov Introduction by Elena Bonner Translated by Matvei E. Yankelevich
Soft Matter in a Tight Spot
Lubricants are familiar and useful, yet their underlying physics is surprisingly subtle and complex.
The Dual‐Career‐Couple Problem
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.