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Print edition: May 1999
Features
Quantum cryptography takes to the air
CP and T violations: new results leave open questions
11,000 physicists converge on Atlanta
Baron Phillips of Ellesmere
Glenn Seaborg
Bjørn Wiik
Physicist wins religious prize
Physics in Action
Recycled light improves gravity-wave detection
Barriers, thresholds and negative ions
Paving the way for nuclear polymers
Frustration and simulation
Post-deadline
Lasers see nuclear firsts
Gamma-ray burst seen in new light
Flash light
Atom laser
News & Analysis
Dispute threatens JET extension
UK targets older graduates for teaching
New observatory to solve cosmic puzzle
US neutron source feels the pressure
New detectors join the antimatter quest
Array signals a new era
ESA looks up
Neutron lab boosts Australian research
Canada backs new synchrotron source
Further reforms exasperate physicists
Lords call for a repository
From Atlanta to Budapest
EPS goes public
Flat profits hit AEA Technology
Forum
Climate change: the global view
Reviews
Martians, microbes and the quest for life
Accelerator test blasts open the past
Snapping up the eclipse
American Science in an Age of Anxiety: Scientists, Anticommunism and the Cold War, Jessica Wang
Atomic secrets and the red scare
Life on Other Worlds: The 20th-Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate, Steven Dick
From Hiroshima to the Iceman: The Development and Application of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Harry Gove
