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July 2010 (Volume 19, Number 7)

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News

Murray to Serve on Investigative Panel
Former APS President Cherry Murray was selected to serve on the presidentially appointed panel to investigate the BP oil spill

Fluid Dynamics Tackles the Oil Spill
Physicists and researchers from across the country have come together to determine how much oil from the BP spill is flowing into the Gulf of Mexico

PhysicsQuest, Video Contest Winners Announced
The winners of both the PhysicsQuest classroom competition and LaserFest video contest have been announced

Two APS–Sponsored Fellows Bring Science to Capitol Hill
This year's two APS Congressional fellows working on Capitol Hill are bringing their scientific backgrounds to the country's legislature

Physics Olympiad Team Heads for Croatia
The five high schoolers that make up the US Physics team head to Zagreb, Croatia for this year's International Physics Olympiad

Opinion

Letters to the Editor
Physicists Vie for Darwin Award • World’s Oldest Graduate Student? • That Way Lies Madness • Comparison to Biological Sciences Can Be Misleading • Student Cheating Can Lead to Fraud • No Fraud in Cold Fusion • Moderation Urged on Climate Change, Energy • Long History of Galactic Magnetic Fields

The Back Page
Improving K-12 science education

Departments

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

This Month in Physics History
July 1849: Fizeau publishes results of speed of light experiment

International News
Physics on the (dirt) road in Kenya

Washington Dispatch
A bimonthly update from the APS Office of Public Affairs

Shelter Island Conference Commemoration
Sprouse photo of plaque web sm Photo courtesy of Gene Sprouse

On June 4, as part of the APS historic sites initiative, Editor-in-Chief Gene Sprouse presented a plaque to the owners of the Ram's Head Inn on Shelter Island, to commemorate the celebrated conference that took place there 63 years earlier.

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Happy Birthday, Dear Laser
hughes-balloons web small Photo courtesy of Frank Brady

On May 16, 1960 Theodore Maiman and co-workers demonstrated the world's first working laser. On May 16 itself, APS presented a plaque at the very site where the laser was born.
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2010 General Election Preview
The APS Nominating Committee is pleased to present candidates for the 2010 APS annual election.
APS General Election

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