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Print edition: April 1997
Features
Electron dipole moments
1997 Teachers Awards
Electron energy-loss spectroscopy
Danes unveil research strategy
Europe's space scientists seek room to manoeuvre
J J Thomson and the discovery of the electron
Electron-beam lithography
1997 Teachers awards
Institute renews its agreement with research council
Dutch research praised by international panel
Scientists without white coats
Physics in Action
Stardust gives clues to the age of our galaxy
Lasers probe long range molecular states
Looking inside granular materials
Molecular magnetism takes off
DESY double offers high hopes for new physics
News & Analysis
Gamma surprise
Italy invests in hadron therapy
Framework programme criticized
Superphinix survives
Basic research bounces back at Bell Labs
Europe's top firms stick to near-market R&D
Firm success
Physicist to run Korean science
Bombs away
Euroball kicks off in Italy
New postgraduate hits thesis jackpot
Elements named
Physics get funding boost
Societies lobby for R&D cash
Brookhaven bother
Reviews
Rutherford and I
Bryan Coles
John Hoogenboom
Frank Llewellyn-Jones
Cosmology and Controversy: The Historical Development of Two Theories of the Universe Helge Kragh
Electron: A Centenary Volume
Invention by Design: How Engineers Get From Thought to Thing Henry Petroski
Where Does the Weirdness Go? David Lindley
