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From the Editor

Physics Today 69 (3), 8 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3091

Readers’ Forum

Physics Today 69 (3), 10–11 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3092
Physics Today 69 (3), 11–12 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3093
Physics Today 69 (3), 12 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3094
Physics Today 69 (3), 12 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3095

Search and Discovery

Physics Today 69 (3), 14–16 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3096

Astrophysical theories strain to accommodate a cosmic explosion observed months ago.

Physics Today 69 (3), 16–21 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3097

Reducing the radiative transition’s time constant from thousands of years to a fraction of a second could benefit quantum information schemes.

Physics Today 69 (3), 20 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3098
Physics Today 69 (3), 20 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3099
Physics Today 69 (3), 20–21 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3100
Physics Today 69 (3), 21 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3101
Physics Today 69 (3), 21 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3102

Issues and Events

Physics Today 69 (3), 22–24 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3103

Before the $2.2 billion annual contract to run the lab ends in 2017, DOE must decide whether a new management model is needed.

Physics Today 69 (3), 25–27 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3104

Europe’s primacy in neutron scattering depends on maintaining a network of local and international facilities.

Physics Today 69 (3), 27–29 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3105

Since 2014 just one nation has rid itself of all weapons-usable materials.

Articles

Physics Today 69 (3), 30–36 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3106

Thanks to advances in transducer technology and imaging-based guidance systems and the expanding body of research on the therapeutic benefits, ultrasound techniques are poised to improve the treatment of cancer and other diseases in the clinic.

Physics Today 69 (3), 38–43 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3107

According to model simulations, a warming Arctic can shift the circulation patterns of the polar jet stream and bring frigid air southward. But has it?

Physics Today 69 (3), 44–51 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3108

Many a child has enjoyed watching the gardens grow; many a physicist has puzzled over the transformation of self-organized, nonequilibrium patterns into permanent structures.

Books

Physics Today 69 (3), 52 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3109
Physics Today 69 (3), 52–54 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3110
Physics Today 69 (3), 54–55 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3111
Physics Today 69 (3), 55–58 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3112

New Products

Physics Today 69 (3), 60–62 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3113

Obituaries

In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 69 (3), 65–66 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3114
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 69 (3), 66 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3115

Quick Study

Physics Today 69 (3), 74–75 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3116

Evolving technologies for converting acoustic pressure into an electrical signal have driven changes in the performance practice and sound of pop singers.

Back Scatter

Physics Today 69 (3), 76 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3117
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