<font size="2"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">[Forwarding from the American Physical Society, via the LibLicense list. --Peter Suber.]</font><br><br></font><div class="gmail_quote">
<br>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
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Physical Review X Publishes First Five Papers<br>
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Ridge, NY, August 8, 2011 - The American Physical Society (APS)<br>
presents the first five papers that are published in our new,<br>
open access journal, Physical Review X (<a href="http://prx.aps.org/" target="_blank">http://prx.aps.org/</a>).<br>
Under Physical Review X's open access publishing model, they are<br>
free for you to read and use.<br>
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Jorge Pullin, Editor, and Ling Miao, Associate Editor, are very<br>
encouraged by the topical spread of these first published papers,<br>
which range from the well-established field of atomic, molecular<br>
and optical physics to the still relatively new, broad and very<br>
active field that explores magnetism or spins at microscopic<br>
level. They also extend into the interdisciplinary area: In the<br>
paper by Belik et al., statistical physics is applied to<br>
understand epidemic spreading; and in another by Benmore and<br>
Weber, experimental techniques such as acoustic levitation and<br>
x-ray scattering are used to obtain and characterize normally<br>
hard-to-make amorphous forms of pharmaceutical drugs.<br>
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The editors are also pleased by the high scientific quality and<br>
potential significance of these contributions.<br>
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The five papers are too small a sample to be a basis for making a<br>
generalization about the future of Physical Review X. But they<br>
reflect APS's commitment to making Physical Review X a journal of<br>
scientific breadth and excellence. We are confident that, with<br>
the continuing and more focused effort of the editors and the<br>
Editorial Board to attract and select outstanding papers and with<br>
an increasing support of the physics community, Physical Review X<br>
can only grow stronger.<br>
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Contact: Daniel Kulp, Editorial Director, American Physical<br>
Society, <a href="mailto:dan@aps.org">dan@aps.org</a> , <a href="tel:631-591-4098" value="+16315914098">631-591-4098</a><br>
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About APS<br>
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The American Physical Society (<a href="http://www.aps.org" target="_blank">www.aps.org</a>) is a non-profit<br>
membership organization working to advance and diffuse the<br>
knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals,<br>
scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy and<br>
international activities. APS represents 48,000 members,<br>
including physicists in academia, national laboratories and<br>
industry in the United States and throughout the world. Society<br>
offices are located in College Park, MD (Headquarters), Ridge,<br>
NY, and Washington, DC.<br>
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