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We show that driven two dimensional Bose systems cannot exhibit algebraic superfluid order unless the underlying microscopic system is strongly anisotropic. Our result implies, in particular, that recent apparent evidence for Bose condensation of exciton-polaritons in semiconductor quantum wells must be an intermediate scale crossover phenomenon, while the true long distance correlations fall off exponentially. We obtain these results through a mapping of the long-wavelength condensate dynamics onto the anisotropic Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation.

The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, the first focusing high-energy X-ray telescope in orbit, extends sensitive X-ray observations above the band pass where Chandra and XMM-Newton operate. With an unprecedented combination of sensitivity, spectral and imaging resolution, NuSTAR is advancing our understanding of black holes, neutron stars, and supernova remnants. I will describe the mission, and present highlights of science results from the first year of science observations.