Print edition - index 1997
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Acoustics
- The acoustics of concert halls May p33
- Defects detected with lasers and ultrasound Sep p28
- Bubbles generate unexpected stress Oct p23
Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology
- Dinosaurs of the universe Jan p39
- Japan leads radio astronomers into space Mar p8
- Old stars are getting younger Mar p10
- Cold dark matter under attack Mar p17
- Gamma surprise Apr p10
- Stardust gives clues to the age of our galaxy Apr p27
- Scanning the sky with a camera May p53
- Axis of the universe debate rumbles on Jun p9
- Hale-Bopp lights up cometary Physics Jun p22
- Gamma-ray bursts come into view Jun p23
- Extrasolar planets Jul p31
- Megascience goes underwater Aug p6
- Stop interfering Aug p10
- Cosmic-ray astrophysicists close in on nearby supernova source Stanev T Aug p29
- Astronomers in race for Gemini Sep p5
- Axis row rolls on Oct p10
- Sizing up the universe Nov p47
- Einstein's legacy lives on Dec p5
- Holes in a final theory? Dec p39
Atomic and molecular physics
- Ion traps garner $20m Jan p10
- Probing quantum origins of the classical Jan p24
- High-intensity lasers focus on clusters Jan p26
- Thinking small Mar p3
- Physics adores a vacuum Mar p22
- Bose-Einstein condensation Mar p29
- Atomic physics in ion traps Mar p37
- Atom interferometry, spacetime andreality Mar p43
- Lasers probe long range molecular states Apr p29
- Electron dipole moments Apr p37
- Atom gyroscope measures tiny rotations Jun p24
- Atoms and anapoles Jun p25
- The art of measuring quantum states Freyberger M, Bardroff P, Leichtle C, Schrade G, Schleich W Nov p41
- Laser-cooled atoms clinch Nobel prize Nov p51
- Electric pulses pack a punch Dec p22
Australia
Awards and prizes
- 1997 Wolf prize Jan p10
- 1997 Institute of Physics awards Jan p52
- 1997 Paul Dirac medal and prize Jan p52
- 1997 Thomas Young medal and prize Jan p52
- 1997 Kelvin medal and prize Jan p53
- 1997 Guthrie medal and prize Jan p53
- 1997 Bragg medal and prize Jan p53
- 1997 Holweck medal and prize Feb p50
- 1997 Max Born medal and prize Feb p50
- 1997 Institute of Physics awards Feb p50
- 1997 Harrie Massey medal and prize Mar p59
- 1997 Teachers Awards Apr p61
- 1997 Queen's awards Jun p60
- 1997 American Physical Society prizes Jun p60
- 1997 US National medal of science Jun p60
- 1997 Nobel prizes Nov p7
- Laser-cooled atoms clinch Nobel prize Nov p51
- 1998 Institute of Physics awards Dec p60
- 1998 Guthrie medal and prize Dec p60
- 1998 Paul Dirac medal and prize Dec p60
- 1998 Charles Vernon Boys medal and prize Dec p61
- 1998 Bragg medal and prize Dec p61
Biophysics
- Free-electron lasers probe protein dynamics Jan p22
- Noise is good for the brain Feb p15
- Biomagnetic instruments go portable Feb p16
- Life after Schrvdinger Apr p3
- Italy invests in hadron therapy Apr p6
- Photons combine to visualize living tissue May p26
- Power lines cleared Aug p10
- Scintillation speeds up biological tests Aug p26
- New views on twilight vision Sep p27
- Optical tweezers and spanners Padgett M, Allen L Sep p35
- Physics and the Human Genome Project Sep p41
- Two images are better than one Dec p23
Books reviewed
- Yakov IIich Frenkel: His Work, Life and Letters Victor Ya. Frenkel Jan p45
- Beyond Science John Polkinghorne Jan p46
- Statistically Speaking ed Carl Gaither and Alma Cavazos-Gaither Jan p46
- Superconductivity of Metals and Cuprates John Waldram Jan p47
- The Life and Legacy of G I Taylor George Batchelor Feb p43
- Mathematica 3.0 Wolfram Research Feb p44
- Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications Daan Frenkel and Berend Smit Feb p45
- A Scientist Speaks Out Feb p45
- Nanotechnology: Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance ed B C Crandall Mar p49
- Science of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes M S Dresselhaus, G Dresselhaus and P C Eklund Mar p50
- A History of Modern Planetary Physics Stephen Brush Mar p51
- Shadow of a Star: The Story of Supernova 1987A Mar p52
