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Print edition: April 1999
Features
Magnetoelectronics
Quantum phase transitions
Where science meets diplomacy
Andrew Keller
Alan Owen
Physics in Action
Physicists size up DNA molecules
Single photons on demand
Weak ferromagnet challenges theorists
Post-deadline
Nanotubes as test tubes
Family ties
News & Analysis
Particle laboratories clash over precedence of 'new' discovery
UK digs deep in search for dark matter
Next-generation synchrotron shapes up
String theory tops the best-seller list
Science finds it difficult to keep secrets
Physicists help tie up a knotty problem
Middle East prize faces an uncertain future
How to combine physics and a family
Tax boost for small firms in UK
France reforms school system
Cash injection for physics labs
France gets nano-tech nework
Report damns Cresson
Feedback
Solutions offered to teaching crisis
A bluffer's guide to lab demonstration
Reviews
Tangible reminder of a material heritage
When conflict tests your convictions
Ludwig Boltzmann: The Man Who Trusted Atoms, Carlo Cercignani
Boltzmann: a disordered genius
Understanding Materials Science: History, Properties, Applications, Rolf Hummel
Physics in conflict: From Antiquity to the New Millennium, Neil Porter
