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Print edition: August 2004
Features
Tails of natural hazards
The power of the power laws
Superconducting devices
Superconductors make an inpact
Physics in Action
Post-deadline
Meteorites hit the lab
Photodiodes go with the flow
Sound future for negative refraction
News & Analysis
New twist for next linear collider
Hawking loses wager on black holes
NASA embarks on mammoth shake-up
Kerry eyes up science
Science gets cash boost
Weapons lab suffers security failure
Single spins come into view
Fermi gas goes superfluid
Scottish physicists join forces
Satelite navigation gets the go ahead
German university funding stalled
Track cracks tracked by ultrasound
Dark energy might be seen in the lab
Cosmic rays linked to ice ages
The very long road to reality
Festival of physics set for 2005
China charts the particle frontier
France pins hope on US-style funding
Thomas Gold: 1920-2004
David Blow: 1931-2004
Physicist tracks down ancient temple
Editorial
Forum
Critical Point
Proteins, art and science
Reviews
Teller: still controversial
Biography of a cold warrior
Technological tussles - minus drama
Feuds and disputes
Careers
Students take the business test
Once a physicist: Andrew Crumey
Lateral Thoughts
The Wheatstone file
