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Physics Today 66 (4), 8–9 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1928
Physics Today 66 (4), 9–10 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1929
Physics Today 66 (4), 10 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1930
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Physics Today 66 (4), 10–11 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1932
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Search and Discovery

Physics Today 66 (4), 12–14 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1934

Detecting the tiny magnetic field from a few thousand atomic nuclei is a first step toward imaging complex molecular structures directly.

Physics Today 66 (4), 14–17 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1935

Spectral signatures of pion decay have long been sought as direct evidence of proton acceleration in supernova shock fronts.

Physics Today 66 (4), 17–19 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1936

The newcomers to the task looked at many more weather stations and used a geostatistics technique to adjust for data discontinuities.

Physics Today 66 (4), 18 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1937
Physics Today 66 (4), 20–21 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1938

A change in the polarization of a light field can sufficiently change the scattering forces experienced by spherical particles to reverse their direction of motion.

Physics Today 66 (4), 20 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1939
Physics Today 66 (4), 20–21 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1940
Physics Today 66 (4), 21 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1941

Issues and Events

Physics Today 66 (4), 23–24 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1942

Interactions with the public prove as rewarding as the money.

Physics Today 66 (4), 25 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1943
Physics Today 66 (4), 26–27 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1944

With new coal plants effectively outlawed under new carbon emissions limits, the Obama administration is poised to regulate CO2 from existing power plants.

Physics Today 66 (4), 28–29 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1945

Lawmakers and consumers urge an overhaul of the 1996 program to end the federal government’s involvement in the helium business.

Articles

Physics Today 66 (4), 30–35 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1946

Quantum mechanics teaches that black holes evaporate by radiating particles—a lesson indicating that at least one pillar of modern physics must fall.

Physics Today 66 (4), 36–41 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1947

Displays that reproduce depth in some cases and create its illusion in others vary from the simple to the sophisticated.

Physics Today 66 (4), 44–49 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1948

Counter to intuition, one doesn’t necessarily need a strong magnet—or any magnet, for that matter—to extract richly informative spectra from nuclear spins.

Books

Physics Today 66 (4), 50–51 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1949
Physics Today 66 (4), 51–52 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1950
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Physics Today 66 (4), 54–55 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1952
Physics Today 66 (4), 55–58 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1953

New Products

Physics Today 66 (4), 60–64 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1954

Obituaries

In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 66 (4), 68 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1955
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 66 (4), 68–70 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1956
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 66 (4), 70–72 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1957

Quick Study

Physics Today 66 (4), 74–75 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1958

The latent heat released when water condenses is an important driver of weather phenomena. And as a simple experiment shows, it also makes it tough to enjoy a frosty one in the summertime.

Back Scatter

Physics Today 66 (4), 84 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1959
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