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Physics Today 71 (6), 8 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3931

Readers’ Forum

Physics Today 71 (6), 10 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3932
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Search and Discovery

Physics Today 71 (6), 16–19 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3939

An extraordinarily well-preserved deposit of water-soluble minerals sheds light on the history of Earth’s atmosphere and ocean.

Physics Today 71 (6), 20–21 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3940

Even as a hydrogen molecule breaks apart, the dissociating protons hold sway over an escaping electron.

Physics Today 71 (6), 22–24 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3941

Satellite data can pinpoint predictors of future explosive activity.

Physics Today 71 (6), 25 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3942
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Issues and Events

Physics Today 71 (6), 26–29 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3945

Philanthropic efforts on behalf of basic research span a range of modalities, from assistance for individual investigators to the establishment of research institutes.

Articles

Physics Today 71 (6), 30–36 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3946

The combined effects of ozone, sunlight, and atmospheric waves turn the near void of Earth’s mesosphere into a refrigerator capable of producing vast clouds of water ice.

Physics Today 71 (6), 38–42 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3947

How stars are born from clouds of gas is a rich physics problem whose solution will inform our understanding of not just stars but also planets, galaxies, and the universe itself.

Physics Today 71 (6), 44–51 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3948

An unusually broad set of experiences helped prepare Stanford Ovshinsky to recognize a phenomenon that forever changed solid-state physics.

Books

Physics Today 71 (6), 53–54 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3949
Physics Today 71 (6), 55 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3950
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Physics Today 71 (6), 58–59 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3952

New Products

Physics Today 71 (6), 60–63 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3953

Obituaries

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Physics Today 71 (6), 65–66 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3954
In Special Collection: Print Obituaries
Physics Today 71 (6), 66 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3955

Quick Study

Physics Today 71 (6), 70–71 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3956

Old Sun-like stars observed by the Kepler Space Telescope spin faster than astronomers expected. Apparently, they experience a dramatic shift in their rotation and magnetism at about middle age.

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Physics Today 71 (6), 72 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3957
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