December 2016 Issue of Physics Today Is Online & in the Mail
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In the December 2016 Issue
Exotic Forms of Silicon
The element’s complex free-energy landscape allows such structural motifs as rings, cages, and channel-like holes to emerge in extreme or unusual conditions. — P. Craig Taylor
With its construction just beginning, the Asteroid Belt Astronomical Telescope has already photographed an exoplanet with unrivaled clarity. — Robert Austin
Privacy Concerns Prompt Protests in California
The state’s new law mandating neural-network-based screenings has driven workers statewide to vent their anger. — Gabrielle Hodgson
African Arrow Sees Hints of Structure in the Fabric of Space
The cellular nature of space reveals itself in the angular distribution of μ and μ produced at the accelerator. — Pavel Kornilovich
Emergent Consciousness Decoded
SAMI 9000, one of the world’s most sophisticated artificial intelligences, has allowed human colleagues to probe his brain as he drifts in and out of consciousness. — John LaSala
...and much more!