ChemInform Abstract: Semiconductor Surface Reconstruction: The Structural Chemistry of Two‐ Dimensional Surface Compounds

At the 138th annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in May, 72 new members and 15 foreign associates were elected, bringing the total number of active members to 1874 and 325, respectively. In a rare event in the academy’s history, one member, Leonard Mandel, was elected posthumously. Among the other newly elected members are Charles Alcock, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania. Michael L. Bender, professor of geosciences at Princeton University. Pamela J. Bjorkman, professor of biology at Caltech and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Maurice S. Brookhart, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Robert A. Brown, provost and Warren K. Lewis Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Robert J. Cava, professor of chemistry and associate director of the Princeton Materials Institute at Princeton University. Thure E. Cerling, professor of geology and biology at the University of Utah. F. Fleming Crim, John E. Willard and Hilldale Professor of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Alexander Dalgarno, Phillips Professor of Astronomy at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Charles B. Duke, vice president and senior research fellow in Xerox’s Wilson Center for Research and Technology in Webster, New York. John H. Exton, professor of molecular physiology and of pharmacology at Vanderbilt University and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland. George W. Flynn, Higgins Professor of Chemistry and director of the Environmental Molecular Sciences Institute at Columbia University. Stuart J. Freedman, Luis W. Alvarez Chair of Experimental Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Inez Y. Fung, director of the Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Alexander N. Glazer, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Arthur C. Gossard, professor of materials and electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. James N. Gray, senior researcher at Microsoft Corp, San Francisco, California. Alan J. Heeger, professor of physics and materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Russell J. Hemley, staff member at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. J. R. Jokipii, Regents’ Professor in the department of planetary sciences and in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona. Mimi A. R. Koehl, professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley. John Kuriyan, Patrick E. and Beatrice M. Haggerty Professor of structural biology at Rockefeller University and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland. J. Clark Lagarias, Paul K. and Ruth R. Stumpf Professor of Plant Biochemistry at the University of California, Davis. Lynn T. Landmesser, chair of the department of neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University. Leonard Mandel, who was the Lee A. DuBridge professor emeritus of physics and optics at the University of Rochester. James L. McClelland, professor of psychology and computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. Charles Y. Prescott, professor of physics at SLAC. Frank M. Richter, Sewell L. Avery Distinguished Service Professor in the department of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago. Marlan O. Scully, Hershel Burgess Distinguished Professor of Physics and Texas Engineering Experiment Station Distinguished Research Chair at Texas A&M University. David Tank, head of biological computation research at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Edwin W. Taylor, Louis Block Professor in the departments of molecular genetics and cell biology, and biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Chicago. Leslie G. Valiant, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. Robert M. Wald, professor in the department of physics and in the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago.The newly elected foreign associates include Theodor W. Hänsch, professor of physics at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich and a director at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany. Ronald Ernest Oxburgh, recently retired rector of the Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine in London. Jacob Palis, professor at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Michael J. D. Powell, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Applied Numerical Analysis at the University of Cambridge. Jean-Michel Saveant, director emeritus of research at CNRS in Paris. Ewine F. Van Dishoeck, professor of molecular astrophysics at Leiden Observatory at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.© 2001 American Institute of Physics.

