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Capitol Hill Quarterly

September 2008 (Volume 3, Number 3)

September 2008 (Volume 3, Number 3) Entire Issue

Articles

Energy Efficiency Crucial to Achieving Energy Security and Reducing Global Warming, States Leading Physicists Report
An American Physical Society (APS) study panel concluded that tapping wasted energy from inefficient automobiles, homes and businesses is equivalent to discovering a hidden energy reserve.

Basic Research Funding in the FY ’09 Continuing Resolution Critical to Solving Energy Crisis
Americans are digging deeper into their pockets to fill up at the pump, fretting about paying for home heating oil and worrying about the devastating effects of global warming.

PhysTEC Prepares Future Physics Teachers
The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) was launched to help U.S. universities prepare more highly qualified physics teachers and alleviate the nation’s critical physics teacher shortages.

Nuclear Forensics Bill Moves Through Congress
Legislation to bolster the nation’s nuclear forensics capability recently passed in the House, enacting many recommendations in a report by the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Members in the Media
This features members quoted in other publications.

Snapshots from Physics History
Maria Goeppert Mayer, who made important discoveries about nuclear structure, is one of only two women to have won the Nobel Prize in physics.

The Back Page
Congressman Nick Lampson discusses energy efficiency.

APS Honors Third Physicist in Congress Physicists in Congress

Ken Cole/APS

APS held a reception July 16 on Capitol Hill, honoring the newest physicist to enter Congress, Representative Bill Foster (D-IL 14th). Representative Foster, a physicist formerly with Fermilab and an APS Fellow, won a special election in March to fill the seat vacated by former Speaker Dennis Hastert.

Foster (left) joins two other congressional physicists, Representative Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI 3rd) (middle) and Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ 12th) (right), in the House of Representatives. The reception was attended by over 100 scientists and invited guests.

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