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11 Physics Questions for the New Century The February 2002 issue of Discover magazine based its cover story on the recent 105-page public draft of the National Research Council Committee on Physics of the Universe report, Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: 11 Science Questions for the New Century. DOE's Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics supports research on all 11 questions, illustrated in this article.

View from the Inside: Interview with Rob Goldston— Rob Goldston, director of the DOE's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, discusses what recent breakthroughs and other advances in plasma science mean for the future of magnetic fusion research.

3-D Holographic Body Scanner for Better Airport Security—Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a new technology that uses 3-D holographic imaging to rapidly identify hidden weapons—even non-metallic weapons—through the clothing of airline passengers.

A New Way to Visualize Cells and Nuclei—Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Life Sciences and Computing Sciences divisions joined forces to apply new biological and computational methods to mark and detect the boundaries of closely packed cells and nuclei crowded together under the microscope.

National Lab Astrophysicists Explore Supernovae with an Eye on National Security —A team of two national laboratories and two universities will receive a $2 million, three-year grant from DOE's Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) program to research supernovae, the cataclysmic deaths of stars.

Working Science: Long-Life Rechargeable Batteries —Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new metal alloy that could greatly improve the performance of rechargeable batteries for portable electronic devices and electric and hybrid electric cars.

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