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Print edition: December 2002
Features
Watching the brain at work
Magnetic resonance imaging is helping neuroscientists to probe neural activity in the brain
Physics in Action
Lithium feels the pressure to become a superconductor
For a simple metal lithium has remarkable properties
Organic semiconductors in a spin
A little palladium can go a long way in polymer-based light-emitting diodes
Pipe organs: physics in an action
Lots of basic phenomena come into play in the action of a pipe organ
Post-deadline
Computing with cascades
Magnetic carbon found in meteorite
RHIC poses setback for boost theory
News & Analysis
CERN looks inside anti-atoms
Art meets science underground
New 3D display reveals Sharp approach
TV twins pique theorists
Skin care gets hi-tech makeover
Bill Mitchell 1925-2002
New director at the ICTP
Allies found in the fight against light
ITER fusion project targets businesses
US firm buys Danish rival
One man's race to Mars
Editorial
Forum
Surely you're joking?
Critical Point
Reviews
Charting the course of the Pye pioneer
The truth behind Newton’s many faces
Famous first words: Einstein's correspondence with children
Unravelling the strands of a life in DNA
Careers
The science of physics teaching
