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Physics Today 53 (12), 9 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405519

Letters

Physics Today 53 (12), 11 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341896
Physics Today 53 (12), 11 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341898
Physics Today 53 (12), 11 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341899
Physics Today 53 (12), 12 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341900
Physics Today 53 (12), 12 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341902
Physics Today 53 (12), 12 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341904
Physics Today 53 (12), 14 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341905
Physics Today 53 (12), 14 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341906

Search and Discovery

Physics Today 53 (12), 17–19 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341908

Jack Kilby, coinventor of the integrated circuit, and Zhores Alferov and Herbert Kroemer, early pioneers of semiconductor heterostructures, made today's electronic and communications technology possible.

Physics Today 53 (12), 18 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405520
Physics Today 53 (12), 19–22 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341909

Conducting polymers have found applications ranging from antistatic coatings to all‐polymer integrated circuits.

Physics Today 53 (12), 22–23 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341910

Experimental models and two‐dimensional computer simulations of insect hovering provide insight that is missing in steady‐state analysis.

Articles

Physics Today 53 (12), 25–29 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341911
Physics Today 53 (12), 31–35 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341912

National defense with maximum precision and minimum unintended damage should be an attractive challenge for scientists seeking to improve the human condition.

Physics Today 53 (12), 36–42 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341913

Concerns about “emerging missile states” have spurred development of a system to defend the US from small‐scale ballistic missile attacks. But the planned system could be compromised by simple countermeasures, and the security costs of deployment could be high.

Physics Today 53 (12), 44–50 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341914

With the end of nuclear testing, the US seeks to maintain its nuclear deterrent with a multifaceted program aimed at understanding more about the materials and processes of nuclear weapons.

Physics Today 53 (12), 51–56 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341915

Academic scientists continue to play a vital role in helping the intelligence community exploit technology for national security.

Physics Community

Physics Today 53 (12), 58–60 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341916
Physics Today 53 (12), 60 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341917
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Physics Today 53 (12), 61–62 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341919
Physics Today 53 (12), 62 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341920
Physics Today 53 (12), 62–64 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341921
Physics Today 53 (12), 63 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405521
Physics Today 53 (12), 64 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341922

Books

Physics Today 53 (12), 67 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341923
Physics Today 53 (12), 67–68 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341924
Physics Today 53 (12), 68–69 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341925
Physics Today 53 (12), 70 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341926
Physics Today 53 (12), 70–71 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341927
Physics Today 53 (12), 71–73 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341928
Physics Today 53 (12), 73–74 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405522

New Products

Physics Today 53 (12), 75–76 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405523

We Hear That

Physics Today 53 (12), 81 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405524
Physics Today 53 (12), 81–82 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405525
Physics Today 53 (12), 82 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405526
Physics Today 53 (12), 82–83 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405527
Physics Today 53 (12), 83 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341929

Obituaries

Physics Today 53 (12), 83–84 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4808481
Physics Today 53 (12), 84–85 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1341930
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Physics Today 53 (12), 85–86 (2000); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1342836
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