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Print edition: May 1997
Features
The acoustics of concert halls
Supercomputers speed up computation
Nanochemistry of grain boundaries
Eastern European physicists are in a fix
New initiatives in education
Accreditation first for Institute
Institute policy statements
Living in a material world
Superconductors speed up computation
Big science seeks industry
Physics in Action
Photons combine to visualize living tissue
X-rays probe small-scale polymer motions
Superlubricity: when friction stops
Granular material separate the rough from the smooth
Orbiting debris poses increasing threat to space missions
News & Analysis
Europe unveils neutron plans
Blue list labs to compete with universities
Germany plans world-beating linac
Japan's image is tarnished
Dreams of a muon collider
UK universities cut back on physics
Forum
Single number fails to do justice to research quality
What are the strengths and weaknesses of physics in Europe?
Reviews
Scanning the sky with a camera
Passionate about soft condensed matter
Welcome to the Department of Virtual Physics
Ambitious thoughts in search of tangible tests
The Large,
the Small and the Human Mind Roger Penrose with Abner Shimony,
Nancy Cartwright and Stephen Hawking
The Photographic Atlas of the Starts H J P Arnold,
Patrick Doherty and Patrick Moore
Fragile Objects Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and Jacques Badoz
Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics ed John Bahcall and Jeremiah Ostriker
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