Publications - David Appell

2022

·       “Controlling self-doping in magnetite with temperature,” Phys.org, January 5, 2022.

·       “Levitating and colliding liquid drops,” Phys.org, January 14, 2022.

·       “The technosignature researcher on the lookout for exo-civilizations,” Physics World, February 2022, pp 31-33.

·       “A most improbable physicist,” Physics World, February 2022, pp 40-41.

·       “Riding a laser to Mars,” Phys.org, February 8, 2022.

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2004

  • "Father of Spirit and Opportunity," Scientific American, October 2004, pp. 44-46.
  • "US campaign trail takes to the net," New Scientist, August 21, 2004, p. 24.
  • "Martian Dust Devils," The Weather Notebook, August 24, 2004.
  • "The Darkening Earth," Scientific American, August 2004.
  • "Cirrus Warming," The Weather Notebook, July 6, 2004.
  • "Biography of David O. Siegmund," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 25, 2004, v 101 n 21 pp 7843-7844.
  • "SAXS Studies Reveal Metals in the Jaws of Marine Worms," APS (Advanced Photon Science) 2003, pp. 59-60.
  • "Phase Transitions in Suspensions of Colloidal FD Virus," APS (Advanced Photon Science) 2003, p. 48.
  • "Unusual Structure in Thin Alkane Films," APS (Advanced Photon Science) 2003, pp. 46-47.
  • "Methuselah Man," Technology Review, April 9, 2004.
  • "Shattered Glass," Scientific American, April 2004, pp. 30-32.
  • "Grain of Salt," script for The Weather Notebook, April 6, 2004.
  • "Dream Machine," Scientific American, March 2004, pp. 18-20.
  • "Sheep Burps," The Weather Notebook, March 9, 2004.
  • "Democratic Hopefuls Hear Climate Change Concerns," Northern Sky News, February 2004.
  • "GCC Warming Oceans," The Weather Notebook, January 13, 2004.
  • "New Hampshire Nixes Water Plant," Northern Sky News, January 2004, p. 4.
  • "Betting on the Weather," The Weather Notebook, January 5, 2004.

2003

2002

2001

  • "Recipe for the Unspeakable," Scientific American, Nov. 2001, p. 15.
  • "Space stories soar: New books mix cultural and technological analysis," The Portland Tribune, Nov. 30, 2001, p. C6.
  • "What's Up? How High Can Buildings Go?" with Hugh Westrup, Current Science, Oct. 26, 2001.
  • "High as a Kite," Current Science, Oct. 12, 2001, p. 10.
  • "Master of the Universe," Current Science, Sept. 14, 2001, p. 10.
  • "Pulp Non-fiction," Travel Holiday, Sept. 2001, p. 44.
  • "White Caps," radio script for The Weather Notebook, August 24, 2001.
  • "Celestial Swingers," New Scientist, August 1, 2001, p. 36.
  • "Committed to Warming," radio script for The Weather Notebook, July 26, 2001.
  • "Look for effects of climate change in our own New England back yards," Natural New England, July/August 2001, p. 24.
  • "Seeing Stars With Digital Eyes," IEEE Spectrum, July 2001, p. 62.
  • "It Ain't Necessarily So," by David Murray, et al. (book review) , Salon, July 2, 2001.
  • ""Water, Water. . . Nowhere?" University of New Hampshire Magazine, Spring 2001, p. 32.
  • "A Sharper Image," University of New Hampshire Magazine, Spring 2001, p. 10.
  • Mars: a planet of myth and surprise, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 2001, ISBN 0-7621-0320-5.
  • film treatment on "Visions of the Future: The Next 1000 Years" for Palfreman Film Group, Lowell, MA.
  • "Who wants to be a math millionaire?" Boston Globe, March 27, 2001, p. C1.
    • Reprinted as "Million-Dollar Contest Creates a Million Headaches," in ScienceWriters, The Newsletter of the National Association of Science Writers, Summer 2001, p. 10.
  • The Big Bang: Birth of the Universe," with Charles Flowers, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 2001, ISBN 0-7621-0317-5.
  • "The New Uncertainty Principle," Scientific American, January 2001, pp. 18-19.
  • "The Mystery of the Missing Mass," Current Science, January 5, 2001, pp. 10-11.
  • Comets: blazing visitors from deep space , The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 2001, ISBN 0-7621-0313-2.

