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Atmospheric physics: Heating up the heavens

Battling rumours of death beams and mind control, an ionosphere research facility in Alaska finally brings science to the fore. Sharon Weinberger reports.

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Weinberger, S. Atmospheric physics: Heating up the heavens. Nature 452, 930–932 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452930a

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