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Print edition: July 1997
Features
Extrasolar planets
Lévy distributions
Patterns below the
Simulations for students
Levy distributions
Fighting science with science
Look to your strengths, Swedish researchers told by international review panel
Physics in Action
Twisted substrate goes universal
Colloids make ultrafast optical devices
Photonic crystals boost light emission
Superlattice lasers go to longer wavelengths
Superconductivity seen in ferromagnet
News & Analysis
Risx must work more closely with industry
Row erupts over plan to merge mission
Brussels backs human potential
Swiss approve new synchrotron light source
Magnet plans shape up
Geophysicist is made French research minister
Europe could delay or abandon international fusion project
JET springs a leak
Clouds gather over science park plans
Microsoft sets up Cambridge research lab
Concerns raised over shift to applied science
Government funds for universities stop halfway
Road-map highlights options
Sporting interest
Architect of change
Foresight was worth it
Sussex to shed a third of its staff
POST criticizes missing millions in research funds
Editorial
Forum
Science-based enterprise: threat or opportunity?
Reviews
Music maestro please
Neil Forbes
Before the Beginning: Our Universe and Others Martin Rees
Organizing Scientific Meetings August Epple
The Quantum Theory of Fields Volume 2: Modern Applications Steven Weinberg
The MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication
