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Print edition: May 2006
Features
Mobilizing magnetic resonance
Towards portable NMR
Sensing the extreme
From car exhausts to volcanoes
Frontiers
A quantum Newton's cradle
Fermilab probes antimatter flip
Nano-scale boost for superwires
Geomagnetic flip may not be random after all
Spray-on silicon
General relativity reveals its secrets
Holograms fly high
Biofocals at the flick of a switch
News & Analysis
US told to invest in particle physics
America seeks smaller nuclear stockpile
Scientists fear for future of big science
Costly RAE could be scrapped
Double whammy for lunar water mission
Nobel laureate forced out of top Korean job
Alcatel and Lucent set to merge
Physicists warn Bush over Iran
Hooke notes saved at 11th hour
Leading physicist quits research
Probing the nucleus and beyond
UK needs more neutrons
New satellite network to monitor rainfall
AIP settles editor's lawsuit
Teacher-scientist journal launched
NASA heads to the clouds
Editorial
Critical Point
Feedback
Energy debate goes on
Reviews
Plotting the life of Descartes
The father of modern philosophy
Cosmology gets precise
Plotting the life of Descartes
Lateral Thoughts
Cooking with electricity