Physics Today, vol. 60, issue 7, juillet 2007

Thème principaux :

Language of science I: Theories and laws

Language of science II: Degrees of knowing

Postscripts on geodynamo’s beginnings

Putting the brakes on the hurricane heat engine

Most luminous supernova ever seen may be manifesting a new eruption mechanism

Engineering the energy levels in quantum dots leads to optical gain

Radar reveals Mercury’s molten core

Whiskers of tantalum trisulfide twist in response to an electric field

Quantum oscillations finally seen in high-temperature superconductors

Laying nanowires down with optoelectronic tweezers

Listening to muscle noise

Ripping fluids

Quantum point contact sustains 5/2 quantum Hall state

The Genesis of the International Geophysical Year

From the archives: SCIENCE and the War on...

The fundamental physical constants

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