- Cosmology and Controversy: The Historical Development of Two Theories of the Universe Helge Kragh Apr p53
- Electron: A Centenary Volume Apr p54
- Invention by Design: How Engineers Get From Thought to Thing Henry Petroski Apr p55
- Where Does the Weirdness Go? David Lindley Apr p56
- The Large, the Small and the Human Mind Roger Penrose with Abner Shimony, Nancy Cartwright and Stephen Hawking May p51
- The Photographic Atlas of the Starts H J P Arnold, Patrick Doherty and Patrick Moore May p53
- Fragile Objects Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and Jacques Badoz May p54
- Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics ed John Bahcall and Jeremiah Ostriker May p54
- The Fabric of Reality David Deutsch Jun p51
- Impact! The Threat of Comets and Asteroids Gerrit L Verschuur Jun p52
- Would-Be-Worlds: How Simulation is Changing the Frontiers of Science John Casti Jun p53
- Curie, Einstein, Faraday, Galileo, Halley and Newton in 90 minutes Jun p54
- Before the Beginning: Our Universe and Others Martin Rees Jul p53
- Organizing Scientific Meetings August Epple Jul p54
- The Quantum Theory of Fields Volume 2: Modern Applications Steven Weinberg Jul p54
- The MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication Jul p55
- Empire of Light: A History of Discovery in Science and Art Sidney Perkowitz Aug p51
- Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and Art Arthur Miller Aug p51
- Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Field Theories Tian Yu Cao Aug p53
- Stephen Hawking's Universe Sep p53
- Schrvdinger's Machines: the Quantum Technology Reshaping Everyday Life Gerard Milburn Sep p54
- Heisenberg Probably Slept Here: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Physicists of the 20th Century Richard Brennan Sep p55
- The Theory of Superconductivity in the High-Tc Cuprates Phillip Anderson Oct p51
- Golf Balls, Boomerangs and Asteroids: The Impact of Missiles on Society Brian Kaye Oct p52
- Image and Logic: A Material Culture of Microphysics Peter Galison Oct p53
- The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins Alan Guth Nov p47
- States of Matter, States of Mind Allan Barton Nov p48
- Eureka! Physics of Particles, Matter and the Universe Roger Blin-Stoyle Nov p48
- Why Things Are the Way They Are Bellur Sivaramiah Chandrasekhar Nov p48
- History of European Scientific and Technological Cooperation ed John Krige and Luca Gazetti Nov p49
- The Life of the Cosmos Lee Smolin Dec p39
- The Quark Machines: How Europe Fought the Particle Physics War Gordon Fraser Dec p40
- The Fire Within the Eye: A Historical Essay on the Nature and Meaning of Light David Park Dec p41
- The Invention That Changed the World: The Story of Radar From War to Peace Robert Buderi Dec p42
- Sounds Out of Silence: A Life of Alexander Graham Bell James Mackay Dec p43
- Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age Michael Riordan and Lillian Hoddeson Dec p44
- Two-fisted Science Dec p45
- Flash of the Cathode Rays: A History of J J Thomson's Electron Per Dahl Dec p46
- Time's Arrows and Quantum Measurement Lawrence S Schulman Dec p47
- Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering: No Universal Constraints Susan Ambrose, Kristin Dunkle, Barbara Lazarus, Indira Nair and Deborah Harkus Dec p48
- Giant Molecules: Here, There and Everywhere... Alexander Yu Grosberg and Alexei Khokllov Dec p49
- The Joy of Pi Dec p50
Canada
- Canadian physicists work hard to defend their subject Aug p11
- Canada closes seven reactors Sep p5
CERN
- LHC will be built in one stage Feb p7
- Japan pays for CERN's anti-atoms Apr p5
- US wavers on CERN May p12
- Fire closes collider Jun p12
- US warms to LHC Jun p12
- CERN hustings Nov p13
Chaos, complexity and nonlinearity
- Power laws for cities Oct p22
- Traffic jams defy physics Dec p5
Computation and software
- Automation for the people Jan p59
- Cosmic background pays off for Microsoft's research chief Gwynne P Jun p11
- Simulations for students Jul p47
- New directions in computational aerodynamics Aug p45
