Physics today

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  Año 2006, Vol. 59, Número 11

  • SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

    • Nanoelectromechanical system approaches the quantum detection limit

      Richard Fitzgerald

      • Resumen

      pág. 19

      

    • Collision between galaxy clusters unveils striking evidence of dark matter

      Bertram M. Schwarzschild

      • Resumen

      pág. 21

      

  • ISSUES AND EVENTS

    • Challenging recovery for New Orleans universities after hurricane devastation

      Toni Feder

      • Resumen

      pág. 28

      

    • Science board recommends major hurricane research program

      Jim Dawson

      • Resumen

      pág. 30

      

    • Reactor experiments seek missing neutrino mixing angle

      Toni Feder

      • Resumen

      pág. 31

      

    • Scientists go political in new organization

      Jim Dawson

      pág. 32

      

    • Explaining everyday physics, everywhere

      Toni Feder

      pág. 33

      

    • APS undergoes changing of the guard

      Karen H. Kaplan

      pág. 34

      

    • Who earns degrees in physics and astronomy?

      Toni Feder

      pág. 35

      

  • ARTICLES

    • Hunting for jobs at liberal arts colleges

      Suzanne Amador Kane, Kenneth Laws

      • Resumen

      pág. 38

      

    • Quantum gravity faces reality

      Lee Smolin

      • Resumen

      pág. 44

      

    • Build astronomical observatories on the moon?

      Paul D. Lowman Jr., Daniel Lester

      • Resumen

      pág. 50

      

  • QUICK STUDY

    • The pros and cons of leap seconds

      Brian Luzum

      • Resumen

      pág. 78