An Unsinkable Navy

<i>ChemNanoMat</i>-A New Journal for Small Science with a Big Impact

At its inaugural American Conference on Neutron Scattering held in Knoxville, Tennessee, in June, the Neutron Scattering Society of America announced the establishment of the Clifford G. Shull Prize in Neutron Science, which carries a purse of $5000. Shull, who died in March 2001 (see Physics Today, Physics Today 0031-9228 54 10 2001 86 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1420567. October 2001, page 86 ), shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics with Bertram Brockhouse. Beginning in 2004, the NSSA will award the prize every two years to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to neutron science.During a ceremony last month in Leiden, the Netherlands, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded the Lorentz Medal to Frank Wilczek, Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT and editor-in-chief of Annals of Physics. He was honored for his “pioneering work in particle physics, including his research on particles that can only move in a two-dimensional plane, as well as his involvement in the discovery of the phenomenon known as ‘asymptotic freedom.’ “In August, Pennsylvania State University added three individuals to its physics faculty. Bernd Brügmann, formerly a research staff member at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam, Germany, is now an associate professor of physics in the Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry. Doug Cowen is an associate professor of physics and of astronomy and astrophysics. He previously was an assistant professor of physics at the University of Pennsylvania. Also joining the department as an assistant professor of physics is Benjamin J. Owen, formerly a research associate in the Center for Gravitation and Cosmology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.At a ceremony last April in Washington, DC, the government of France awarded Harold P. Smith Jr the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honor. Smith, Distinguished Visiting Scholar and professor in the Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, was recognized for his work while serving as the assistant to the secretary of defense (nuclear, chemical, and biological defense programs) in the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1998. Kirsten Tollefson has joined the physics faculty of Michigan State University as an assistant professor of experimental high-energy physics. She previously was a research associate at the University of Rochester.© 2002 American Institute of Physics.