- Grains of understanding Nov p31
Condensed matter
- Hybrid sheds new light on smart windows Jan p23
- Laser action in very white paint Jan p33
- Microscopy probes tiny magnets Feb p18
- Rotons: a low-temperature puzzle Feb p25
- Uplifting sight at low temperature Mar p26
- Bose-Einstein condensation Mar p29
- Looking inside granular materials Apr p26
- Molecular magnetism takes off Apr p28
- Electron energy-loss spectroscopy Apr p47
- Rotons remembered May p23
- X-rays probe small-scale polymer motions May p27
- Superlubricity: when friction stops May p29
- Granular material separate the rough from the smooth May p29
- Nanochemistry of grain boundaries May p45
- Passionate about soft condensed matter May p54
- Experiments on nanotubes catch up with theory Jun p21
- Liquid-crystal displays Jun p33
- Twisted substrate goes universal Jul p23
- Colloids make ultrafast optical devices Jul p24
- Levy distributions Jul p42
- Towards a quantum loudspeaker Aug p25
- Wobbling zeolites promote catalysis Aug p28
- Physics boosts oil production King P Aug p33
- Windscreens: never seen until damaged Aug p39
- Theory catches up with flying frog Sep p23
- Microscope images individual charges Sep p25
- Defects detected with lasers and ultrasound Sep p28
- Fractional charge carriers discovered Oct p9
- Porous silicon lights up micro-optics Oct p24
- Research puts scanning electron microscopy in focus Oct p67
- Current flow measured in single molecules Nov p5
- Drips go with the flow Nov p5
- Fresh insights into electron oscillations Nov p24
- Light follows the example of electrons Nov p25
- Atoms get a big push, or is that a pull? Nov p27
- Grains of understanding Nov p31
- New magnets go west Dec p9
- Neutrons for the future Dec p27
- Seeing the spins in solids Dec p33
Denmark
- Danish reshuffle Feb p10
- Danes unveil research strategy Apr p60
- Risx must work more closely with industry Jul p6
- Fulfilment valued over education Aug p6
- ...but falls in Denmark Nov p10
Education
- UK universities overhauled Aug p8
- An end in itself? Aug p21
- Counting the cost after Dearing Sep p13
- Physics -- which way now? Sep p17
- Universities welcome new degrees Sep p59
- Olympiad students win medals Sep p63
- Students suffer with old equipment Nov p9
- Scientific literacy starts at school Nov p19
- A-level physics -- do students like or loathe the subject? Nov p60
Energy
- Boost for amplifier May p12
- Fusion energy: the agony, the ecstasy and the alternatives Nov p15
Europe
- Call for European collaboration in optics Jan p50
- Establishing Euroscience Jan p51
- Europe unveils neutron plans May p5
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of physics in Europe? May p15
- New voice for Europe May p58
- Survey paints picture of health Jun p6
- Spanish attraction Sep p20
- ESF Network set up for interdisciplinary theory Oct p58
- Nobel laureates generate publicity in Poland Nov p52
- Heavyweights debate research interfaces Nov p53
- Eureka -- an inventive approach Dec p53
European Physical Society
- Eastern European physicists are in a fix May p58
- EPS chief quits Jun p12
- New chief of EPS appointed Oct p58
European Space Agency
- New Cluster jeopardized Jan p10
- ESA shelves long-term science plans Mar p7
- Europe's space scientists seek room to manoeuvre Apr p14
- Cluster will fly again May p7
- ESA goes for faster missions Jun p5
- Row erupts over plan to merge mission Jul p7
- National Agencies balk at payload bill Oct p7
- Smart mission Nov p13
- Catastrophe claim splits ESA Dec p8
European Union
- EU training could do better Jan p6
- Fellows pleased with EU scheme Mar p56
- Framework programme criticized Apr p12
- EC plans 5th Framework May p10
- Out of Focus Jun p10
- Brussels backs human potential Jul p6
- Budget boost for 5th framework Sep p10
- EU increases physics network Sep p61
- Russian and the EU start talks Sep p61
- Fellow peril Oct p19
- EC advisory body slims down Nov p13
- Europe's success based on national aims Nov p49
- Themes and variations Dec p8
Facilities
