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December 2015 (Volume 24, Number 11)

  • Astronomy Allies Team Up to Confront Sexual Harassment<br />
Group supports scientists who feel unsafe at conferences.
  • Squinting to See a Single Photon<br />
Quantum optics experiment explores the limits of human vision.
  • Tracking Earth’s Carbon Cycle from Space<br />
Gauging greenhouse gases from orbit will help scientists pinpoint carbon dioxide sources and sinks.
  • Edible Optics, Tracking Bugs, and More<br />
Optics applications abound at Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science meeting.
  • Steering Small-Scale Satellites<br />
Researchers devise propulsion systems for small, inexpensive spacecraft.

Articles

Astronomy Allies Team Up to Confront Sexual Harassment
Group supports scientists who feel unsafe at conferences

First Elected APS Treasurer: James Hollenhorst
The new position on the Board of Directors was created by last year's governance reform

Squinting to See a Single Photon
Quantum optics experiment explores the limits of human vision

Tracking Earth’s Carbon Cycle from Space
Gauging greenhouse gases from orbit will help scientists pinpoint carbon dioxide sources and sinks

2015 APS National Mentoring Committee and Bridge Program Conference
Joint meeting works to improve the status of underrepresented minority students in physics

Edible Optics, Tracking Bugs, and More
Optics applications abound at Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science meeting

Steering Small-Scale Satellites
Researchers devise propulsion systems for small, inexpensive spacecraft

APS Council of Representatives Approves Three New Statements
The official statements were approved on November 14

Opinion

The Back Page
Once More, Into the Breach

Inside the Beltway
Science and the Political Pendulum

News Updates

TMT International Observatory thumbnail imageThirty Meter Telescope Permit Revoked
Construction on Hawaii's Mauna Kea is blocked by State Supreme Court

Omid Kokabee outside store thumbnailOmid Kokabee Hospitalized
Imprisoned Iranian physicist's health worsens

Matthew Salter thumbnail imageAPS Appoints New Publisher
Asia-Pacific region publishing manager for UK Institute of Physics to join top management staff of the American Physical Society

AIP logo with grey backgroundUnderrepresentation of African Americans Persists in Physical Sciences
Study shows no improvement in the relative number of black students in the physical sciences over the past decade

Xi hearing thumbnail imageLawmakers Condemn Targeting of Chinese-American Scientists
Members of Congress call for investigation of Department of Justice allegations of economic espionage

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Departments

Inside APS
Crystal Bailey, Careers Program Manager

This Month in Physics History
December 1910: Neon lights debut at Paris Motor Show

Diversity Update
A column on programs related to diversity

Profiles in Versatility
Physics Ph.D.s Study the Spread of Disease



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