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APS News

February 2012 (Volume 21, No. 2) Entire issue 

 

News

 
APS Membership Soars Above 50,000 Benchmark
The ranks of APS’s membership have continued to grow, hitting a new record of more than 50,000 members
 
Four Distinguished Scientists to Give Beller, Marshak Lectures
Four renowned physicists will deliver the Beller and Marshak lectures at this year’s April and March Meetings
 
Community Weighs Pros and Cons of Physics by Press Conference
In the wake of the faster superluminal neutrino announcement, the physics community is divided over the utility of releasing preliminary results publically
 
Companies Pioneer New Nuclear Designs
Newcomers to the nuclear reactor industry might just change the way the world gets its electricity with their new reactor designs
 
APS Honoree Brandon Turner Named Rhodes Scholar
Brandon Turner, a recipient of an APS minority scholarship, was recently named one of the nation’s newest Rhodes scholars
 
APS News Picks 2011’s Top 11 Physics Headlines
The writers at APS News highlight the 11 physics stories that made the biggest headlines around the world in 2011
 
2011 in Review: Policy and Budget Highlights from FYI
AIP’s writers of FYI highlight the most important science and policy stories from 2011
 
Foundation Marks Its Centennial at APS March Meeting
Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement will host an event at the March Meeting celebrating a century of supporting scientific research
 

Opinion

 
The Back Page
To POPA: A Former Chair’s Farewell
 

Departments

 
Members in the Media
As quoted in other publications...
 
This Month in Physics History
February 6, 1957: MIT introduces the first cryotron
 
Inside the Beltway
The Circus Is Coming
 
Focus on APS Sections
Four Corners Section Embodies Western Spirit
 
The Educational Corner
A column on educational programs and publications
 
Zero Gravity: The Lighter Side of Science
Supersized

Laying on of Hands

April Meeting sorters
Photo by Michael Lucibella/APS

On January 13, 26 physicists from around the country gathered at APS headquarters in College Park to sort more than 1000 abstracts for the April Meeting.
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