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Physics Today 61 (11), 8 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027971
Physics Today 61 (11), 8 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796722
Physics Today 61 (11), 8–, 10 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796725
Physics Today 61 (11), 10 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027972
Physics Today 61 (11), 10 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796686
Physics Today 61 (11), 10–11 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796689
Physics Today 61 (11), 11–12 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027974
Physics Today 61 (11), 11 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796692
Physics Today 61 (11), 12–13 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027975
Physics Today 61 (11), 12 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796694
Physics Today 61 (11), 13 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027976
Physics Today 61 (11), 13 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796697

Search and Discovery

Physics Today 61 (11), 14–, 16, 18 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027977

Looking for structure at the galactic center on the size scale predicted by general relativity requires very-long-baseline interferometry at the shortest radio wavelengths.

Physics Today 61 (11), 18–20 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027978

Changes in an erupting volcano can be monitored by satellite, but computing their consequences is a challenge.

Physics Today 61 (11), 20 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027979
Physics Today 61 (11), 20 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796701
Physics Today 61 (11), 20–21 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796703
Physics Today 61 (11), 21 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796706
Physics Today 61 (11), 21 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796709
Physics Today 61 (11), 21 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796711

Issues and Events

Physics Today 61 (11), 22–23 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027980

Congress weighing more funding for grants program and letting in venture-capital-controlled companies.

Physics Today 61 (11), 24–25 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027981

Damage to the Large Hadron Collider’s magnets by an electrical fault and by the subsequent helium-vessel rupture is still to be assessed.

Physics Today 61 (11), 25–26 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027982

Increased funding and global cooperation are key to realizing a wish list of astroparticle physics experiments unveiled this fall.

Physics Today 61 (11), 26–27 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027983
Physics Today 61 (11), 27–28 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027984
Physics Today 61 (11), 28–, 30 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027985
Physics Today 61 (11), 30–31 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027986
Physics Today 61 (11), 31 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027987
Physics Today 61 (11), 31 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796714
Physics Today 61 (11), 32 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027988
Physics Today 61 (11), 32 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796717
Physics Today 61 (11), 32 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4796719

Articles

Physics Today 61 (11), 33–38 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027989

Statistical analysis of interconnected groups—of computers, animals, or people—yields important clues about how they function and even offers predictions of their future behavior.

Physics Today 61 (11), 40–45 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027990

Such stellar processes as heavy-element formation and x-ray bursts are governed by unstable nuclear isotopes that challenge theorists and experimentalists alike.

Physics Today 61 (11), 47–52 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027991

The challenges of internal combustion require a broad collection of research discoveries to make the transition from hardware-intensive, experience-based fuel development and engine design to simulation-intensive, science-based design.

Opinion

Physics Today 61 (11), 54–55 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027992

Books

Physics Today 61 (11), 57 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027993
Physics Today 61 (11), 57–58 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027994
Physics Today 61 (11), 58–59 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027995
Physics Today 61 (11), 59–60 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027996
Physics Today 61 (11), 60–66 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027997

New Products

Physics Today 61 (11), 67–69 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027998

Obituaries

In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 61 (11), 72–73 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3027999
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 61 (11), 73–74 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3028000

Quick Study

Physics Today 61 (11), 76–77 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3028001

Because of Earth’s elliptical orbit, tilted axis, and standardized time zones, high noon as measured by a clock does not coincide with the Sun’s apex in the sky.

Back Scatter

Physics Today 61 (11), 108 (2008); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3028002
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