[Fwd: Latest PhysicsWeb Summaries]

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Of potential interest to the list:

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>  How do solids melt? (Jun 30)
>  http://physicsweb.org/article/news/9/6/20
>   Physicists in the US have gained new insights into one most of the basic
>   phenomena in physics -- the melting of a solid. Arjun Yodh and
>   colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College have
>   shown that melting begins at defects before spreading to the entire
>   crystal (Sciencexpress 11123991). The work will help fill in the gaps in
>   our knowledge of the melting process.
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