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Marc Kastner, Chair  |  Don Shapero, Director

The Board on Physics and Astronomy is the Academies' principal forum for issues connected with the fields of physics and astronomy.

Upcoming Board Meetings
April 23-24, 2010 - Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, DC
November 6-7, 2010 - Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine, CA

News & Events
Astro2010 Meeting 6, February 28-March2, 2010
The Astro2010 Decadal Survey will conduct its sixth Survey Committee meeting at the Beckman Center of the National Academies in Irvine, CA on February 28 through March 2, 2010. This meeting will be closed to the public.
Astro2010 Meeting 5, January 25-27, 2010
The Astro2010 Decadal Survey will conduct its fifth Survey Committee meeting at the Beckman Center of the National Academies in Irvine, CA on January 25-27, 2010.  This meeting will be closed to the public.
Committee on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences Fall Meeting, December 12-13, 2009
The Committee on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences conducted its fall meeting at the Beckman Center of the National Academies in Irvine, CA on December 12-13, 2009.
Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences report released, November 18, 2009
The prepublication version of the Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences report was publicly released on November 18th, 2009!  Please see the committee web page for more information.

Recent Publications

 2009 
2009_research_at_the_intersection_of_the_physical_and_life_sciencesResearch at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences (pre-publication version, November 2009)
2009_spectrum_management_for_science_in_the_21st_centurySpectrum Management for Science in the 21st Century (pre-publication version, November 2009)
 Frontiers in Crystalline Matter: From Discovery to Technology (2009)
 2008 
 Scientific Assessment of High-Power Free-Electron Laser Technology (December 2008)
 A Review of the DOE Plan for U.S. Fusion Community Participation in the ITER Program (July 2008)
 Inspired by Biology: From Molecules to Materials to Machines (June 2008)
  
  

 


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