AVS, the Science and Technology Society (formerly the American Vacuum Society), will hold its 48th International Symposium in conjunction with the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique, and Application (IUVSTA) 15th International Vacuum Congress and the 11th International Conference on Solid Surfaces. More than 3000 participants are expected to attend the joint meetings, which will be held from 28 October through 2 November in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center and the San Francisco Marriott Hotel.The topics for the divisional program sessions will include applied surface analysis, biomaterials, dielectrics, electrochemistry and fluid-solid interfaces, electronics, magnetic interfaces and nanostructures, microelectromechanical systems, manufacturing science and technology, nanometer structures, organic films, processing at the nanoscale, organic films, plasma science, semiconductors, tribology, and vacuum technology. A plenary session on biomaterials and another session celebrating NIST’s centennial year will be held during the afternoon on Sunday, 28 October. Four topical conferences are also scheduled during the week: advancing toward sustainability, magnetic recording, science and applications of nanotubes, and photonic materials. The equipment exhibition, featuring more than 200 companies, will take place on Tuesday from 11 AM to 7 PM, on Wednesday from 9 AM to 5 PM, and on Thursday from 9 AM to 3 PM.The awards ceremony, which includes awards given by AVS and IUVSTA, will be held on Wednesday, 31 October, at 6:15 PM in Salon 8 of the Marriott Hotel, and will be followed by a reception in Salon 9.The Medard W. Welch Award will go to E. Ward Plummer “for the development of novel instrumentation, its use to illuminate new concepts in the surface physics of metals, and the mentoring of promising young scientists.” Plummer is a distinguished professor of physics at the University of Tennessee and a distinguished scientist in the solid-state division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.The IUVSTA Science Prize, given for outstanding, internationally acclaimed research, will go to Kunio Takayanagi for his “accomplishments in the structural determination and characterization of surfaces and nanowires at the atomic level through the development of unique ultrahigh vacuum transmission electron microscopy and diffraction techniques.” Takayanagi is a professor of physics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. The IUVSTA Technology Prize, given for outstanding, internationally acclaimed achievements in technology and instrumentation, goes to Wolf-Dieter Münz, a professor of surface engineering at Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, UK. Münz is being recognized for “pioneering advances in vacuum-based technology of material coatings which impact a wide range of products used worldwide today.” Cedric Powell, a NIST Fellow, will receive the Albert Nerken Award “for the development of improved data, particularly electron inelastic mean free paths, for applications in quantitative Auger electron spectroscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.” Samuel D. Bader will garner the John A. Thornton Memorial Award, “for his seminal contributions to the atomic-level understanding of surface and thin-film magnetism.” Bader is a senior physicist and group leader of the magnetic films group in the materials science division at Argonne National Laboratory.This year’s Peter Mark Memorial Award goes to Eli Rotenberg, a staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He is being honored for “furthering our knowledge of nanophase and reduced dimensionality systems by creative use of angle-resolved photoemission.” Paul Lulai (photo unavailable) will receive the John L. Vossen Memorial Award for “developing a classroom demonstration experiment to determine work function using an electron tube.” Lulai is a physics and physical science teacher at Saint Anthony Village High School in Minnesota.The George T. Hanyo Award will go to John Bultman for his “sustained superior technical support in the areas of thin-film deposition, characterization, and performance evaluation.” Bultman is a senior laser technician at the University of Dayton Research Institute in Dayton, Ohio.The Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award, given to recognize and encourage excellence by women in graduate studies, will go to Tanhong Cai of Iowa State University.This year’s finalists for the Russell and Sigurd Varian Fellowship are Jianwei Dong of the University of Minnesota, Jason Drotar of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Michael Schwartz of the University of Wisconsin.Sessions with invited speakersSunday, 28 octoberAfternoon Biomaterials plenary session. de Gennes, Wagner, Schwartz NBS/NIST centennial. Kendall, Madey Monday, 29 octoberMorningMolecular recognition. Sasaki Science and technology of microplasmas and MEMS processing. Bogart Diagnostics I. Sadeghi Magnetic devices. Tehrani, Tondra Surface processes in electrocatalysis. Koper Aerosol and related chemistry. Lu Metal clusters. Heiz Thin-film sensors. Hitchman Band-engineered electronic materials. Tu Sealed and insulating vacuum systems. Della Porta Ferroelectric. Ishiwara Metrology and inspection for manufacturing. Barry, Venkatesan Nanocomposites, multilayers, and nanostructured materials. Voevodin Atomic/nanoscale manipulation. Vettiger, Berndt Quantitative analysis and data interpretation I: SIMS. Gilmore AfternoonRole of water in biological systems. Tobias, Jarvis Plasma-surface interactions I. Kessels Nanomagnetics. Ralph, Kent Electrochemical control of surface structure: Growth and dissolution. Magnussen Innovations in surface science. Marsi Molecular interactions with oxide