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October 2008 (Volume 17, Number 9)

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News

Energy Efficiency Crucial to Achieving Energy Security and Reducing Global Warming, States APS Report
Study specifically cites transportation and building sectors as prime opportunities for efficiency improvements

Members Elect Barry Barish as Next APS Vice-President
Caltech professor will assume APS Vice-Presidency in 2011.

LHC Start-Up was a Long Time Coming
The first beam of protons ran through the accelerator ring on September 10th, after two decades of planning and ten years of construction.

Three Women Receive Blewett Scholarships in 2008
Program aims to enable women scientists to return to physics research after family‑related career interruptions

Four APS Members Receive National Medal of Science
Physicists are honored for work in nanostructures and nanomaterials, nuclear fusion, nuclear magnetic resonance, and laser cooling

Agreement Lets APS Members Provide Expertise to Industry
TekScout is an online network to bring together scientists and engineers to solve R&D challenges posted by corporations in need of outside expertise

Physicist Tilts at Diploma Mills
George Gollin has spent the last six years battling the sale of fake degrees online

Opinion

Letters
Overselling Science Causes Problems • Mission Relevance Enhances Army Research Impact • The Whole 8.23 Meters

The Back Page
Recruiting and Retaining Minorities into Your PhD Program

Departments

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

This Month in Physics History
October 1958: Physicist Invents First Video Game

Zero Gravity: The Lighter Side of Science
Collyer Captures Caption Contest

Washington Dispatch
A bi-monthly update from the APS Office of Public Affairs

International News
UK Faces Science Funding Challenges

Profiles In Versatility
He's Havin' a Ball at Ball

Focus on APS Topical Groups
Magnetism and its Applications

This Time It’s For Real
Energy Efficiency hearing

By Brian Mosley/APS

Former APS President and Nobel Laureate Burton Richter tells the assembled media that this time the energy crisis is for real, and that dealing with it involves a serious commitment to energy efficiency.

Richter spoke at the National Press Club on September 16 at the unveiling of the APS Energy Efficiency Report (Energy Efficiency Report story), for which he served as Chair of the Study Group.

Also addressing the media on this occasion were Study Group vice-Chair David Goldston (left), and APS Director of Public Affairs Michael Lubell (center).

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