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JRM Lab work on simplifying attosecond pulse production has been selected as a Physical Review Letters Editors' Suggestion and been covered by the APS online feature journal, Physics. That has, in turn, attracted the atention of the blogosphere.
Brett Esry has received more than $282,000 from the National Science Foundation for the study of few-body collisions. The grant was awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act "stimulus plan". See the Kansas State news release, which is also being reported elsewhere online.
Kansas State has issued a press release recognizing the Attosecond Physics conference, which is being featured in various online news sites.There was also a brief story by Topeka's KTKA-TV News site.
Nora Johnson is one of three KSU students who have won 2009 Fulbright scholarships for travels abroad. Nora, who studies laser-molecule interactions with Itzik Ben-Itzhak, will use her scholarship to continue that work in Germany. She looks forward to a career in an academic setting with an even workload of research and teaching duties.
See older press releases concerning ultrafast physics at JRM.

The 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to three researchers in optical sciences. Charles K. Kao wins half the prize for his work on fiber optics, while Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith share the other half for the invention of the charge-coupled device (CCD).
The July 2009 DAMOP Newsletter is now out. It includes highlights from DAMOP 2009, among other things.
You can now join the APS Physics group on Facebook.
The APS and OSA are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the laser with LaserFest. Throughout 2010, LaserFest will emphasize the laser's impact throughout history and highlight its potential for the future. Through a series of events and programs, LaserFest will help to showcase the prominence of the laser in today's world.
Our list of Upcoming Meetings has information on this summer's many major conferences, and our calendar has information on important dates and deadlines.
See what's new in the Ultracold Atom News.

The Second International Conference on Attosecond Physics has successfully concluded on 02 August. Our thanks to the participants, with best wishes for a safe trip home.
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