- ESF sets up magnetic facility study Jan p6
- Swiss neutron source opens Feb p5
- France plans new synchrotron source Mar p5
- Neutron sources Mar p10
- Swiss approve new synchrotron light source Jul p5
- Magnet plans shape up Jul p9
- Late delivery Aug p10
- Portugal joins the ESRF Sep p61
- Heavy ions split US and Europe Oct p5
- US calls for extra funds Nov p8
- Japan thinks big Nov p8
- Neutrons for the future Finney J, Steigenberger U Dec p27
France
- France plans new synchrotron source Mar p5
- Superphinix survives Apr p6
- Researchers up in arms Jun p10
- Geophysicist is made French research minister Jul p9
- New jobs for postdocs Aug p5
- France plans to open up its elite schools Oct p8
- Funding rises in France Nov p10
- Big gains for small science as research council is overhauled Dec p9
- Subatomic threat to CNRS Dec p9
Fusion
- Turbulence upsets US fusion community Jan p8
- Europe could delay or abandon international fusion project Jul p5
- JET springs a leak Jul p13
- JET plans to shed 100 staff Aug p5
- More time for fusion design Sep p10
- JET sets fusion record Nov p9
- Laser gains Nov p13
- Fusion energy: the agony, the ecstasy and the alternatives Nov p15
- New routes to fusion Dec p5
- Stark choice for tokamaks Dec p24
Geophysics
- Cracks in the Earth's surface Feb p31
- Physics boosts oil production Aug p33
- Scientists exploit the Global Positioning System Sep p31
Germany
- Max Planck Society wrestles with budget cuts Jan p12
- Innovation down as investment declines Feb p6
- Blue list labs to compete with universities May p6
- Germany plans world-beating linac May p8
- Will DESY go nuclear? May p9
- Clouds gather over science park plans Jul p12
- Space boost in German budget Aug p10
History of physics
- J J Thomson and the discovery of the electron Apr p33
- Physicists celebrate anniversaries at particle jamboree Nov p53
- Fifty years of transistor action Dec p44
- The ion and the corpuscle Dec p46
Industry and innovation
- US leapfrog Japan on HDTV Jan p9
- The changing face of universities in the innovation age Jan p15
- Innovation down as investment declines Feb p6
- Fresh growth in science parks? Feb p47
- Physicists collaborate Mar p10
- How universities benefit industry Mar p55
- Basic research bounces back at Bell Labs Apr p8
- Europe's top firms stick to near-market R&D Apr p9
- Firm success Apr p10
- Electron-beam lithography Apr p41
- Exploit science May p58
- What is physics for? Jun p15
- Displays: a window into the future Jun p29
- New displays move into the market Jun p31
- Liquid-crystal displays Jun p33
- Plasma displays Jun p39
- Field-emission displays Jun p45
- 1997 Queen's awards Jun p60
- New horizons for R&D Jul p3
- Microsoft sets up Cambridge research lab Jul p12
- Science-based enterprise: threat or opportunity? Jul p15
- Off the beaten track Aug p3
- GEC looks to core business Aug p9
- How to get value from R&D Aug p17
- Windscreens: never seen until damaged Aug p39
- New directions in computational aerodynamics Aug p45
- Tending the new growth near Scotland's Silicon Glen Aug p57
- Pearls, pebbles and pyrites Oct p15
- New sites for Oxford Instruments Nov p11
- Euro defence giant born Nov p11
- Homes to plug into the Internet Nov p11
- Eureka -- an inventive approach Dec p53
Institute of Physics
- From condensed matter theory to application and back again Jan p49
- The Queen opens the Institute's new headquarters Jan p51
- Education inquiry Jan p51
- News from council Jan p51
- 1997 Institute of Physics awards Jan p52
- New rules for members Feb p49
- Teachers observe the universe in a glass of water Feb p49
- 1997 Institute of Physics awards Feb p50
- Government backs CD-ROM workshops for lectures Feb p51
- How universities benefit industry Mar p55
- Promoting new topics Mar p57
- Institute supports national science week events Mar p59
- 1997 Teachers awards Apr p61
- Institute renews its agreement with research council Apr p62
- New initiatives in education May p57
- The sound of success May p59
- Accreditation first for Institute May p59
- Institute policy statements May p60
