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Letters

Physics Today 60 (12), 8 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825082
Physics Today 60 (12), 8–9 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825083
Physics Today 60 (12), 8 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796294
Physics Today 60 (12), 8 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796297
Physics Today 60 (12), 9 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825084
Physics Today 60 (12), 10 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825056
Physics Today 60 (12), 10 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825111

Search and Discovery

Physics Today 60 (12), 12–14 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825057

The discovery ignited an explosion of research into how electrons flow through magnetic materials. It also boosted the storage capacity of disk drives.

Physics Today 60 (12), 14–17 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825058

Gerhard Ertl’s efforts did much to shape the way researchers study surface-catalyzed chemical reactions.

Physics Today 60 (12), 17–21 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825112

A central issue is whether an observed energy gap seen above the critical temperature Tc is related to or different from the superconducting gap seen below Tc

Physics Update

Physics Today 60 (12), 20 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825059
Physics Today 60 (12), 20–21 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796281
Physics Today 60 (12), 21 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796285
Physics Today 60 (12), 21 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796288

Issues and Events

Physics Today 60 (12), 22–23 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825060

The award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize delighted scientists and the public but underscored the US government’s lack of action to reduce global warming.

Physics Today 60 (12), 23–25 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825061

With a host of prototype devices headed for the biomedical market, cold plasmas could become the hot new trend in cutting-edge health care.

Physics Today 60 (12), 25–26 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825062

Cities around the world are discovering that solid-state lighting costs less and produces fewer greenhouse emissions than incandescent or fluorescent lights.

Physics Today 60 (12), 26–28 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825063
Physics Today 60 (12), 27 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825064
Physics Today 60 (12), 28 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825065
Physics Today 60 (12), 28–30 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825066
Physics Today 60 (12), 29 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825067
Physics Today 60 (12), 30 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825068
Physics Today 60 (12), 30 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796291

Articles

Physics Today 60 (12), 33–39 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825069

The relationship between string theory and particle experiment is more complex than the caricature presented in the popular press and weblogs.

Physics Today 60 (12), 41–47 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825070

Producing surface maps at submeter resolution, even over heavily forested terrain, GLS can reveal the fine structure of such features as faults, landslides, and drainage patterns.

Physics Today 60 (12), 48–52 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825071

The real story of how the scientific and religious establishments greeted the Copernican revolution is quite different from the folklore. And it’s a lot more interesting.

Opinion

Physics Today 60 (12), 54–55 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825113

Books

Physics Today 60 (12), 57–58 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825072
Physics Today 60 (12), 58–59 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825073
Physics Today 60 (12), 59–60 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825074
Physics Today 60 (12), 60–61 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825075
Physics Today 60 (12), 61–62 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825076
Physics Today 60 (12), 62–63 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825077

New Products

Physics Today 60 (12), 64–65 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825078

Obituaries

In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 60 (12), 67–68 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825079
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 60 (12), 68–69 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825080

Quick Study

Physics Today 60 (12), 70–71 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825081

Highly dendritic snowflakes are an aesthetic source of wonder, but the greater challenge for physicists lies in understanding the “simpler” prismatic and planar forms.

Back Scatter

Physics Today 60 (12), 108 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2825055
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