2000

  • "Megabyte Matchmakers," University of New Hampshire Magazine, Fall 2000, p. 22-27.
  • film treatment on "Genetic Migration" for Palfreman Film Group, Lowell, MA.
  • "Unlimited Light," Scientific American, September 2000, p. 26.
  • "On Golden Pond: No Trespassing," Audubon, July-August 2000, p. 22.
  • "Little Bang?" Popular Science, June 2000, p. 25.
  • "Sapping Sugar Through Skin," Popular Science, June 2000, p. 40.
  • "Liquid crystals perform as fast optomechanical switches," OE Reports, May 2000.
  • "Optical polymers heat and greet," OE Reports, May 2000.
  • "Photorefractive polymer exhibits fast response time," OE Reports, May 2000.
  • "The Pot Gets Hotter than the Stove," Physical Review Focus, 25 April 2000.
  • "Mirrors in Space," radio script for The Weather Notebook, February 7, 2000.

1999

  • "What Made the Rockies?" Current Science, December 3, 1999, p. 9.
  • "Speaking Up for Science," Scientific American, November 1999, p.22.
  • "The Latest Buzz," radio script for The Weather Notebook, November 8, 1999.
  • film narratives on Great Experiments, for Palfreman Film Group, Lowell, MA.
  • "New Role$ for Mice in Clinical Trials," HMS Beagle, Issue 62, September 17-30, 1999.
  • "The Green Flash," radio script for The Weather Notebook, September 29, 1999.
  • "Raging Ball," Current Science, September 24, 1999, p. 10.
  • "Out of the Darkness," Current Science, September 10, 1999, p. 10.
  • "A Large Moon Rising," radio script for The Weather Notebook, September 10, 1999.
  • "Electrical engineering: hot spot for all," Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology, Summer/Fall 1999, p. 76.
  • "Solar Storms," radio script for The Weather Notebook, August 12, 1999.
  • "The Posticheur," InterText, Volume 9, Number 4, July-August 1999.
  • "The Dark Side of Gravity," Science, July 2, 1999, p. 39.
  • "Premelt," radio script for The Weather Notebook, June 14, 1999.
  • "The White Mountain National Park?" Appalachian Trailway News, May/June 1999, p. 17.
  • "Of Dumbbells and Doughnuts," New Scientist, May 1, 1999, p. 35.
  • "Sloshing Seiches," radio script for The Weather Notebook, April 19, 1999.
  • "The de Broglie Wavelength of a Wave Packet," Physical Review Focus, April 8, 1999.
  • "The Mysteries of Melting," Physical Review Focus, March 24, 1999.
  • "When a Liquid Is Not a Liquid," Physical Review Focus, March 16, 1999.
  • "Fire in the Sky," New Scientist, February 27, 1999, p. 29.
  • "Nuclear Oddball," ScienceNow, February 23, 1999.
  • "Living Walls," Audubon, January/February 1999, p. 72.

1998

·       "Baby Glenn," The Seattle Review, Volume XX, Number 1, 1998.

    • Reprinted in InterText , Vol. 9, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1999.
  • "Slow-Moving Glass," Popular Science, September 1998, p. 28.
  • "Quake and Bake," Popular Science, September 1998, p. 28.
  • "Unique Ring Captured by Magnetism Orbits Jupiter," StarDate , July/August 1998, p. 21.
  • "Laser cooling traps the Nobel Prize," Laser Focus World, January 1998, p. 103.
  • "New Spacecraft Opens Window Into the Sun," Discovery Channel Online, June 1, 1998.
  • "Study: Auroras Like to Flirt with Coastlines," Discovery Channel Online, May 29, 1998.
  • "Scientists Detect Massive Solar Quake," Discovery Channel Online , May 28, 1998.
  • "Crater, Mineral on Mars Hint at Life," Discovery Channel Online , May 28, 1998.
  • "High Anxieties," Backpacker, Apr. 1998, p. 18.
  • contributor to World of Invention, 2nd edition, World of Scientific Discovery, 2nd edition, and Discovering Science (Gale Student Resource Center), Gale Research, Detroit, MI.
  • "Clad fiber detects biological agents fast," Laser Focus World, Apr. 1998, p. 26.
  • "Capillary cryostat aids attomole-level analysis," Laser Focus World, Apr. 1998, p. 44.
  • "Mountaintop antenna tower" (photograph), Backpacker, April 1998, pp. 9 and 18.
  • "High-power laser beam launches fuel-less craft," Laser Focus World, Mar. 1998, p. 90.
  • "Shuttle laser to measure atmospheric winds," Laser Focus World, Mar. 1998, p. 28.
  • "Fiberoptic chloride sensors monitor Vermont bridge," Laser Focus World, Mar. 1998, p. 45.
  • "High-power laser peening strengthens metal," Laser Focus World, Feb. 1998, p. 40.
  • "Lasing threads code fabrics," Laser Focus World, Jan. 1998, p. 16.
  • "Simple silicate displays photoluminescence," Laser Focus World, Jan. 1998, p. 48.

