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Physics Today 60 (7), 8 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761819
Language of science I: Theories and laws
Physics Today 60 (7), 8 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796528
Physics Today 60 (7), 10 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796486
Physics Today 60 (7), 10 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796489
Physics Today 60 (7), 10 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796491
Physics Today 60 (7), 10–11 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796494
Language of science II: Degrees of knowing
Physics Today 60 (7), 11 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761783
Physics Today 60 (7), 11–12 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796498
Physics Today 60 (7), 12 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796500
Physics Today 60 (7), 12 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796503
Physics Today 60 (7), 12 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796506
Putting the brakes on the hurricane heat engine
Physics Today 60 (7), 13 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761784
Physics Today 60 (7), 13 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796508
Postscripts on geodynamo’s beginnings
Physics Today 60 (7), 13–15 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761785
Physics Today 60 (7), 15 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796511
Correction
Physics Today 60 (7), 15 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761786

Search and Discovery

Physics Today 60 (7), 17–19 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761787

A supernova is conventionally taken to be a star’s death knell. For the very brightest supernovae, that presumption may well be wrong.

Physics Today 60 (7), 19–22 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761788

The achievement charts a straightforward path to the first colloidal quantum-dot lasers.

Physics Today 60 (7), 22–24 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761789

The answer to a long-standing question about Mercury’s interior sheds new light on the formation of the planet and the origin of its magnetic field.

Physics Today 60 (7), 24–26 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761790

A coherent electronic structure known as a charge-density wave is responsible for the twist. How the whiskers pick a rotation direction is a mystery.

Physics Today 60 (7), 26–28 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761791

The oscillations focus renewed attention on the nature of the Fermi surface near the onset of superconductivity.

Physics Update

Physics Today 60 (7), 29 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761792
Physics Today 60 (7), 29 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796514
Physics Today 60 (7), 29 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796516
Physics Today 60 (7), 29 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796519

Issues and Events

Physics Today 60 (7), 31–32 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761793

In its latest five-year plan, China backs an ambitious selection of space-science projects and encourages international collaborations.

Physics Today 60 (7), 32–34 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761794

Thanks to an upswing in Russia’s economy, a long-dormant plan for a UV space telescope is now taking shape.

Physics Today 60 (7), 34–35 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761795
Physics Today 60 (7), 35–36 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761796
Physics Today 60 (7), 36–37 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761797
Physics Today 60 (7), 37 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761800
News Notes
Physics Today 60 (7), 37 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761798
Physics Today 60 (7), 37 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796522
Physics Today 60 (7), 37 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796525

Articles

Physics Today 60 (7), 38–43 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761801

The International Geophysical Year of 1957–58 grew out of scientific interests, but also out of national interests, including the postwar reconstruction of Europe. Some say, though, that a chocolate layer cake was what sealed the deal.

Physics Today 60 (7), 45–50 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761802

Scientists can and must take the initiative in helping society solve such problems as air and water pollution and crime. We need new instruments to measure pollution and new ways to reduce it. Because the crime rate is rising so rapidly, we require new methods of detection and deterrence.

Physics Today 60 (7), 52–55 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761803

Incorporating recent data, a new set of recommended values of the basic constants and conversion factors of physics and chemistry has just been issued.

Physics Today 60 (7), 57–59 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761804

Enough of idle talk and twaddle. Let’s celebrate the standard model.

Books

Physics Today 60 (7), 61 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761805
Physics Today 60 (7), 62 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761806
Physics Today 60 (7), 62–64 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761807
Physics Today 60 (7), 64 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761808
Physics Today 60 (7), 64–66 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761809
Physics Today 60 (7), 66–69 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761810

New Products

Physics Today 60 (7), 70–73 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761811

We Hear That

Physics Today 60 (7), 75–76 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761812
Physics Today 60 (7), 76 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761813
Physics Today 60 (7), 76 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761814

Obituaries

In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 60 (7), 77–78 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761815
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 60 (7), 78–79 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761816
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 60 (7), 79 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761817

Quick Study

Physics Today 60 (7), 80–81 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761818

Spaces with more than three dimensions are consistent with known physics, can help solve a vexing problem in the standard model, and may soon be indirectly observed at the Large Hadron Collider.

Back Scatter

Physics Today 60 (7), 96 (2007); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2761820
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