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Print edition: January 1997
Features
100th issue of Physics World
Dinosaurs of the universe
From condensed matter theory to application and back again
Laser action in very white paint
1997 Institute of Physics awards
1997 Paul Dirac medal and prize
1997 Thomas Young medal and prize
1997 Kelvin medal and prize
1997 Guthrie medal and prize
1997 Bragg medal and prize
Call for European collaboration in optics
Establishing Euroscience
Max Planck Society wrestles with budget cuts
The Queen opens the Institute's new headquarters
Education inquiry
News from council
Singapore attraction
Laser action in very white paint Wiersma D, Lagendijk A
In the beginning...
100 highlights from 100 issues
...and in the future
Physics in Action
Probing quantum origins of the classical
High-intensity lasers focus on clusters
Free-electron lasers probe protein dynamics
Hybrid sheds new light on smart windows
High-intensity lasers focus on clusters Schmidt M, Normand D
X-ray emission from Comet Hyakutake exceeds expectations
News & Analysis
Ion traps garner $20m
1997 Wolf prize
Automation for the people
New Cluster jeopardized
EU training could do better
ESF sets up magnetic facility study
Turbulence upsets US fusion community
US leapfrog Japan on HDTV
Plutonium sparks controversy
Research rating rise in the UK
Science funding stays in steady state
Defence: Jobs crisis
Maths standards hold up
Foresight into business
Coventry could close
Editorial
Forum
The changing face of universities in the innovation age
Feedback
Joint effort required in superconductivity
Reviews
How to succeed at conferences
Abdus Salam
Neville Robinson
Sir Olliver Humphreys
A handy guide to terra incognita Bishop D
Yakov IIich Frenkel: His Work, Life and Letters Victor Ya. Frenkel
Beyond Science John Polkinghorne
Statistically Speaking ed Carl Gaither and Alma Cavazos-Gaither
Superconductivity of Metals and Cuprates John Waldram
