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What's New in 1997
November 14, 1997
- The December issue of BPA News is now available in Adobe portable document file format.
- The Committee on Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics has just released a short report highlighting research forefronts and the impact of basic research in this field on everyday life. The report, entitled The Physics of Materials, is available in color-illustrated printed form from the BPA as well as in "book object" and Adobe portable document file forms on the Web.
- The Committee on Gravitational Physics was recently formed under the chairmanship of James Hartle of UC/Santa Barbara to prepare a volume of the physics survey. The committee invites written input from scientists working in gravitational physics that are related to the objectives of the study. (See the Committee homepage at the above link.)
- The BPA held its semiannual meeting on November 1-2 at the Academies' Beckman Center on the UC/Irvine campus. A full report of the meeting appears in the December issue of BPA News.
- Just before the BPA convened, there were several special meetings at the Center to launch new activities:
- On October 31, former BPA Chair David Schramm convened a group to plan the Overview volume of the new physics survey.
- On the morning of November 1, Board member Tony Readhead convened a distinguished group of astronomers to begin preparations for the next survey of astronomy and astrophysics, which will be carried out under the auspices of the BPA in coordination with the NRC's Space Studies Board.
July 14, 1997
- The home page of the Committee on Radio Frequencies contains new material in addition to previously-posted letters and filings: (1) the "Views of CORF", a general document on frequency allocation issues affecting radio astronomy, (2) a Directory of Radio Astronomy Observatories that lists frequencies critical to the work of each observatory.
June 17, 1997
- The full text of the report Cosmology: A Research Briefing is now available. Free copies of the printed report may be requested by e-mail from the BPA.
- The BPA will meet on November 1-2, 1997, at the Beckman Center in Irvine, California. The Physics Survey Overview Panel will meet on October 31. The Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Organizing Group will meet on the morning of November 1.
June 6, 1997
- The June edition of BPA News is now available.
April 16, 1997
- The BPA has been asked to study the scientific objectives of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER).
- The BPA is responding to a congressional mandate to assess the impact on science and technology of selling the federal helium reserve.
- The Committee on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences (CAMOS) has prepared two one-page handouts that highlight science topics in its report Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Science: An Investment in the Future.
- The BPA will meet on April 25-26, 1997 in Washington.
What's New in 1996
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