Physics today

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  Año 2008, Vol. 61, Número 1

  • The highest-energy cosmic rays appear to come from nearby active galactic nuclei

    Bertram M. Schwarzschild

    • Resumen

    pág. 16

    

  • Quantum spin Hall effect shows up in a quantum well insulator, just as predicted

    Charles Day

    • Resumen

    pág. 19

    

  • Charge-transfer measurements provide new angle on diamond surface conductivity

    Johanna L. Miller

    • Resumen

    pág. 23

    

  • New experiments view details of nuclear two-proton emission

    Steven K. Blau

    • Resumen

    pág. 25

    

  • Next-generation high-T c superconducting wires debut in the power grid

    Jermey N. A. Matthews

    • Resumen

    pág. 30

    

  • Universities face cap on indirect costs for Pentagon-funded research

    David Kramer

    • Resumen

    pág. 32

    

  • Planning NASA's future

    Paul K. Guinnessy

    • Resumen

    pág. 33

    

  • Femtosecond lasers prepare to break out of the laboratory

    Jennifer Ouellette

    • Resumen

    pág. 36

    

  • With Domenici's departure, DOE labs to lose their top Hill advocate

    David Kramer

    • Resumen

    pág. 38

    

  • Early start for experiments at Homestake underground lab

    Bertram M. Schwarzschild

    • Resumen

    pág. 40

    

  • The physics of phages

    William M. Gelbart, Charles M. Knobler

    • Resumen

    pág. 42

    

  • Cryo-electron microscopy of biological nanostructures

    Robert M. Glaeser

    • Resumen

    pág. 48

    

  • Fermi, Pasta, Ulam, and a mysterious lady

    Thierry Dauxois

    • Resumen

    pág. 55

    

  • Transporting water to the tops of trees

    N. Michele Holbrook, Maciej A. Zwieniecki

    • Resumen

    pág. 76