- Living in a material world May p60
- What is physics for? Jun p15
- Institute of Physics salary survey Jun p55
- Sixth-formers delight in physics masterclasses Jun p57
- Institute promotes accreditation scheme Jun p58
- Bubbles and Brillouin scattering bag writing prize Aug p59
- On-line journals go hyper Sep p62
- Policy moves up agenda Sep p62
- Irish premier unveils tribute to Nobel laureate Oct p59
- New company is launched to organize conferences Oct p59
- Friendships formed at international student conference Oct p59
- Congress gets revitalized Oct p60
- Bristol office honours Paul Dirac Nov p59
- A-level physics -- do students like or loathe the subject Nov p60
- Atomic physicists go electronic Nov p60
- 1998 Institute of Physics awards Dec p60
- From Whitehall to the White House: celebrating the electron Dec p62
- From Physics World to PhysicsWeb Dec p62
International
- Singapore attraction Jan p50
- New status for Belarussian radio-ecology institute Mar p56
- Physicist to run Korean science Apr p10
- NATO science under scrutiny Jun p10
- Megascience goes underwater Aug p6
- Albania votes in physicist Sep p10
- India invests in fast-breeder reactor Oct p6
- NATO looks east Nov p13
- IUPAP tackles new challenges Nov p52
- Science could be squeezed off the Internet, meeting warned Dec p54
Ireland
- Knowledge taxed Mar p10
- Irish funding criticized Jun p12
- Old challenges for new science minister Aug p6
- Irish R&D spend announced Sep p10
- Irish premier unveils tribute to Nobel laureate Oct p59
- Science gets a higher profile Nov p9
Italy
- ENEA's new approach pays off Feb p9
- Italy invests in hadron therapy Apr p6
- Concerns raised over shift to applied science Jul p8
- Government funds for universities stop halfway Jul p8
- Power could be seized from research council Sep p6
- Italy opens particle factory Oct p5
Japan
- Japan leads radio astronomers into space Mar p8
- Japan's image is tarnished May p9
- Japan goes it alone Aug p9
- National debt threatens science plans Sep p8
- Space programme cut back Sep p8
- Japan slowly increases funds Oct p8
Lasers and optics
- High-intensity lasers focus on clusters Schmidt M, Normand D Jan p26
- Laser action in very white paint Wiersma D, Lagendijk A Jan p33
- Organic diodes show their colours Feb p19
- Laser ions ring local modes first Mar p23
- Bombs away Apr p10
- Photonic crystals boost light emission Jul p25
- Superlattice lasers go to longer wavelengths Jul p26
- Laser highlights Sep p3
- New views on twilight vision Sep p27
- Defects detected with lasers and ultrasound Sep p28
- Optical tweezers and spanners Padgett M, Allen L Sep p35
- Quantum-dot lasers Sep p47
- Lasers look through opaque solids Oct p25
- Light follows the example of electrons Nov p25
- Slippery as an eel Dec p41
Lateral thoughts
- How to succeed at conferences Jan p68
- The riches of science Feb p68
- Switched on? Mar p72
- Rutherford and I Apr p80
- Welcome to the Department of Virtual Physics May p80
- Physics and golf? You must be joking Jun p76
- Music maestro please Jul p72
- Close enough Aug p76
- Rough world Sep p76
- The strain of success Oct p80
- Jack the dripper: chaos in modern art? Nov p76
- Seeing particles Dec p84
Microscopy
- Microscopy probes tiny magnets Feb p18
- Microscope images individual charges Sep p25
- Research puts scanning electron microscopy in focus Oct p67
- Atoms get a big push, or is that a pull? Nov p27
Miscellaneous
- Molecular magnetism takes off Apr p28
- What Carlo did next May p10
- Hale not hearty May p12
- The acoustics of concert halls May p33
- Physics and golf? You must be joking Jun p76
- Fighting science with science Jul p57
- Banana shot Aug p22
- Skeptics cornered Sep p20
- Theory catches up with flying frog Sep p23
- Physics helps to find buried objects Sep p24
- Papal eye on the sky Dec p12
Netherlands
- Dutch research praised by international panel Apr p60
Nuclear physics
- Euroball kicks off in Italy Apr p7
- New postgraduate hits thesis jackpot Apr p7
- Elements named Apr p10
