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Physics Today 73 (8), 8 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4533

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Search and Discovery

Physics Today 73 (8), 14–16 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4541

When blindness sets in gradually, the patient’s remaining vision can hinder prospective treatments. In a new experimental strategy, researchers turn to a different wavelength.

Physics Today 73 (8), 16–19 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4542

The gradual emergence of delocalized electron states in lithium–ammonia solutions underlies their transition.

Issues and Events

Physics Today 73 (8), 20–21 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4543

As nuclear-powered water electrolysis becomes cheaper, it could compete with the current, carbon-intensive hydrogen production process.

Physics Today 73 (8), 22–24 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4544

Opposition in the public and private sectors is growing against a US telecommunications plan that would allow one company to use its satellite communications radio spectrum for terrestrial applications.

Articles

Physics Today 73 (8), 26–32 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4545

A team of women working in the physics laboratory at Wellesley College carried out some of the first successful x-ray experiments in the US.

Physics Today 73 (8), 34–40 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4546

The link between information and physics has been implicit since James Clerk Maxwell introduced his famous demon. Information is now emerging as a key concept to bridge physics and biology.

Physics Today 73 (8), 42–48 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4547

The two-dimensional materials form one- and zero-dimensional hollow structures with a host of promising mechanical, optical, and electrical properties.

Books

Physics Today 73 (8), 49–50 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4548
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New Products

Physics Today 73 (8), 53–55 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4551

Obituaries

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Physics Today 73 (8), 56 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4552

Quick Study

Physics Today 73 (8), 58–59 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4553

As wind turbines harvest energy, they redistribute heat in the lower atmosphere. Farmers have been exploiting the effect for decades.

Back Scatter

Physics Today 73 (8), 60 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4554
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