Physics today

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  Año 2018, Vol. 71, Número 4

  • SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

    • Thousands of tons of mercury are trapped in permafrost

      Johanna L. Miller

      • Resumen

      págs. 14-16

      

    • Silicon-based quantum dots have a path to scalable quantum computing

      R. Mark Wilson

      • Resumen

      págs. 17-20

      

    • Lab experiments mimic the origin and growth of astrophysical magnetic fields

      Rachel Berkowitz

      • Resumen

      págs. 20-22

      

  • ISSUES AND EVENTS

    • Displaced scientists strive to restart professional lives in new lands

      Toni Feder

      • Resumen

      págs. 24-28

      

    • Physicists decry cuts to inertial fusion program

      David Kramer

      • Resumen

      págs. 29-31

      

  • ARTICLES

    • Nuclear weapons dangers and policy options

      Steve Fetter, Richard L. Garwin, Frank N. von Hippel

      • Resumen

      págs. 32-39

      

    • Superlubricity: friction’s vanishing act

      Jean Michel Martin, Ali Erdemir

      • Resumen

      págs. 40-46

      

    • Lubrication of articular cartilage

      Sabrina Jahn, Jacob Klein

      • Resumen

      págs. 48-54

      

  • BOOKS

    • A comprehensive introduction to the cosmos

      Priyamvada Natarajan (res.)

      Es reseña de:

      • Cosmology for the curious

        Delia Perlov, Alex Vilenkin

        Springer, 2017

      págs. 55-56

      

    • Entertaining biography lacks rigorous history

      Terry M. Christensen (res.)

      Es reseña de:

      • The quantum labyrinth: how Richard Feynman and John wWheeler revolutionized time and reality

        Paul Halpern

        Basic Books, 2017

      págs. 56-57

      

    • Thinking outside the Copenhagen box

      Jean Bricmont (res.)

      Es reseña de:

      • Foundations of quantum mechanics: an exploration of the physical meaning of quantum theory

        Travis Norsen

        Springer, 2017

      págs. 58-59

      

  • QUICK STUDY

    • Imaging black holes

      Dimitrios Psaltis, Feryal Özel

      • Resumen

      págs. 70-71