surfaces. Noguera Nanophase and multilayered thin films. Spiller, Kish GaN surfaces, interfaces, and devices. Myers, Vogl Dry, cryo, and other forms of pumping. Chew, Missimer High-k dielectrics. Yu Manufacturing technologies for the information industry. Shahidi, Bohr, Re, O’Brien, Allara Surface engineering I: Graded, multicomponent, and complex coatings. Lévy Nanostructures from 0 to 3 dimensions. Alivisatos, Fan Tuesday, 30 octoberMorning Bio-MEMS and microdevices. Abbott, Desai Diagnostics II. Nakano Emerging applications of plasmas. Cheung, Bouchoule, Squire Spintronics I: Magnetization dynamics and new materials. Koch, Bailey, Chien Climate change, sustainable energy, and industry. Hutchinson, Slanina, Baltensperger Poirier memorial session: Self-assembled monolayers I. Tarlov, Scoles, White Water at surfaces. Borjesson Optical thin films. Minami Semiconductor interfaces and thin films. Pelz Turbomolecular, molecular drag, and similar pumps. Mathes, Hablanian High-k dielectrics II. Zollner Process integration and factory productivity. Podlesnik, Spanos, Butler, Ibbotson Surface engineering II: Cleaning, modification, and finishing. Münz Nanotubes: Growth and characterization. Iijima High spatial resolution and imaging. Kiskinova, Wandelt AfternoonNon-fouling surfaces and theoretical concepts. Liedberg, Netz Dielectric etch I. Tachi PECVD/IPVD. Granier, Shimogaki Spintronics II: Spin injection and transport. Tanaka, Fert Sustainable climate-friendly semiconductor manufacturing. Beppu Poirier memorial session: Self-assembled monolayers II. Nuzzo, Zhu Metal oxides: Structure and photocatalysis. Ollis Growth and properties of thin films. Was Semiconductor heterojunctions. Shiraki, Sakai, Ploog In-line and in situ process control. Hopkins Hard and superhard coatings. Schneider Novel surface nanoprobes. Takayanagi, Blügel Depth profiling I. Wee, Simons Wednesday, 31 octoberMorningBiological interface and surface science. Knoll Modeling. McKoy Magnetic recording: Tribology and integration. Granick, Dallas, Tyndall, Hiller Spintronics III: Ferromagnetic semiconductors. Dietl Surface diffusion. Frenken Surface reactions on metals. Wintterlin Si surface dynamics and reactions. Altman Gas sorption phenomena I. Fremerey Atomic layer deposition for silicon devices. Leskela Fundamentals of tribology and adhesion. Harrison Nanotubes: Nanoelectronics. de Heer Biomaterials and polymers. Mathieu, Pireaux Afternoon Surface characterization. Somorjai Nanobiology. Spatz Plasma-surface interactions II. Shiratani, Maroudas Magnetic recording: Heads and media. Kryder, Fullerton, Sun Chemistry of semiconductor etching and cleaning. Hines New opportunities in surface microscopy. Ho Adsorption on metal surfaces. King Electronic structure I. Plummer, Petek Nucleation and growth. Barna, Liu Semiconductor growth. von Känel Gas sorption phenomena II. Dobrozemsky Low-k dielectrics. Ho Nanotribology. Maboudian Molecular electronics and patterning. Pantelides, Williams Depth profiling II. Harris Thursday, 1 novemberMorningProtein-surface interaction. Hartley, Hoffman Conductor etch and damage. Cunge Magnetic imaging and spectroscopy. Soulen, Wyder, Schuetz, Bode Interaction of hydrogen and organics with silicon. Zimmermann, Sugawara Photonic materials: Studies on the nanoscale. Hwang, Hessman, Wessels Quasicrystals. Rotenberg, Thiel Electronic structure II. Hasegawa Bioactive and organic/inorganic thin films. Chilkoti, Gorman Quantum electronics. Clark, Linke Pressure and flow measurement instruments and their calibration. Chung Characterization of MEMS materials. Sharpe Tribological surface engineering for lubrication and wear resistance. Seitzman Nanotubes: Growth, functionalization, and sensors. Zettl Oxides and oxidation. Ichimura, Watts AfternoonCell-surface interaction. Fromherz Feature profile evolution. Vahedi Magnetic thin films and surfaces I. Bader, Zabel Semiconductor surface structure. Abukawa Photonic materials: Applications and processing. Mino, Peyghambarian, Kimerling Catalysis on model systems. Iwasawa Nucleation and growth. Ernst Emerging thin-film techniques. Helmersson In situ semiconductor characterization. Richter Total and partial pressure gauges and their calibration. Taylor Fabrication and integration processes for MEMS. Soh Electronic properties of organic thin films. Kahn Quantum dots and single electronics. Springholz, Tarucha, Tiwari Adhesion and corrosion. Nardin, Isaacs Friday, 2 novemberMorning Biosensors. Saavedra Diagnostics III. Kono Magnetic thin films and surfaces II. Ijiri, Kirschner Growth and epitaxy of semiconductors. Ichimiya Dynamics of metal surfaces. McCarty Gas-solid dynamics: Theory and experiment. Tully ULSI metallization and interconnects. Harper Semiconductor and functional coating systems and processes. Harra, Hughes, Gu New frontiers in MEMS: NEMS and bio-MEMS. Blick, Roy Laser processing of surfaces. Stuke Accelerators technology, fusion machines, and gravitational wave detectors. Ozaki Nanotubes: Field emission. Bernholc Catalysis and surface reactivity. Haber Plummer PPT|High resolution Takayanagi PPT|High resolution Münz PPT|High resolution Powell PPT|High resolution Bader PPT|High resolution Rotenberg PPT|High resolution Bultman PPT|High resolutionSessions with invited speakersSunday, 28 octoberAfternoon Biomaterials plenary session. de Gennes, Wagner, Schwartz NBS/NIST centennial. Kendall, Madey Monday, 29 octoberMorningMolecular recognition. Sasaki Science and technology of microplasmas and MEMS processing. Bogart Diagnostics I. Sadeghi Magnetic devices. Tehrani, Tondra Surface processes in electrocatalysis. Koper Aerosol and related chemistry. Lu Metal clusters. Heiz Thin-film sensors. Hitchman Band-engineered electronic materials. Tu Sealed and insulating vacuum systems. Della Porta Ferroelectric. Ishiwara