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PhysicsSpotlighting Exceptional ResearchAre you drowning in a flood of research papers in your own field and coping with an even larger deluge in other areas of physics? We suspect you are. The Physical Review journals alone published over 18,000 papers last year. How can an active researcher stay informed about the most important developments in physics? Expert CommentariesThe new APS website, Physics, will help you stay connected to physics research areas. Physics highlights exceptional papers from the Physical Review journals through expert commentaries written by active researchers. Physics researchers explain research results for physicists in other subfields. These commissioned articles are edited for clarity and readability across fields and are accompanied by explanatory illustrations. Free Weekly ArticlesEach week, aided by referee comments and internal discussion, editors from each of the Physical Review journals choose papers that merit highlighting in Physics. We select commentary authors from around the world who are known for their expertise and communication skills and we devote much effort to editing these commentaries for broad accessibility. The Latest from Physics Viewpoint: Particles go with the flow Scientists Activate Particle ColliderLarge Hadron Collider Makes History New York Times – Science rode a beam of subatomic particles and a river of champagne into the future on Wednesday, September 10. After 14 years and $8 billion, scientists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, or CERN, outside Geneva, succeeded in turning on the most powerful microscope ever built for investigating the elemental particles and forces of nature. At 4:27 a.m., Eastern time, the protons made their first circuit around a 17-mile-long racetrack known as the Large Hadron Collider, 300 feet underneath the Swiss French border, and then made a return journey. Full article: New York Times |
Gender Equity ReportDoubling Women in Physics The Gender Equity Report contains recommendations for doubling the number of women and under-represented minorities in physics by 2022. Specific actions are proposed for faculty, staff, and funding agencies. Gender Equity Report India Exchange ProgramDeadline October 31, 2008 APS and the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) have signed an agreement establishing program that will sponsor the exchange of physicists and physics graduate students between India and the United States. U.S.- India Travel Program
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