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Print edition: June 1999
Features
Quantum cascade lasers
Polymer diodes
Lasers and optics
EPS conference comes to London
Gerhard Herzberg
Richard Whorlow
Physics in Action
Quantum-state engineering in metal
Extra dimensions round the corner?
Caesium puts pressure on the Standard Model
Breaking chemical bonds
Post-deadline
Faster magnetic memory
Micro-mechanics looks at superconductors
New levels of precision for lasers
News & Analysis
Equipment boost for UK physics
e/5 particles discovered
Search for extraterrestrial life looks up
Café society gets scientific
Collider targets new state of matter
No life in 'knowledge pool'
ESA tightens its belt
Mixed messages in the US
Photonic clusters promise bright future
Pugwash on Aldermaston
Spy scare spreads across US
Editorial
Feedback
Heisenberg faces more uncertainty
The accountant's delusion
Reviews
Causes and courses of careers
Brookhaven: from cesspool to successful
The Stars Are Not Enough: Scientists - Their Passions and Professions, Joseph Hermanowicz
Feynman and Computation: Exploring the Limits of Computers, Anthony Hey (ed)
Making Physics: A Biography of Brookhaven National Laboratory 1946-1972, Robert Crease
