An article regarding the observations - by Matthew Paoletti, Michael Fisher and Daniel Lathrop - and measurements made of quantized vortex reconnection in superfluid helium appears in the July 2010 Physics Today's Search and Discovery Column. Read More
The American Physical Society has awarded Jim Drake the 2010 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics. The prize is the highest honor bestowed to plasma physicists by the APS. His citation and prize will be presented at the annual meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, November 8-12, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois.
In May a University of Maryland-led team of scientists reported previously unknown features in the energy spectra of cosmic ray nuclei. Their findings contradict aspects of a prevailing model for how cosmic rays from outside our solar system may be accelerated to their very high energies by the expanding shock waves generated when massive stars explode as supernovas. Read More
An article, about Joint Quantum Institute Scientists unlocking the mysteries of atoms, appears in The Washingtonian magazine. The article, entitled Quantum Leap, can be found in the publication's June 2010 issue.