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(American Institute of Physics) Secret military projects, powerful collisions at the LHC, future international physics projects, and lots of new data from around the universe will be featured in talks at this year's spring meeting of the American Physical Society (APS), the largest professional society of physicists in the world.

(American Institute of Physics) Recent international studies of math and science education suggest that students in the United States are falling further behind their foreign counterparts.

(Institute of Physics) A group of 74 US veterans has been involved in clinical trials which appear to have objectively diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder, something conventional brain scans, be it X-ray, CT or MRI, have thus far failed to do.

(Institute of Physics) Using literature written by Thomas Hardy, D.H. Lawrence and Herman Melville, physicists in Sweden have developed a formula to detect different authors' literary "fingerprints."

(Institute of Physics) Two prototype devices have been developed: one for efficient disinfection of healthy skin (e.g. hands and feet) in hospitals and public spaces where bacteria can pose a lethal threat; and another to shoot bacteria-killing agents into infested chronic wounds and enable a quicker healing process.

(American Institute of Physics) If a nuclear weapon were detonated in a metropolitan area, how large would the affected area be? Where should first responders first go?

(Institute of Physics) The future for magentic nanoparticles (mNPs) appears bright With the design of "theranostic" molecules. mNPs could play a crucial role in developing one-stop tools to simultaneously diagnose, monitor and treat a wide range of common diseases and injuries.

(American Institute of Physics) The AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition next month in San Jose, Calif., will showcase advances in alternative energy, materials research, nanotechnology, and medicine.

Highlights of papers from among the 1,250 talks and posters at the meeting are described below.

(Institute of Physics) Inspired by James Clerk Maxwell's findings, first expounded in the 1850s, Leonhardt is reintroducing the idea of using a "fish-eye" lens, a lens that can work in any direction, to create the perfect image.

(Institute of Physics) The Institute of Physics and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council are launching a new report today, Wednesday, Sept. 9, entitled "Optics and photonics: Physics enhancing our lives," to highlight the most recent advances in the field of optics and photonics and demonstrate the potentially lucrative ends a range of researchers have in sight.