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Print edition: June 1997
Features
Displays shape up: bigger, brighter, thinner
1997 Queen's awards
1997 American Physical Society prizes
1997 US National medal of science
Liquid-crystal displays
Displays: a window into the future
New displays move into the market
Plasma displays
Field-emission displays
Institute of Physics salary survey
Sixth-formers delight in physics masterclasses
Institute promotes accreditation scheme
Plasma displays Deschamps, Doyeux H
Physics in Action
Hale-Bopp lights up cometary Physics
Gamma-ray bursts come into view
Atom gyroscope measures tiny rotations
Atoms and anapoles
Experiments on nanotubes catch up with theory
News & Analysis
Axis of the universe debate rumbles on
Fire closes collider
US warms to LHC
Survey paints picture of health
EPS chief quits
ESA goes for faster missions
Out of Focus
Researchers up in arms
NATO science under scrutiny
Irish funding criticized
Nuclear family selects next generation
Battle will fight for science
Action averts further cuts
Edinburgh or Cambridge?
BNL bruised by science-before-safety verdict
Editorial
Forum
What is physics for?
Reviews
Physics and golf? You must be joking
Martin Schwarzschild
Motoharu Kimura
The Fabric of Reality David Deutsch
Impact! The Threat of Comets and Asteroids Gerrit L Verschuur
Would-Be-Worlds: How Simulation is Changing the Frontiers of Science John Casti
Curie, Einstein, Faraday, Galileo, Halley and Newton in 90 minutes
