Two New APS Officers Begin Tenures Thomas McIlrath became APS Treasurer November 11, and Martin Blume will become APS Editor-in-Chief on January 1. |
Data Storage, New Laser Advances Featured at ILS-XII Meeting Optical and laser scientists from all over the world gathered in Rochester, New York, for the twelfth annual Interdisciplinary Laser Science Conference. |
APS Members Share 1996 Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry Four APS members were among those selected to share the 1996 Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. |
Strangelet Searches, Spin Effects, QCD Field Theory Highlight 1996 DNP Meeting Recent studies of quantum chaos in mesoscopic systems and effective field theory were among the topics featured at the annual fall meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics. |
APS Council Establishes Task Force on Career Development The APS Executive Board has approved the establishment of a Task Force on Careers and Professional Development, chaired by Diandra Leslie-Pelecky of the University of Nebraska's Center for Materials Research and Analysis. |
OSTP Releases Report on Reducing Excess Plutonium Stockpiles An interim study by independent U.S. and Russian scientists released in November by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recommends a broad program of cooperation between the U.S. and Russia, and other countries, to reduce the stockpiles of excess weapons plutonium. |
Improbable Researchers Gather for 1997 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Some of the world's top scientists convened at Harvard University on October 3 for the Sixth Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. |
In Brief The APS Ohio and Southeastern Sections held their annual fall meetings in November; IUPAP has released a revised version of its "Guidelines for the Use of Major Physics Users Facilities"; and Elsevier Science Publishers are the new proud sponsors of the revamped John H. Dillon Medal, which now carries a cash award of $2000. |