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APS NEWS June 2011 • 3 June 2011 Volume 20, No. 6 TM www.aps.org/publications/apsnews Still Time to Vote APS NEWS in APS Election A PublicAtion of the AmericAn PhysicAl society • www.APs.org/PublicAtions/APsnews See Page 6 New Topical Group on Climate Actively Seeks Members New APS Online Journal Issues Call for Papers At its meeting on April 29, APS “The group is going to focus on that bring the physics out in a ma- APS is now accepting physics papers added as they work their Council voted to establish the new the science of climate and climate jor way.” papers for its new online, open way through the peer-review Topical Group on the Physics of change as opposed to the politics Understanding climate change access peer-reviewed journal, process. A table of contents list- Climate. The group’s organizers or policies, which its charter says is rooted in understanding the Physical Review X. Its editors ing the accepted articles will be hope to reach out to the phys- specifically not to do,” said orga- physics behind it. Many of the have issued a general announce- emailed out quarterly at first, then ics community to draw in a wide nizing committee member Brad biggest questions facing clima- ment to all physicists and institu- more frequently as more papers swath of expertise to address cli- Marston of Brown University. tologists have to do with under- tions, calling for are accepted to the mate issues. The group is now ac- “It’s a very rich and complex area standing the physical principles submissions. journal. tively recruiting members, and the of science.” of atmospheric thermodynamics, “PRX is a new In some ways organizers hope to set up a website Organizing committee mem- radiant solar energy, the fluid dy- journal from the PRX is modeled af- and newsletter soon and begin or- bers emphasized the need to keep namics of oceans and the like. APS. It’s looking ter APS’s flagship ganizing sessions at meetings. the focus on unbiased science rath- “There are a number of ways to publish excel- publication, Physi- According to the group’s er than politics and partisanship. that physicists can contribute to lent, high quality cal Review Letters. founding documents, its purview Council member Robert Austin of a better understanding of climate papers in all areas “It also covers all of encompasses all research related Princeton has pushed hard to get and climate change,” Marston of physics and re- physics,” said Jorge to the advancement and diffusion the group established, and to keep said. “Theorists can contribute lated topics,” said Pullin, who is the of the physics of climate. This in- ideology from dictating the direc- by bringing in ideas from sta- Dan Kulp, editori- Founding Editor of cludes the measuring and model- tion of the group’s work. tistical physics…computational al director at APS. PRX, and Hearne ing of climate processes as well “You’ll get an unbiased view- physicists can bring in expertise, The first issue of PRX is ex- Chair of Theoretical Physics and as what physical effects climate point,” Austin said, “where you for example, for developing new pected to be published online in Professor at Louisiana State Uni- change might have on the planet. can find clearly written articles GROUP continued on page 4 September of this year, with new JOURNAL continued on page 7 Assessment Casts Doubt on Utility Physics Contributes to New Medical Imaging Technique By Calla Cofield her work. to specific types of cancer cells. of Direct Air Capture of CO2 Stanford University physics One of the biggest goals of When the isotopes decay, they APS Panel on Public Affairs sorbs carbon dioxide and prepares graduate student Nicole Acker- modern cancer research is to de- produce gamma rays that signal (POPA) recently released an as- it for sequestration. Some experts man spent the first three years of velop better imaging techniques. the presence and location of those sessment that casts doubt on the claim that constructing large air her graduate career studying neu- Imaging is key to early diagnosis, cancer cells. feasibility of removing carbon di- capture facilities might be used to trinos. Now she’s working in the effective treatment, and finding In 2009, scientists in Cam- oxide from the atmosphere. combat climate change by remov- radiation oncology department, cancer cells that have metasta- bridge, Massachusetts published The study, titled “Direct Air ing excess carbon dioxide from investigating the use of Cheren- sized. Many medical imaging a proof of concept paper dem- Capture of CO with Chemicals: Earth’s atmosphere. techniques rely on nuclear and onstrating that radioactive iso- 2 kov radiation in medical imaging. A Technology Assessment” found “We believed it was a timely is- “I’m still simulating particles particle physics principles, and topes used in medical imaging that using current technology, ex- sue with a lot of technical aspects interacting with matter,” said