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Print edition: January 2006
Features
Metal surfaces light up
New uses for surface plasmons
Ions break the record for entanglement
How to entangle up to eight ions
Frontiers
Ion trap on a chip
Perseus arm is closer than we think
Turbulence keeps within the boundaries
Exploding dark-matter balls
Floating Trains heat up
Veins to the surface
News & Analysis
Europe sees brighter future in space
Spain opens laboratory beneath the Pyrenees
Earth's light show inspires space thrusters
Plans for 40 km linear collider unveiled
India joins fusion project
Industry signs up for new telescope
Doubts over nuclear power exposed
Funding cheif returns to his roots
Little joy for Japanese asteroid mission
NASA sets its sights on Pluto
Exotic-material and pulsar research bag share of prize
A hi-tech approach to history
Editorial
Nuclear questions
In search of fun
Reviews
The story of Feynman diagrams
Feynman's visual legacy
The might of military research
The story of Feynman diagrams
Careers
Making your way into the media
Lateral Thoughts
Rutherford and the Trinity golf circus