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Print edition: June 1998
Features
Molecules, nanophysics and nanoelectronics
Electron correlations win Europhysics prize for condensed matter theorist
Earthquake scientists win Crafoord prize
Molecules,
anophysics and nanoelectronics
Physics in Action
Machine takes the taste test
New views on electron scattering
Worm-like micelles stir up a storm
Soft matter in the real world
Post-deadline
Gamma-ray burst lights up theories
Quantum computers shape up for the future
News & Analysis
Risk pays off for City physicists
Japan gives more cash for LHC
ESA argues over mission merger
Europe encourages women scientists and patent reforms
Clash spurs reforms at research council
Reforms aim to level playing field
India masters weapons technology
Antimatter hunt heads for space
Physicists debate meaning of science
Students prefer to mix and match
Feedback
Climate change and energy use
Reviews
Halley shines in a brilliant light
Good ammunition for the science wars
Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century and Beyond,
Michio Kaku
Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas,
Alan Cook
Philosophical Concepts in Physics: the Hiastorical Relation Between Philosophy and Scientific Theories,
James Cushing
Anti-gravity meets fantasy football,
Good ammunition for the science wars