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Breaking the Law
January 30, 2012
New experiment may side-step the diffraction limit.
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Quantum Quiver Detected
January 28, 2012
Jiggling due to quantum effects have been detected in a macroscopic object for the first time.
Gray arrow Article:  New Scientist
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Perfect Light Absorber
January 26, 2012
Graphene arrays could be perfect light absorbers.
Gray arrow Article:  Physics World
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Infantile Physics
January 26, 2012
Even very young children have an intuitive understanding of classical physics.
Gray arrow Article:  UPI

Russian Physicists Stifled
January 27, 2012
Restrictive policies in Russia are affecting international collaboration.
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X-Rays make Extra Hot Plasma
January 25, 2012
An x-ray laser fired at a sample of aluminum has generated temperatures hotter than the sun’s corona.
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Quantum Info Speed Limit
January 25, 2012
Information can only travel so fast in a lattice.
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Research Made Freely Available

Supporting the Peer Review Process

Scientific societies play an important role as low-cost publishers. Although APS does not support the Research Works Act, we know that peer review process expenses are not negligible and need support.
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APS Membership Record High

Enrolled Members Tops 50,000

The official APS membership count has set a new all-time enrollment record, reaching a total of 50,055 as of January 2012, an increase over 2011 of about 3.7 percent.
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Grants to Widen Horizons

Brazil and India Exchange Programs
Application Deadline: March 30, 2012

Like to study overseas but can't afford it?  Be a part of the APS and the Sociedade Braileira de Física (SBF) exchange of physics graduate students and professors program, or the physicists and physics graduate students exchange between India and the U.S., sponsored by Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and administered by APS.
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Undergraduate Women Physics Majors Gather

Six Simultaneous Conferences Held Nationwide

Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWIP) are three-day regional conferences for physics majors. Convening at six universities, nearly 800 students representing over 250 institutions met to present research, network, and learn about education and career opportunities. Simultaneous conferences were held at Case Western Reserve University, Stanford University, Texas A&M, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, University of Washington, and Yale University.

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Women at the Southeastern Regional Conference at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Smart Cats Not Fat Cats

Where Jobs Are Born
It’s the smart cats in research labs who spur economic growth not the fat cats on Wall Street.
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Concerning Iran

Release Imprisoned Physicist
Sign Committee of Concerned Scientists' petition requesting release of falsely accused APS member, Omid Kokabee.
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Regarding Assassinations in Iran
APS President Bob Byer condemns terrorist violence against Iranian physicists.
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Call for Nominations

APS Member Input Requested
Committee for awarding National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation requests nominations from APS members.
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