1997

  • "Shuttle Laser to Measure Winds," Laser Report, Dec. 1, 1997, p. 4.
  • "Lambda Physik, LAS Enter Alliance," Laser Report, Dec. 1, 1997, p. 8.
  • "Laser-Powered Projectile Flies 14 Feet," Laser Report, Nov. 1, 1997, p. 2.
  • "MIRACL Test Gets Mixed Reviews," Laser Report, Nov. 1, 1997, p. 5.
  • "Nobel Prize Awarded for Laser Cooling," Laser Report, Nov. 1, 1997, p. 7.
  • "Military may test powerful laser in space," Laser Focus World, Nov. 1997, p. 20.
  • "Hubble reveals warped disk around black hole," Laser Focus World, Nov. 1997, p. 44.
  • "Financial Scoreboard: Coherent Results Disappoint Investors," Laser Report, Nov. 15, 1997, p.1.
  • "Extreme-UV-Lithography CRADA Questioned," Optoelectronics Report, Nov.15, 1997, p. 1.
  • "Act to Streamline Federal Technology Licensing," Optoelectronics Report, Nov. 15, 1997, p. 3.
  • "Cassini mission to explore the Saturnian realm," Laser Focus World, Oct. 1997, p. 15.
  • "Real-time terahertz imaging captures living tissue," Laser Focus World, Oct. 1997, p. 16.
  • "Lithography market challenges manufacturers," Marketwatch column with Laurie Peach, Laser Focus World, Oct. 1997, p. 75.
  • "Antisatellite Test Near Decision Point," Laser Report, Oct. 1, 1997, p. 2
  • "ESI Reports Record Earnings," Laser Report, Oct. 1, 1997, p. 3.
  • "Some RVSI Patent Claims Dismissed," Laser Report, Oct. 1, 1997, p. 6.
  • "Laser System to Clear the Fog of War," Laser Report, Sept. 1, 1997, p. 6.
  • "Optical pumping improves laser output," Laser Focus World, Sept. 1997, p. 18.
  • "Sojourner senses surface of Mars," Laser Focus World, Aug. 1997, p. 20.
  • "Universal Display Demonstrates Organic LED," Optoelectronics Report, July 15, 1997, p. 2.
  • "McAfee Knob" (photograph), Seven Days , June 18, 1997.
  • "Beryllium: No Longer Just Ballistic," The Industrial Physicist, June 1997.
  • "Copyright Protection Law Proposed for the Internet," Poets & Writers, May/June 1997.
  • "The Compute Walker," Appalachian Trailway News, May/June 1997.
  • "Have keg, will travel," Backpacker, p. 14, May 1997.
  • "Dugan to Selectboard: The Tax Man Cometh," Williston Whistle , May 22, 1997.
  • "Selectboard Votes to Curtail Retail Development," Williston Whistle, April 3, 1997.
  • "Street-Name Changes Concern Residents," Williston Whistle , April 3, 1997.
  • "Understanding Green," InterText, Vol. 7, No. 2, March-April 1997.
  • "Sidewalk Committee Ready to Draw the Line," Williston Whistle , March 13, 1997.
  • "Sanburg to Focus on Police, Ambulance Service," Williston Whistle , March 13, 1997.
  • "Vieth Will Seek to Control Growth," Williston Whistle , March 13, 1997.
  • "Signs of Things to Come," Williston Whistle , February 13, 1997.
  • "Antennas, Lighting, and Signs: Planners Deal with Growth," Williston Whistle, February 6, 1997.
  • "Eat the Rich, Feed the Poor" (photograph), Seven Days, February 5, 1997.
  • "Planning Commission Sees the Light," Williston Whistle , January 30, 1997.
  • "New School in Town -- Ribbon-cutting ceremony marks official opening of Allen Brook," Williston Whistle, January 23, 1997.
  • "If you can't beat winter, enjoy it," The Burlington Free Press, January 13, 1997.
  • "It’s Moving Day -- WCS Students, Teachers Pack for Allen Brook," Williston Whistle, January 9, 1997.
  • "The Year 2000: Software Hits the Wall," Internet World, January 1997, p. 68.

