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June 2011 (Volume 20, Number 6)

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News

New Topical Group on Climate Actively Seeks Members
APS's newest topical group focuses on the physics of climate and is looking for new members

New APS Online Journal Issues Call for Papers
Physical Review X, the newest journal by APS, has started up and is now accepting papers for its inaugural edition

Assessment Casts Doubt on Utility of Direct Air Capture of CO2
Extracting carbon dioxide directly out of the air to combat climate change seems unfeasible according to a new assessment assembled by POPA

Physics Contributes to New Medical Imaging Technique
At this year's April Meeting, physics graduate student Nicole Ackerman gave a talk about the use of Cherenkov radiation in medical imaging

Four Funded Sites Join APS Teacher Education Project
Four more universities have joined the PhysTEC program to train the next generation of physics teachers

Quasars Help Researchers See in 3-D
The biggest, most complete map of the distant cosmos has been assembled using the spectral trails of quasars

Neutrinos Can Monitor Changes in Reactor Fuel
A new system for monitoring nuclear reactors using neutrinos is close to being ready for prime time

Japanese Physics Undergoes a Slow Recovery
Japan will likely be feeling the devastating effects of March's earthquake on its science infrastructure for many months

Opinion

Letters to the Editors
Peer Review Weeds Out Good Ideas • Clinton Administration Also Responsible for SSC Termination • Old Bulls Don’t Deserve Respect • Don’t Show Physics in a Negative Light • Another Way to Produce Helium? • Eakins Paints Rowland. Questions Abound. • Willa Cather Mentions Rowland • Rowland Grating Played Key Role in Quantum History

The Back Page
Can we declare victory in the participation of women in science? Not yet.

Departments

Members in the Media
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This Month in Physics History
June 1941: Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil submit patent for radio frequency hopping

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

Zero Gravity: The Lighter Side of Science
Caveman National Laboratories

International News
Committee on International Freedom of Scientists Combats Rights Violations Worldwide

April Meeting Prize and Award Recipients

Award winners small web Photo by Kevin Roznowski

At the ceremonial session at the APS April Meeting in Anaheim, the pictured individuals received prizes and awards from APS President Barry Barish.
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A Long and Distinguished Career

Goldhaberweb small Photo courtesy of Alfred Scharff Goldhaber

Maurice Goldhaber, shown here in a photo from 2003, turned 100 years old this year on April 18, and died on May 11 as APS News was going to press. He served as APS President in 1982, one of many accomplishments over a long and distinguished career.
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Egg-streme Sport

Six flags websmall Photo by Matthew Payne

On May 13, Six Flags America held its annual physics day, hosting hundreds of middle- and high-school students from around the Washington, DC area. APS was there too, together with its partners, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and the American Institute of Physics' Society of Physics Students.
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