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Physics Today 69 (12), 8 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3377

Readers’ Forum

Physics Today 69 (12), 10–11 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3378
Physics Today 69 (12), 12 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3379
Physics Today 69 (12), 12 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3380

Search and Discovery

Physics Today 69 (12), 14–17 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3381

The laureates bucked conventional wisdom to redefine the meaning of phases and phase transitions in one- and two-dimensional materials.

Physics Today 69 (12), 18–21 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3382

The laureates laid the foundations for an emerging array of gadgets at the nanometer scale.

Physics Today 69 (12), 22–23 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3383

The spirals may be long-sought evidence of a gravitational instability predicted by hydrodynamic theory.

Physics Today 69 (12), 24 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3384
Physics Today 69 (12), 24 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3385
Physics Today 69 (12), 24–25 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3386
Physics Today 69 (12), 25 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3387
Physics Today 69 (12), 25 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3388
Physics Today 69 (12), 25 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3389

Issues and Events

Physics Today 69 (12), 26–30 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3390

But his space policy underwhelmed, and the combination of a GOP-led Congress and fiscal constraints limited his science budgets.

Physics Today 69 (12), 30–32 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3391

In a time of funding gaps, suspicion, and uncertainty, international interactions are key to keeping up morale and scientific output.

Physics Today 69 (12), 32–33 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3392

SESAME is intended to nurture good science and good relations.

Articles

Physics Today 69 (12), 34–39 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3393

The element’s complex free-energy landscape allows such structural motifs as rings, cages, and channel-like holes to emerge in extreme or unusual conditions.

Physics Today 69 (12), 40 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3394
Physics in 2116
Physics Today 69 (12), 42–45 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3395

With its construction just beginning, the Asteroid Belt Astronomical Telescope has already photographed an exoplanet with unrivaled clarity.

Physics Today 69 (12), 46–48 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3396

The state’s new law mandating neural-network-based screenings has driven workers statewide to vent their anger.

Physics Today 69 (12), 49–51 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3397

The cellular nature of space reveals itself in the angular distribution of μ and μ‾ produced at the accelerator.

Physics Today 69 (12), 52–54 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3398

SAMI 9000, one of the world’s most sophisticated artificial intelligences, has allowed human colleagues to probe his brain as he drifts in and out of consciousness.

Books

Physics Today 69 (12), 55 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3399
Physics Today 69 (12), 56–57 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3400
Physics Today 69 (12), 57–58 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3401
Physics Today 69 (12), 58–60 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3402
Physics Today 69 (12), 60–63 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3403

New Products

Physics Today 69 (12), 64–66 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3404

Obituaries

In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 69 (12), 68–69 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3405
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 69 (12), 69–70 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3406

Annual Index

Physics Today 69 (12), 79–88 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3407

Quick Study

Physics Today 69 (12), 90–91 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3408

Seismic waves and Foucault pendula share intriguing similarities in the way they respond to Earth’s rotation.

Back Scatter

Physics Today 69 (12), 92 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3409
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