August 2017 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
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In the August 2017 Issue
Why Is the Sun's Corona So Hot? Why Are Prominences So Cool?
Over the past several decades, solar physicists have made steady progress in answering the two long-standing questions, but puzzles remain. — Jack B. Zirker and Oddbjørn Engvold
Mobilizing US Physics in World War I
In applying their research to wartime problems, US physicists changed the relationship between physics, the military, and the government. — Johannes-Geert Hagmann
Cochlear Implants and Electronic Hearing
The first medical device to restore a human sense, a cochlear implant converts sound into a train of current pulses that directly stimulate the auditory nerve of a profoundly deaf ear. — Mario Svirsky
...and much more!