- Will DESY go nuclear? May p9
- Nuclear family selects next generation Jun p7
- NuPECC backs theory Sep p61
- Heavy ions split US and Europe Oct p5
- Italy opens particle factory Oct p5
- Models link nuclei with buckyballs Nov p26
Nuclear power
- Plutonium sparks controversy Jan p10
- Nuclear plans hit rocky patch Feb p5
- Plutonium deal Feb p10
- Superphinix survives Apr p6
- Japan's image is tarnished May p9
- Japan goes it alone Aug p9
- Canada closes seven reactors Sep p5
- India invests in fast-breeder reactor Oct p6
Nuclear weapons
- Rotblat retires Sep p10
- University stewards Sep p10
- Proliferation worries grow at US reactor Oct p6
- Critical issues at the original nuclear lab Nov p12
Obituaries
- Abdus Salam Jan p54
- Neville Robinson Jan p54
- Sir Olliver Humphreys Jan p55
- Peter Fowler Feb p52
- Carl Sagan Feb p52
- Keith Ruddock Feb p53
- Jim Valentine Feb p53
- Roger Tayler Mar p60
- Yuli Khariton Mar p60
- Bryan Coles Apr p63
- John Hoogenboom Apr p63
- Frank Llewellyn-Jones Apr p64
- Edward Purcell May p61
- Chien-Shiung Wu May p62
- Robert Dicke May p63
- Deryck Goodwin May p63
- Martin Schwarzschild Jun p59
- Motoharu Kimura Jun p59
- Neil Forbes Jul p61
- Aled Williams Aug p60
- Ken Allen Aug p61
- Robert Weber Aug p61
- Eric Taylor Sep p63
- Norris Bradbury Oct p60
- Louis Cohen Oct p61
- David Wright Oct p61
- Dick Jennings Oct p62
- Kalervo Laurikainen Nov p54
- Louis Essen Nov p55
- Mary O'Brien Nov p55
- Reginald Gibbs Nov p56
- Brian Maddock Dec p27
- Wade Patterson Dec p56
- John Jelley Dec p57
- Adolf Schallamach Dec p58
Particle physics
- LHC will be built in one stage Feb p7
- A new test for the Standard Model Feb p37
- Pipe dream or tunnel vision? Mar p6
- Atom interferometry, spacetime andreality Mar p43
- DESY double offers high hopes for new physics Apr p25
- Electron dipole moments Apr p37
- Germany plans world-beating linac May p8
- Dreams of a muon collider May p8
- Atoms and anapoles Jun p25
- Road-map highlights options Jul p7
- Spotlight on the photon Aug p27
- Computer networks taken to task Sep p10
- Exotic meson surprises theorists Oct p21
- Cecil Powell: pions, peace and politics Nov p35
- Experiment finds one in a billion Peach K Dec p21
- Tunnelling for victory in particle physics Dec p40
- Seeing particles Dec p84
Philosophy of science
- Ambitious thoughts in search of tangible tests May p51
- Reality is not a hoax Jun p3
- Skirmishes on the wild side of science Jul p11
- Glimmer of peace appears in the science wars Sep p9
- Science studies -- what's wrong? Dec p15
Plasma physics
- Turbulence upsets US fusion community Jan p8
- First for START May p12
- Plasma displays Deschamps, Doyeux H Jun p39
- Stark choice for tokamaks Dec p24
Publishing and public understanding
- Access all areas Jan p3
- In the beginning... Jan p29
- 100 highlights from 100 issues Jan p30
- ...and in the future Jan p32
- How to spread science to the public -- the way ahead? Feb p11
- How to write a winner Feb p49
- Journal prices campaigner dies Mar p10
- Scientists without white coats Apr p59
- Axis of the universe debate rumbles on Jun p9
- Sporting interest Jul p13
Quantum physics
- Probing quantum origins of the classical Jan p24
- The art of measuring quantum states Freyberger M, Bardroff P, Leichtle C, Schrade G, Schleich W Nov p41
Russia
- No cash for crash clues Mar p7
- The continued menace of communism in Russia Apr p17
- Pearls, pebbles and pyrites Oct p15
Science policy
- Conduct and misconduct in science Mar p13
- Fighting science with science Jul p57
- Big science needs the Aug p15
- How to get value from R&D Aug p17
- Peerless pressure Aug p21
Semiconductors and electronics
- Tunnelling through the terahertz range Feb p17
- Quantum dots measure electron interference Mar p25
- Electron-beam lithography Apr p41
- Patterns below the Jul p37
- Quantum-dot lasers Sep p47
Space science and the solar system
- X-ray emission from Comet Hyakutake exceeds expectations Jan p21
- Orbital debris Feb p10
- No cash for crash clues Mar p7
- Satellites threaten science Mar p8
