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Print edition: June 2002
Features
Watching biology in action
PET scanning of rats and mice could lead to advances in molecular medicine
Lev Landau: physicist and revolutionary
He never worked again after a car accident, but Landau received the Nobel prize later that year and his legacy lives on
Supermassive black holes
Black holes weighing billions of solar masses lie at the heart of every galaxy
Experimental spirit
Physics in Action
Spectroscopy scales new peaks
Superconducting detectors break the "iron law" of NMR spectroscopy
Atom interferometer that puts noise in the shade
Bose-Einstein condensates help physicists to measure the fundamental constants with greater accuracy
Miniature machine plugs metrology gap
A new metrological device promises to speed the development of micromachines
Post-deadline
Quarks fail to add up
A foretaste of tetra-neutrons
Crystals do the twist
News & Analysis
Research cut to the bone
A high-energy window on the universe
More evidence for neutrino oscillation
US takes next steps towards Mars
Oxford opens high-magnetic-field lab
Cyclic universe runs into criticism
Standard model of cosmology hits new peaks
Irish science needs cash
UK labs given central role
"Lighter touch"assessment needed
Big push for European neutrons
Jason gets back to business
US could double NSF budget
Quantum cascade lasers shine on
LCDs paint a bright future
Micro device sense profit
The FBI vs Albert Einstein
EPS elects new president
Three share Fritz London prize
Physicists receive US national medals
Misconduct claim hits Bell Labs
Editorial
Science fiction: the ultimate factoid
Forum
Critical Point
Edward Teller: friend and foe
Reviews
Why Cambridge boasts the best minds
Man, myth and quantum magic
Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters, David Hockney
Cambridge Scientific Minds, Peter Harmon and Simon Mitton (ed)
The Quantum Brain: The Search for Freedom and the Next Generation of Man, Jeffrey Satinover
Careers
Graduates get set for success