Metrology and inspection for manufacturing. Barry, Venkatesan Nanocomposites, multilayers, and nanostructured materials. Voevodin Atomic/nanoscale manipulation. Vettiger, Berndt Quantitative analysis and data interpretation I: SIMS. Gilmore AfternoonRole of water in biological systems. Tobias, Jarvis Plasma-surface interactions I. Kessels Nanomagnetics. Ralph, Kent Electrochemical control of surface structure: Growth and dissolution. Magnussen Innovations in surface science. Marsi Molecular interactions with oxide surfaces. Noguera Nanophase and multilayered thin films. Spiller, Kish GaN surfaces, interfaces, and devices. Myers, Vogl Dry, cryo, and other forms of pumping. Chew, Missimer High-k dielectrics. Yu Manufacturing technologies for the information industry. Shahidi, Bohr, Re, O’Brien, Allara Surface engineering I: Graded, multicomponent, and complex coatings. Lévy Nanostructures from 0 to 3 dimensions. Alivisatos, Fan Tuesday, 30 octoberMorning Bio-MEMS and microdevices. Abbott, Desai Diagnostics II. Nakano Emerging applications of plasmas. Cheung, Bouchoule, Squire Spintronics I: Magnetization dynamics and new materials. Koch, Bailey, Chien Climate change, sustainable energy, and industry. Hutchinson, Slanina, Baltensperger Poirier memorial session: Self-assembled monolayers I. Tarlov, Scoles, White Water at surfaces. Borjesson Optical thin films. Minami Semiconductor interfaces and thin films. Pelz Turbomolecular, molecular drag, and similar pumps. Mathes, Hablanian High-k dielectrics II. Zollner Process integration and factory productivity. Podlesnik, Spanos, Butler, Ibbotson Surface engineering II: Cleaning, modification, and finishing. Münz Nanotubes: Growth and characterization. Iijima High spatial resolution and imaging. Kiskinova, Wandelt AfternoonNon-fouling surfaces and theoretical concepts. Liedberg, Netz Dielectric etch I. Tachi PECVD/IPVD. Granier, Shimogaki Spintronics II: Spin injection and transport. Tanaka, Fert Sustainable climate-friendly semiconductor manufacturing. Beppu Poirier memorial session: Self-assembled monolayers II. Nuzzo, Zhu Metal oxides: Structure and photocatalysis. Ollis Growth and properties of thin films. Was Semiconductor heterojunctions. Shiraki, Sakai, Ploog In-line and in situ process control. Hopkins Hard and superhard coatings. Schneider Novel surface nanoprobes. Takayanagi, Blügel Depth profiling I. Wee, Simons Wednesday, 31 octoberMorningBiological interface and surface science. Knoll Modeling. McKoy Magnetic recording: Tribology and integration. Granick, Dallas, Tyndall, Hiller Spintronics III: Ferromagnetic semiconductors. Dietl Surface diffusion. Frenken Surface reactions on metals. Wintterlin Si surface dynamics and reactions. Altman Gas sorption phenomena I. Fremerey Atomic layer deposition for silicon devices. Leskela Fundamentals of tribology and adhesion. Harrison Nanotubes: Nanoelectronics. de Heer Biomaterials and polymers. Mathieu, Pireaux Afternoon Surface characterization. Somorjai Nanobiology. Spatz Plasma-surface interactions II. Shiratani, Maroudas Magnetic recording: Heads and media. Kryder, Fullerton, Sun Chemistry of semiconductor etching and cleaning. Hines New opportunities in surface microscopy. Ho Adsorption on metal surfaces. King Electronic structure I. Plummer, Petek Nucleation and growth. Barna, Liu Semiconductor growth. von Känel Gas sorption phenomena II. Dobrozemsky Low-k dielectrics. Ho Nanotribology. Maboudian Molecular electronics and patterning. Pantelides, Williams Depth profiling II. Harris Thursday, 1 novemberMorningProtein-surface interaction. Hartley, Hoffman Conductor etch and damage. Cunge Magnetic imaging and spectroscopy. Soulen, Wyder, Schuetz, Bode Interaction of hydrogen and organics with silicon. Zimmermann, Sugawara Photonic materials: Studies on the nanoscale. Hwang, Hessman, Wessels Quasicrystals. Rotenberg, Thiel Electronic structure II. Hasegawa Bioactive and organic/inorganic thin films. Chilkoti, Gorman Quantum electronics. Clark, Linke Pressure and flow measurement instruments and their calibration. Chung Characterization of MEMS materials. Sharpe Tribological surface engineering for lubrication and wear resistance. Seitzman Nanotubes: Growth, functionalization, and sensors. Zettl Oxides and oxidation. Ichimura, Watts AfternoonCell-surface interaction. Fromherz Feature profile evolution. Vahedi Magnetic thin films and surfaces I. Bader, Zabel Semiconductor surface structure. Abukawa Photonic materials: Applications and processing. Mino, Peyghambarian, Kimerling Catalysis on model systems. Iwasawa Nucleation and growth. Ernst Emerging thin-film techniques. Helmersson In situ semiconductor characterization. Richter Total and partial pressure gauges and their calibration. Taylor Fabrication and integration processes for MEMS. Soh Electronic properties of organic thin films. Kahn Quantum dots and single electronics. Springholz, Tarucha, Tiwari Adhesion and corrosion. Nardin, Isaacs Friday, 2 novemberMorning Biosensors. Saavedra Diagnostics III. Kono Magnetic thin films and surfaces II. Ijiri, Kirschner Growth and epitaxy of semiconductors. Ichimiya Dynamics of metal surfaces. McCarty Gas-solid dynamics: Theory and experiment. Tully ULSI metallization and interconnects. Harper Semiconductor and functional coating systems and processes. Harra, Hughes, Gu New frontiers in MEMS: NEMS and bio-MEMS. Blick, Roy Laser processing of surfaces. Stuke Accelerators technology, fusion machines, and gravitational wave detectors. Ozaki Nanotubes: Field emission. Bernholc Catalysis and surface reactivity. Haber Plummer PPT|High resolution Takayanagi PPT|High resolution Münz PPT|High resolution Powell PPT|High resolution Bader PPT|High resolution Rotenberg PPT|High resolution Bultman PPT|High resolution© 2001 American Institute of Physics.