1996

  • "What I really saw," in The Appalachian Trail Reader, David Emblidge, ed., Oxford University Press, 1996.
  • "Blood," Sycamore Review, Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer/Fall 1996.
  • "Earthquakes, Critics and the 600 Nitro: An Interview with T. Coraghessan Boyle," Hayden's Ferry Review, Issue 18, Spring/Summer 1996.
  • "Bobby, Pete and I," Kudzu, Issue 96/1, Spring 1996.
  • "Organizations Meet Threats, Opportunities of Information Age," Poets & Writers, March/April 1996.
  • "Publishing on the Web," AWP Chronicle, Feb. 1996.
  • "'Indecency' Attack on Internet," The Phoenix Gazette, Feb. 1, 1996.
  • "Summer Evenings," in Mudville Diaries: A Book of Baseball Memories, Mike Schacht, ed., Avon Books, 1996.
  • "Amazed By Her Beauty," Morpo Review, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Feb. 1996.
  • "In Gravity's Shadow," The Blue Penny Quarterly, Issue 7, 1996.

1995

  • "Deliver Me From Nowhere," Planet Magazine, No. 25, Dec. 6, 1995.
  • "Congress May Give Copyrights Longer Life," Poets & Writers, Nov./Dec. 1995.
  • "Open a window to the sounds of fall," The Phoenix Gazette, Nov. 2, 1995.
  • "Telecom Man," Internet World, Sept. 1995, p.56.
  • "Internet users doggedly finding a voice," The Phoenix Gazette, August 17, 1995.
  • "Blueblazing the Internet," Appalachian Trailway News, July/Aug. 1995.
  • "My Tax Dollars at Work," Kudzu, Issue 95/2, Summer 1995.
  • "Sanguillen Summer," Fan Magazine, No. 19, Summer 1995.
  • "The Brave New Internet," Metro, Santa Clara Valley's Weekly Newspaper, June 22-28, 1995.
  • "Naming the Rain," The Small Pond Magazine, V. XXXII, No. 2, Spring 1995.
  • "Different Worlds," America's Intercultural Magazine (AIM), Spring 1995.
  • "In Paradise," America's Intercultural Magazine (AIM), Spring 1995.
  • "Angels," The Pinehurst Journal, Vol. 5, No. 3, Spring 1995.

1994

  • "What I really saw," Appalachian Trailway News, Nov./Dec. 1994.
  • "The Lou-Lou Game," Whispers & Shouts, v. I, no. V, Autumn/Winter 1994.
  • "With Channel 3's 'Arizona Family,' who needs real relatives?" Guest Column, The Arizona Republic, Sept. 4, 1994.
  • "Reaching," Hawaii Review, Issue 40, Spring 1994.
    • Reprinted in Eclectica, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 1997.
  • "Claudia," My Legacy, Issue No. 14-A, May 1994.
  • "Along Union Boulevard," Magnolia Leaf, March 1994.
  • "Joey," The Paper Bag, No. 6, Winter/Spring 1994.

1993

  • "Down the Shore," Sensations Magazine, Sixth Anniversary Issue, December 1993.
  • "Little Girls With Guns," The Pegasus Review, September 1993.
  • "Claudia," Fan Magazine, No. 13, Summer 1993.
  • "Summer Evenings," Fan Magazine, No. 12, Spring 1993.
  • "The Iconoclast," The Iconoclast, Issue number 12, 1993.

1990

  • "Operations as a Part of an Integrated Network Management Solution to a Hybrid Private Network," with Maryam Mirmobini, Proceedings of the IEEE 1990 Network Operations
    and Management Symposium,
     San Diego, CA.

1988

1986

  • "Jets as a Probe of Quark-Gluon Plasmas," with George Sterman, Physical Review, D33, 717 (1986).
    • reprinted in Quark-Gluon Plasma - Theoretical Foundations, Joseph Kapusta, Johann Rafelski, and Berndt, Mueller, editors, Elsevier Science.

1984

  • "Problems of Dimensional Reduction and Inflationary Cosmology," with Max Dresden, Proceedings of the Johns Hopkins Workshop on Current Problems in Particle Theory 8 -- Particles and Gravity, World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, 1984, p. 229.