yet, says Ackerman, many of the will cause water-dense tissue to tracting carbon dioxide from the to it and it deserved a closer look Ackerman. “They are just in mice biologists working with those emit optical Cherenkov radiation. atmosphere would be significantly from physicists,” said Francis now instead of in a detector.” techniques don’t understand the In materials the speed of light is more difficult and expensive than Slakey, APS associate director of At the 2011 APS April Meet- physics behind them. lower than in a vacuum, and high reducing carbon emissions. public affairs. ing in Anaheim, California, Ack- In positron emission tomog- energy particles may emit Cher- Direct air capture, or DAC, re- The assessment put forth by erman delivered a general session raphy, or PET, positron-emitting enkov radiation when they travel fers to technologies where air is POPA said that because of the talk and spoke to reporters about radioactive isotopes are attached faster than the photons. Radioiso- circulated over a chemical, or a tremendous engineering and tech- to molecules designed to bind IMAGING continued on page 6 collection of chemicals, that ab- ASSESSMENT continued on page 5 Five Funded Sites Join APS April Meeting Prize and Award Recipients Teacher Education Project By Gabriel Popkin proposing teams. The review panel The Physics Teacher Education included representatives of APS Coalition (PhysTEC) project re- and the American Association of cently announced it would provide Physics Teachers (AAPT), which funding for five universities to de- jointly lead the project, as well as velop their physics teacher educa- external reviewers. tion programs. The new awardees The new awardees will begin are Boston University; California major project activities in Fall State University, San Marcos; State 2011 and will receive funding for University of New York at Geneseo three years. They will join the eigh- (SUNY Geneseo); Virginia Poly- teen institutions that have already technic Institute and State Univer- received awards from the project sity (Virginia Tech); and Wright since it began in 2001. According State University in Dayton, Ohio. to data collected by the project, The winning institutions were most of these institutions have selected during a two-stage review made significant gains in the num- ber of high school physics teachers process that began with a pool of 70 Photo by Kevin Roznowski applicants. Proposals were evaluat- graduating from their programs. ed on a number of criteria, includ- PhysTEC sites are expected to in- At the ceremonial session at the APS April Meeting in Anaheim, the pictured individuals received prizes and awards ing sites’ ability to develop their crease teacher recruiting efforts; from APs President barry barish. they are, seated (l to r): Douglas bryman, laurence littenberg, m. granger morgan, huichao song, lawrence badar, Jonathan Jarvis, noemie benczer Koller. standing, middle row (l to r): miguel Jose programs into national models, the hire master teachers to work within physics departments; develop early yacaman, chris Quigg (slightly to the rear), Kenneth lane (slightly to the front), estia eichten, ian hinchliffe, richard f. strength of departmental and insti- casten, John f. Ahearne, silvan s. schweber, george Amann, James nelson, robert beck clark. standing, back row tutional support for teacher prepa- teaching experiences; revamp con- (l to r): michael romalis, James m. stone, A. J. stewart smith, ezra ted newman, christopher J. Pethick, Janet seger, ration efforts, and the experience tent and pedagogy courses; im- matthew luzum, Jan mader, Karen Jo matsler. more information about these recipients is available on the web pages for the individual prizes and awards at www.aps.org/programs/honors . and commitment shown by the SITES continued on page 6 2 • June 2011 APS NEWS This Month in Physics History June 1941: Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil “We will not discover dark a leaked memo by Sau Lan Wu’s submit patent for radio frequency hopping matter today…We will be doing team at CERN which hints at a ans of classic film know the name Hedy Lamarr columnist and author of a book about romance and this again and again.” possible detection of the Higgs for her memorable performances in Algiers, endocrinology. Elena Aprile, Columbia Uni- boson, FoxNews.com, April 25, F H.M. Pulham Esq., and Ziegfeld Girl, among oth- Legend has it that Lamarr approached him for en- versity, after an initial null result 2011. ers. But the actress also made a small contribution docrinological advice, but the two soon began chat- from the XENON Dark Matter to wartime technology with her co-invention of an ting about weapons, particularly radio-controlled Project in Gran Sasso, Italy, The ‘’Our society squanders vast early form of spread spectrum communication tech- torpedoes and how to protect them from jamming New York Times, April 13, 2011.
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