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January 2008 (Volume 17, Number 1)

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APS April Meeting Convenes in St. Louis
Around 1200 physicists will gather to hear the latest research results in astrophysics, particle physics, nuclear physics, gravitation and cosmology

APS Launches New Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics
New prize will honor excellence in industrial physics with the goal of attracting nominees from companies both large and small.

Turning 50, PRL Plans a Banner Year
APS plans special sessions and receptions at the March and April meetings, as well as a symposium and banquet in June at the Society's publishing headquarters in Long Island, New York

Panel Hears Pros and Cons of Open Access Publishing
Speaking before the High‑Energy Physics Advisory Panel in November, APS Editor in Chief Gene Sprouse supported the principle of open access while citing the need for developing a financially stable model

Council Calls for Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions
In its November 2007 statement, the Council also called for more research to better understand the effects of human activity on the climate

Bienenstock Highlights Funding, Education and Journal Viability
An interview with incoming APS President Arthur Bienenstock

ITER, ITER, Everywhere at 2007 DPP Meeting
New advances in plasma physics–including suppression of plasma instabilities and control of losses due to leakage–will benefit the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor currently under construction

Workshop Brings Inspiration, Information to New Faculty
The Annual New Faculty Workshop hosted more than 80 new physics and astronomy teachers

Salt Lake City Hosts 2007 DFD Meeting
The morphodynamics of rivers and microfluidic arrays, and the swimming patterns of micro‑organisms, were among this year's technical highlights

Meeting Briefs
APS Fall Section Meetings

Council Remembers Wolfgang Panofsky
This November, the APS Council passed a memorial resolution on the death of Wolfgang Panofsky

Opinion

Letters
Did We Do That on Purpose? — Biblical Narrative Leads to Progress — Physics Olympiad is of International Interest — Physics Majors Enjoy Broad Career Choices — More Trained Teachers Won’t Solve The Problem — Two-phase Approach to Energy Independence — Michelson’s Polish Roots

The Back Page
The Highest Aim of the Physicist

Departments

Members in the Media
As quoted in other publications...

This Month in Physics History
Edwin Hubble Expands our View of the Universe

Washington Dispatch
A bimonthly update from the APS Office of Public Affairs

International News
Shaping the Future of Physics in South Africa

Token of Appreciation
Judy Franz and John Hopfield

Photo by Ken Cole

A new tradition was inaugurated at the APS Council meeting in November, when Executive Officer Judy Franz (right) presented past-President John Hopfield with a bound volume of the minutes of the Board and Council meetings that he chaired in 2006, as a token of appreciation for all the services that he rendered to the Society during his Presidential term.

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