Lay Language Papers

• Lay-Language Version of Paper A3.05
  RSFQ: Ultrafast Logic Based on Magnetic Flux Quantization
  Konstantin Likharev, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  Posted 02/25/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper A4.05
  Direct Measurements of Electrical Transport Through DNA Molecules
  Danny Porath, Department of Applied Physics and DIMES, Delft University of Technology
  Posted 02/25/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper A14.01
  Molecular Electronics: The Future Is In Plastics
  Mark Reed, Departments of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Yale University
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper A14.05
  'Mol-RAM': Developing Molecular Switches for a Chemical Computer
  C P Collier (HP Labs and UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry), E W Wong, J Sampaio, K Beverly, G Mattersteig, F M Raymo, B Ma, F Wudl, J F Stoddart, J R Heath (UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry), HP Labs Collaboration, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Collaboration
  Posted 03/08/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper B25.09
  The Origin of Quasi-Hexagonal Patterns: From Cornstarch to the Giant's Causeway
  E. A. Jagla, Eduardo Jagla, I.C.T.P. Trieste; Alberto Rojo, University of Michigan
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper C2.01
  Making a cage for light with photonic crystals
  Willem L. Vos, van der Waals-Zeeman Instituut
  Posted 03/14/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper C2.03
  Microfabrication of Three-dimensional Photonic Crystals
  S.Y. Lin, Sandia National Laboratories
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper C5.01
  Shock Waves in Supersonic Sand
  Chris Bizon, Colorado Research Associates
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper C5.02
  Can Dragonflies Hover in Two Dimensions? Unsteady Aerodynamics of Insect Flight
  Z. Jane Wang, Cornell University
  Posted 03/02/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper C5.03
  Computer Modeling of the Structures, Functions and Evolution of the Earliest Cells
  Andrew Pohorille, NASA-Ames Research Center
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper F36.97
  Healing with Magnets?
  Leonard Finegold, Drexel University
  Posted 03/08/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper G3.05
  Separating DNA Molecules with a Brownian Ratchet
  Robert Austin, Princeton University
  Posted 03/02/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper G5.02
  The Artistry of Bacterial Colonies and The Antibiotic Crisis; Adaptive front propagation and complex patterning of bacterial colonies
  Eshel Ben-Jacob, Tel-Aviv University
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper G5.03
  Fluctuation Effects in Front Propagation; the benefits of being discrete
  Herbert Levine, UC San Diego
  Posted 02/09/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper G5.05
  Some Fronts Are More Equal Than Others
  Wim van Saarloos, Instituut-Lorentz, Universiteit Leiden, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
  Posted 03/08/00

• Lay-Language Version of Session K6
  PC Clusters Replace Supercomputers
  Description by: Steven Gottlieb, Indiana University
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper K6.04
  Workstation Clusters vs Supercomputers for Scientific Applications
  Dave Turner, Ames Laboratory - ISU
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper M5.01
  If A Wheel Squeaks In Space, Does Anybody Hear It? Fundamental Approaches to Spacecraft Tribology Issues
  Stephen V. Didziulis, The Aerospace Corporation
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper M5.03
  Friction in Disk Drives, Hourglasses, and Sandcastles
  C. Mathew Mate, IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center
  Posted 03/02/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper P5.03
  Growth Statistics of Human Organizations: Growth of Complex Organizations
  Luis A. Nunes Amaral, Boston University
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper P5.04
  Random Matrix Theory and Econophysics
  Bernd Rosenow, Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University
  Posted 03/02/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper T13.02
  Electrical Stimulation of the Heart: Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Defibrillation
  Bradley J. Roth, Oakland University
  Posted 02/18/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper Y3.02
  Formation of Temporal-Feature Maps in the Barn Owl's Auditory System
  Richard Kempter, Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience, UCSF;
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Papers Y3.03 & Y3.04
  How the Sand Scorpion Locates Its Prey
  Philip H. Brownell, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University and J. Leo van Hemmen, Physik Department, TU Muenchen
  Posted 03/02/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper Y13.02
  Biological Microcavity Laser: Detecting Cancer Quickly and Accurately
  Paul Gourley, Anthony McDonald, Judy Hendricks, Guild Copeland, John Hunter, Ohmar Akhil (Sandia National Labs), Heather Capps, Marc Curry, Steve Skirboll (University of New Mexico School of Medicine)
  Posted 02/09/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper Y13.06
  A Light Scattering Microscope: Soft Systems in a New Light: Local measurement of the optical properties of biological tissue
  A.K. Popp, M.T. Valentine, Dept. of Physics and DEAS, Harvard University; P.D. Kaplan, Unilever Research US; D.A. Weitz, Dept. of Physics and DEAS, Harvard University
  Posted 02/29/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper Y13.07
  Individual Human Cell Responses to Low Doses of Chemicals and Radiation Studied by Synchrotron Infrared Spectromicroscopy
  Michael C. Martin (Advanced Light Source Division), Hoi-Ying N. Holman, Eleanor A. Blakely (Life Sciences Division), Regine Goth-Goldstein (Environmental Energy Technology Division), Wayne R. McKinney (Advanced Light Source Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley)
  Posted 02/09/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper Y13.08
  How the Heartbeat Affects Blood's Optical Properties: Towards More Non-Invasive Blood Tests
  L.D. Shvartsman (The Racah Institute of Physics. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 91904,Israel.), Ilya Fine (Orsense Ltd., 2 Prof. Bergman str., Park Rabin, Rehovot, Israel.), GA@P Technologies Ltd. Collaboration
  Posted 03/08/00

• Lay-Language Version of Paper Y13.09
  How the Heartbeat Affects Blood's Optical Properties: Experimental Measurements
  Ilya Fine, Boris Fikhte (Orsense Ltd., 2 Prof. Bergman str., Park Rabin, Rehovot, Israel.), L.D. Shvartsman (The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Israel, 91904.)
  Posted 03/08/00