- Galileo results raise new questions about Ganymede Mar p21
- Europe's space scientists seek room to manoeuvre Apr p14
- Cluster will fly again May p7
- Space station held up May p7
- Orbiting debris poses increasing threat to space missions May p25
- ESA goes for faster missions Jun p5
- Mission to Saturn ready to blast off Oct p7
- National agencies balk at payload bill Oct p7
- Inside the solar system Oct p27
- Planets: something in the air Oct p29
- Mysteries of the sun Oct p35
- Comets: history in the sky Oct p41
- Inside the solid planets and moons Oct p45
- Organics observed on Jupiter's moon Nov p5
Superconductivity
- Joint effort required in superconductivity Jan p19
- A handy guide to terra incognita Bishop D Jan p47
- Superconductivity concerns Feb p10
- Superconductors speed up computation May p39
- Superconductivity seen in ferromagnet Jul p27
- Superconductors: can they speed up computing? Aug p21
- New model goes on the block Oct p9
- Superconducting thoughts meet sceptical resistance Oct p51
- Seeing the spins in solids Dec p33
Sweden
- Swedish researchers seek support from foundations Mar p56
- Look to your strengths, Swedish researchers told by international review panel Jul p59
- Swedish fusion plans approved Oct p58
Switzerland
- Swiss neutron source opens Feb p5
- Swiss approve new synchrotron light source Jul p5
- Architect of change Jul p9
UK
- Research rating rise in the UK Jan p5
- Science funding stays in steady state Jan p6
- Defence: Jobs crisis Jan p7
- Maths standards hold up Jan p7
- Foresight into business Jan p9
- Coventry could close Jan p10
- Too little? Feb p3
- Nuclear plans hit rocky patch Feb p5
- Researchers satisfied with their share Feb p7
- Premium rate for star performers Feb p8
- Brash kids push UK to the top Mar p9
- How universities benefit industry Mar p55
- Physics get funding boost Apr p11
- What science politics? May p3
- Nirex plan rejected May p12
- UK universities cut back on physics May p12
- Single number fails to do justice to research quality May p19
- Age concern May p23
- Big science seeks industry May p58
- Battle will fight for science Jun p8
- Action averts further cuts Jun p8
- Edinburgh or Cambridge? Jun p12
- Road-map highlights options Jul p7
- Foresight was worth it Jul p10
- Sussex to shed a third of its staff Jul p10
- POST criticizes missing millions in research funds Jul p10
- Telescope technology moves to Edinburgh: Cambridge fights closure Aug p7
- UK universities overhauled Aug p8
- GEC looks to core business Aug p9
- Big science needs the Aug p15
- National space science centre to be built in Leicester Aug p58
- Student numbers stay steady in the UK Sep p6
- Counting the cost after Dearing Sep p13
- Setting priorities for big science Sep p17
- Universities welcome new degrees Sep p59
- Military loses out to civil R&D Sep p61
- Labour disappoints Oct p3
- Labour moves cautiously Oct p8
- Young blood Oct p10
- Jobs for the boys Oct p10
- Bench-top support Oct p10
- Evaluating physics in the UK Oct p57
- Funding cuts dismay physicists Nov p7
- Students suffer with old equipment Nov p9
- New sites for Oxford Instruments Nov p11
- New faces at research councils Nov p13
- Synchrotron boost Nov p13
- UK rethinks military R&D Dec p10
- Black mark for Blackstone Dec p55
- Lords back business angels Dec p56
US
- Turbulence upsets US fusion community Jan p8
- Fresh faces take up key positions Feb p6
- US basic research stays steady Mar p5
- Societies lobby for R&D cash Apr p5
- Basic research bounces back at Bell Labs Apr p8
- Brookhaven bother Apr p10
- BNL bruised by science-before-safety verdict Jun p7
- Physicist alternates between DC and MIT Sep p7
- Student numbers:...but fall in US Sep p7
- US could restart breeder reactor Sep p10
- US revives Star Wars plan Oct p6
- US calls for extra funds Nov p8
- Funding: and rises in the US ... Nov p10
- Critical issues at the original nuclear lab Nov p12
- Empire strikes back Nov p13
- Management slated at US labs Dec p54
Women in physics
- Retracing female routes to success Dec p48