25 years of molecular mechanisms

Efficacy and Safety of CPX-351 Versus 7+3 in a Subgroup of Older Patients with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Myelodysplasia-Related Changes (AML-MRC) Enrolled in a Phase 3 Study

The Impact of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation on Survival: An Exploratory Analysis of a Phase 3 Study of CPX-351 Versus 7+3 in Older Patients with Newly Diagnosed, High-Risk/Secondary AML

Ernest Little (1888-1973): Champion of the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education

"Ferrier, Prof. Robert Patton, (4 Jan. 1934–30 Sept. 2012), Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow, 1973–2002, then Emeritus, and Hon. Senior Research Fellow, since 2002" published on by Oxford University Press.

If you were to ask a room of editors how they landed a career in scholarly publishing, you might hear a common theme: “I fell into it.” Whether by serendipity or design, a career in this field offers opportunities to do meaningful work, acquire new knowledge, and nurture a fondness of the written word. But at the same time, it’s a vast and constantly evolving ecosystem. What new or emerging opportunities exist? Scientific editing, for one! Specifics will vary depending on the journal, but in general the Scientific (also called Science or Technical) Editor’s role is to work with the handling editors to facilitate the publication of high-quality, highly citable manuscripts that are clear, consistent, and transparent. In this article, Jenna Jakubisin and Kristin Inman discuss scientific editing at their respective publications, highlighting its tremendous value to both authors and journals. Instituting a Science Editor Position: How Does Scientific Editing Benefit Journals? Radiology1 is the flagship journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), published regularly in-house since 1923. In a typical year, we receive about 3000 submissions. The scientific editor position was created in 2017, an effort spearheaded by the journal’s editor and approved by RSNA’s board of directors. The initial goals were simple but ambitious: Goal 1: Support the journal’s deputy editors. Technical edits had previously been performed by deputy editors (our busy subject matter experts). The use of a Scientific Editor allows them to focus on scientific content rather than language editing. Goal 2: Help improve […]

