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Physics Today 58 (9), 9 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117787
Physics Today 58 (9), 9 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797253
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Physics Today 58 (9), 9 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797258

Reference Frame

Physics Today 58 (9), 10–11 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117791

Letters

Physics Today 58 (9), 12 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117792
Physics Today 58 (9), 12–13 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797227
Physics Today 58 (9), 12 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797230
Physics Today 58 (9), 12 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797232
Physics Today 58 (9), 12–13 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797235
Physics Today 58 (9), 13–14 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117797
Physics Today 58 (9), 14 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117798
Physics Today 58 (9), 14 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797237
Physics Today 58 (9), 14 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797240
Physics Today 58 (9), 14 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797242
Physics Today 58 (9), 14–15 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797244
Physics Today 58 (9), 15–16 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117803
Physics Today 58 (9), 16 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117804
Physics Today 58 (9), 16–17 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797247
Physics Today 58 (9), 17 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117805
Physics Today 58 (9), 17 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117806
Physics Today 58 (9), 17 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117807
Physics Today 58 (9), 17 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797249

Search and Discovery

Physics Today 58 (9), 19–21 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117809

New isotope-ratio measurements from primitive meteorites provide evidence that Earth’s mantle divided into separate, chemically distinct reservoirs.

Physics Today 58 (9), 21–22 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117810

When subjected to a varying magnetic field, ferromagnetic nanoparticles produce harmonics that can reveal their location.

Physics Today 58 (9), 23–25 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117811

The standard model of particle theory predicts that all three fundamental coupling “constants” vary with distance. But demonstrating the variation for the weak interactions required an experimental tour de force.

Issues and Events

Physics Today 58 (9), 28–30 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117812

John Adams’s opera about J. Robert Oppenheimer explores the moral crisis that gripped scientists in the days preceding the Trinity Test in July 1945.

Physics Today 58 (9), 31–32 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117813

Physics classes via interactive television can be successful, but both teaching and learning require more work than in a traditional setting.

Physics Today 58 (9), 32–34 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117814

Congressional supporters are fighting to maintain funding for NSF’s portion of the Math and Science Partnership while the administration pushes to shift the money to the Department of Education.

Physics Today 58 (9), 34 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117815
Physics Today 58 (9), 34–35 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117816
Physics Today 58 (9), 35–36 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117817
Physics Today 58 (9), 36 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117818
Physics Today 58 (9), 36 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117819
Physics Today 58 (9), 36 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4797251

Articles

Physics Today 58 (9), 37–42 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117821

An emerging body of work by physicists addressing questions of economic organization and function suggests new approaches to economics and a broadening of the scope of physics.

Physics Today 58 (9), 43–48 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117822

A great scientist can benefit from peer review, even while refusing to have anything to do with it.

Physics Today 58 (9), 49–53 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117823

A multiyear NASA initiative for developing research partnerships in space science demonstrates that such programs can have great success in attracting minorities to science.

Opinion

In Special Collection: Celebrating Black History
Physics Today 58 (9), 54–55 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117824

Books

Physics Today 58 (9), 57 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117825
Physics Today 58 (9), 57–58 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117826
Physics Today 58 (9), 58–60 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117827
Physics Today 58 (9), 60 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117828
Physics Today 58 (9), 60–62 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117829
Physics Today 58 (9), 62–66 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405588

Meetings

Physics Today 58 (9), 67 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117830

New Products

Physics Today 58 (9), 68–70 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2405589

We Hear That

Physics Today 58 (9), 72 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117831
Physics Today 58 (9), 72 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117832

Obituaries

In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 58 (9), 72–73 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117833
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 58 (9), 73–74 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117834
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 58 (9), 74–76 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117835
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 58 (9), 76 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117836
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 58 (9), 76–78 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117837
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 58 (9), 78 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117838
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 58 (9), 78–79 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117839
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 58 (9), 80 (2005); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2117840
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