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Print edition: February 1998
Features
Ultrasound puts materials to the test
Quantum effects clinch Wolf prize
Countries launch campaign for access to ESRF
Physics in Action
Ion beams help diamond rise from the ashes
Quantum friction across the vacuum
Pathfinder leads the way to the red planet
Post-deadline
Fractals reveal cancer ...
...but is nature fractal?
News & Analysis
Heavyweight joins neutrino search
From plasma physics to profits
Fourth programme added to 5th framework
France closes neutron source
SPIRAL debuts to mixed fortunes
Government tells CEA; no more PhDs
US workers win productivity battle
Innovators under the probe
Researchers dealt a double blow
Nuclear firms prepare for merger
Bigger role for nuclear body
Russian lab defies closure
UK focuses on research strengths and opportunities
Science bids for lottery money
Reviews
Mysteries of space and time
Cutting a fabulous view of diamonds
The Scientist as Consultant,
Carl Sinderman and Thomas Sawyer
In Search of Lost Time,
Derek York
The Nature of Diamonds,
George Harlow (ed)
Litre,
cubic metre and five baths full
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