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Print edition: April 2002
Features
Novel quantum order in the ruthenates
Pure crystals of ruthenate materials are revealing new forms of quantum order
Spintronics
Devices that use the spin of the electron could revolutionize microelectronics
Who really discovered Snell's law?
Physics in Action
Quantum computers get real
A quantum computer has successfully factorized a number for the first time
Ball lightning comes down to Earth
The meteorological phenomenon is explained in terms of metallic nanoparticles
Return of the magnetic resonance
An effect seen only in two-layer high-temperature superconductors is spotted in a single-layer material
Post-deadline
Most distant galaxy ever
Superconductors tell left from right
Pushing fibre to the limit
News & Analysis
Paris meeting sets adgenda for equality
Institute names next head
Religious win for physicist
New nuclear arsenal for US
New light cast on dark energy
Harold Furth
Willibald Jentschke
Business eyes up the potential of MEMS
Foresight gets to the nub
Exposing the failures of missile defence
Fusion gets funding switch
Bright future for UK laser
Spain secure synchrotron
UK funds basic technology
Research chief embarks on reform
Editorial
Doubts about bubble fusion
The words "cold fusion" spring to mind following recent claims of "bubble fusion"
Display firm turns polymers into profits
Critical Point
Reviews
The Politics of Excellence: Behind the Nobel Prize in Science, Robert Marc Friedman
The Grip of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Laws of Motion and Gravitation, Prabhakar Gondhalekar
The Science of Imaging: An Introduction, Graham Saxby
Exposing the flaws in the Nobel facade
