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February 2008 (Volume 17, Number 2)

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News

APS President Urges Members to Take Action on Federal Science Funding
In response to the FY08 budget passed by Congress, which fell nearly a billion dollars short in science funding compared to the levels authorized last summer, APS president Arthur Bienenstock sent two email messages to all APS members, urging them to write to Congress.

Journals to Print Author Names in Chinese, Japanese and Korean
The APS journals now offer authors the option to include their names in Chinese, Japanese or Korean characters

High‑Energy Labs Reel Under Budget Cuts
Hundreds of workers are expected to be laid off at both SLAC and Fermilab

POPA's Short Reports Give Congress Timely Scientific Expertise
Topics addressed include nuclear forensics, nuclear proliferation, and the proposed Hydrogen Initiative, among others

Learning Assistants Impact Undergraduate Teaching
Colorado program ignites passion for teaching in TAs

Senior Physicists Group 10 Years Old and Going Strong
Helping retired physicists stay connected to science and their professional community

New Lab Association Elects Officers
Founded in 2007, its mission is to encourage communication among those who teach graduate laboratory courses

Opinion

Letters
Ethicist Gets It Right–Ethicist Gets It Wrong–Bias? What Bias?–Oil Addiction Distorts Senator’s Thinking–Nuclear Energy Too Controversial?–US Needs a Tax on Oil–Hubble’s Thoughts on Hubble’s Law

Inside the Beltway: Primary Analysis
Shoot-Out at the O.K. Corral

The Back Page
A Physicist for President?

Departments

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

Profiles in Versatility
Physics major facilitates success in speech writing (and the funny business)

This Month in Physics History
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

Abstract Reasoning
Marco Fornari and Noam Bernstein

Photo by Ken Cole

Marco Fornari of Central Michigan University and Noam Bernstein of the Naval Research Laboratory were among the 132 APS members who came to College Park, MD in December to sort the almost 7000 abstracts that had been submitted to the March Meeting. The meeting takes place in New Orleans, March 10-14.

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