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Print edition: May 1998
Features
Sonoluminescence: the star in a jar
Soft lithography and microfabrication
Small in size,
high on impact
European Physical Society elects new president
Physics in Action
All features great and small
Staring into a pint: fascinated by foam
Scattered light detects cancer
Sensors put words in a computer's mouth
Cloud seeding clears the air,
All feature great and small
Staring into a pint: fascinated by foam,
News & Analysis
Rocket science for high-fliers
China plans $25m telescope
Denmark squeezes research
Decision on ESA reforms delayed
Giant telescope awaits first light
New face at nuclear labs promises fresh links for researchers
AEA reorganizes in attempt to double turnover
Students rally against funding cuts
Universities and industry work towards prosperity as peace beckons,
Tobacco and transport threaten science
Forum
How healthy is your career?,
Feedback
Alternatives to nuclear power
Reviews
Laplace: insight and influence
Physics: into the new millennium
Industrial Gases,
Neil Downie
Pierre-Simon Laplace 1749-1827: A Life in Exact Science,
Charles Coulston Gillespie
Critical Problems in Physics,
Val Fitch,
Daniel Marlow and Margit Dementi (ed)