June 2015 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
Richard Fienberg AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force
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In the June 2015 Issue
Biomimetics: Lessons on Optics from Nature's School
The spectacular colors of living creatures are often produced by intricate arrays of photonic elements, including some that researchers wouldn't otherwise have thought of. — Ross C. McPhedran and Andrew R. Parker
On the Belated Discovery of Fission
A remarkable sequence of missteps, misfortune, and oversights delayed the discovery of nuclear fission until the eve of World War II— and likely altered history's course. — J. Michael Pearson
Iron-based Superconductors, Seven Years Later
Discovery of the new materials raised researchers' hopes of solving the riddle of high-temperature superconductivity. But the unexpectedly diverse systems turn out to possess their own treasure trove of unusual physics that continues to challenge condensed-matter theorists. — Andrey Chubukov and Peter J. Hirschfeld
...and much more!