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January 2001 Volume 54, Number 1
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January 2001 cover
Cover: The Fermi surface of superconducting strontium ruthenate is made up of three cylindrical sheets: the a sheet (shown here in white) and b sheet (orange), which are both electronlike, and the g sheet (yellow), which is holelike. To learn more about this and other aspects of strontium ruthenate, turn to the article by Yoshi Maeno, Maurice Rice, and Manfred Sigrist, which begins on page 42. (Image courtesy of Christoph Bergemann.)

  Articles

Articles from the Physics Today Archive.

Science with Soft X Rays
Synchrotron radiation with photon energies at or below 1 keV is giving new insights into such areas as wet cell biology, condensed matter physics, and extreme ultraviolet optics technology -- Neville Smith

Does Accelerator-Based Particle Physics Have a Future?
We can't just leave the design of frontier accelerators to the specialists. Inventing clever new ideas requires the same talents that it takes to do experimental physics -- Maury Tigner

The Intriguing Superconductivity of Strontium Ruthenate
Structurally, this metal oxide resembles the high-Tc cuprates, but its superconductivity is more like the superfluidity of helium-3 -- Yoshiteru Maeno, T. Maurice Rice, and Manfred Sigrist

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Physics Update

From the Editor

Letters
Theory, Phenomenology, and 'Who Ordered That?' (Part 1)
Part 2: Lipkin Replies
Electronic Publishing Steps Up the Pace (Part 1)
Part 2: Langer Replies
Flexible Polymers Also Counterattract
The Trouble with Superlatives
Corrections

Search and Discovery
Buckyballs found to superconduct at 52 K
Disappearing atmospheric neutrinos don't seem to be turning sterile

Issues and Events
NIF Moves Forward Amid Controversy
Enthusiasm Deepens for US Underground Physics Lab
Holt Holds onto Congressional Seat, Keeps Science in Politics
UK Boosts Pay, Joins ESO, in Science Spending Spree
Stirling to Head European Synchrotron
AIP Forum Focuses on Energy and Defense
AAS Reviews Education Strategy
News Notes
Web Watch

Books
Unarmed Forces: The Transnational Movement to End the Cold War, M. Evangelista (reviewed by H. L. Abrams)
Quantum Chaos: An Introduction, H.-J. Stöckmann (reviewed by E. J. Heller)
The Distribution of the Galaxies: Gravitational Clustering in Cosmology, W. C. Saslaw (reviewed by D. Layzer)
Journeys Beyond the Standard Model, P. Ramond (reviewed by P. H. Frampton)
Quantum Heterostructures: Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, V. V. Mitin, V. A. Kochelap, and M. A. Stroscio (reviewed by W. Porod)
New Books

New Products
 Focus on data acquisition

We Hear That
Fermi Award Bestowed on Three Scientists
Holbrow Will Lead AAPT in 2003
Gould is AAPM President-Elect
In Brief

Obituaries
Richard Lee Childers
Kenneth Bailey McAfee Jr

Job Opportunities Untitled

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