Paul Aveling Redhead, one of the founders of vacuum technology and surface science, died on 9 July 2005 in Ottawa, Canada, after a long battle with heart disease. Born on 25 May 1924 in Brighton, England, Paul received his BA from Cambridge University in 1944 and joined the British Department of Naval Ordnance, where he worked on tubes for microwaves and proximity fuses. After World War II, he undertook research on experimental vacuum tubes for the Services Electronics Research Laboratories. He was awarded an MA from Cambridge in 1948 for that work; in 1969 he received his PhD from Cambridge.In 1947 Paul joined the division of radio and electrical engineering of the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa to develop key radar components. Until 1970 he led a distinguished team at NRC in establishing the methods and basis of both ultrahigh vacuum technology—which was to have such impact in many areas, including particle accelerators—and the field of surface science. After a three-year stint in research planning for NRC, he became director of the division of physics in 1973. He believed that the management of science was an important responsibility of scientists. In his last three years at NRC before retirement, he was a key member and secretary of the science and technology policy committee. He also served for many years on the NRC management committee, its tactical committee, the advisory board of TRIUMF, and the advisory committee for fusion-related research. He officially retired from NRC in 1986 but continued to work from an office there.Paul will be remembered for his groundbreaking research in the generation, measurement, and utilization of ultrahigh vacuum, research that paved the way for many other developments in surface science. With NRC colleagues Peter Hobson and Ernie Kornelsen, he coauthored the classic book The Physical Basis of Ultrahigh Vacuum (Chapman and Hall, 1968), the defining book in that field. He developed the magnetron gauge for reliable measurement down to pressures of 10−14 torr, and one version of that gauge went to the Moon in the Apollo missions. He also developed thermal desorption spectroscopy and laid the foundation for electron stimulated desorption. In 1975, he received the American Vacuum Society’s Medard W. Welch Award “in recognition of outstanding current research in the fields of vacuum science and technology, vacuum metallurgy, thin films, and surface science.” He also received the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Award in 1977 and the Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics in 1989, both from the Canadian Association of Physicists. Paul served as president of AVS in 1967–68 and as editor of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology from 1970 to 1975. In 1970, he was awarded honorary membership in AVS. He continued to serve the society in many roles, including as both editor and author in recording historical events that he considered important: Vacuum Science and Technology: Pioneers of the 20th Century (AIP, 1994), History of the American Vacuum Society 1953–1994 (AVS, 1995), and 50 Years of Science, Technology, and the AVS (1953–2003), a special issue of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 2003.The depth of the impact that Paul had over his career is so remarkable that he has left a tangible imprint on a wide range of scientific and technical endeavors involving the use and understanding of high vacuum. There are entire fields of science and generations of scientists that are dependent on Paul’s contributions to the technology of making high vacuum in the laboratory.During his prolific career as a scientist, technical manager, and historian, Paul had the opportunity to be a mentor for many of his colleagues. We count ourselves privileged members of that group because we had the opportunity to learn from him as our paths crossed in various conferences, committees, collaborations, coauthored papers, and unforgettable chats over a glass of beer. We were very fortunate to have Paul join us in a celebration of his contributions to our scientific community in a special “Symposium to Honor Paul Redhead” organized for the annual AVS symposium in October 2000. He agreed to that celebration if we promised to avoid anything that bordered on being pompous. We could never be pompous when talking about Paul—only grateful. Paul Aveling Redhead NRCPPT|High resolution© 2006 American Institute of Physics.

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A Distributed International Patient Data Registry for Hairy Cell Leukemia

"Newman, Prof. Ronald Charles, (10 Dec. 1931–30 July 2014), Professor of Physics, University of London, 1989–99, then Emeritus; Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, 1999–2006" published on by Oxford University Press.