Print edition - index 1999

Acoustics

• Sound waves rev up heat engines Atchley A Aug p21

American Physical Society

• Apr p3
• 11,000 physicists converge on Atlanta Rodgers P May p49

Applications

• Bouchaud J-P, Cizeau P, Laloux L, Potters M Jan p25
• Optical biosensors tackle the problem of drug abuse Athanassopoulou N, Maule C Feb p19
• Organic displays Kido J Mar p27
• Plastic electronics de Leeuw D Mar p31
• Physicists help tie up a knotty problem Apr p10
• Bray K Apr p17
• Magnetoelectronics de Boeck J, Borghs G Apr p27
• May p3
• Guinnessy P May p12
• Quantum cryptography takes to the air Hughes R, Nordholt J May p31
• Jun p3
• Haake S, Brody H Jun p19
• Quantum cascade lasers Capasso F, Gmachl C, Sivco D L, Cho A Y Jun p27
• Shedding new light on the wired world Doran N Jul p45
• Physicists prove Van Gogh painting is not a forgery Aug p9
• The physics of traffic Kerner B S Aug p25
• Physicists inject life into modelling Sep p9
• Modelling the money markets James J Sep p13
• Magnetic recording sets speed record Chantrell R & Hannay J Oct p22
• AEA finds winning formula Nov p8
• Industrial physicists embrace the future Jamieson V, Durrani M Dec p37
• Williams R S Dec p49

Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology

• Spacecraft anomalies put gravity to the test Milgrom M Jan p20
• Gemini awaits first light Feb p10
• New telescope for Japan Feb p10
• Spectral share-out urged Mar p9
• Gamma-ray burst seen in new light May p5
• New observatory to solve cosmic puzzle May p8
• Array signals a new era May p9
• Recycled light improves gravity-wave detection Drever R May p20
• Baugh C, Frenk C May p25
• Search for extraterrestrial life looks up Jun p8
• Jul p3
• Mars clogs up space network Jul p13
• Spectrum deal for astronomers Jul p13
• Ellis R Jul p19
• Atoms against the universe Senovilla J, Mars M, Vera R Jul p20
• Total solar eclipses: magic, science and wonder Diego F Jul p31
• Particles feel the pull of space Aug p5
• Neutrino science enters new era Aug p7
• Chandra mission probes X-ray secrets Aug p11
• Intergalactic accuracy Sep p5
• Cautionary views of ancient astronomy North J Sep p52
• Flat-panel telescopes fight interference Oct p9
• Windmills, yardsticks and galaxies Burbidge M Oct p38
• From supernovae to black holes Charles P Nov p23
• Rowan-Robinson M Dec p25
• Life, the universe, but not quite everything Barrow J D Dec p31
• The new universe around the next corner Smolin L Dec p79

Atomic and molecular physics

• Cirac I, Zoller P Jan p22
• Juggling with time Feb p5
• Hijmans T Feb p17
• Condensation in a spin Mar p5
• Atom laser May p5
• Barriers, thresholds and negative ions Crothers D May p21
• Caesium puts pressure on the Standard Model Hinds E Jun p22
• Aug p3
• First for single photons Aug p5
• Ultracold fermion race is on Hulet R Aug p19
• Helmerson K, Hutchinson D, Burnett K, Phillips W D Aug p31
• Bose condensates make quantum leaps and bounds Castin Y, Dum R, Sinatra A Aug p37
• Double slits with water Sep p5
• Fermion gas achieves quantum degeneracy Oct p5
• Condensates in a whirl Nov p5
• Buckyball interference Nov p5

Australia

• Neutron lab boosts Australian research May p10

Awards and prizes

• 1999 Institute of Physics awards Jan p44
• Wolf prize honours quasicrystal pioneer Janot C Mar p45
• American Physical Society awards Mar p47
• Middle East prize faces an uncertain future Apr p10
• 1999 teachers awards recognize quality Apr p46
• Physicist wins religious prize May p53
• Max Born medal May p57
• EPS rewards quasiparticle research Buttiker M Aug p47
• Sep p3
• Theorist honoured for study Oct p42
• Holweck medal and prize presented Oct p44
• Standard Model wins Nobel prize Nov p7
• Win for chemical physicist Nov p7
• Nobel prize honours particle theorists Ross G Nov p47
• 2000 Institute of Physics awards Nov p50

Biophysics

• Physics and biology link up in US Feb p7
• Physicists size up DNA molecules Austin B Apr p18
• French P Jun p41
• Research scheme setback Aug p9
• Jamieson V Sep p25
• Varmus H Sep p27
• Radmacher M Sep p33
• The physics of protein folding Wolynes P G, Eaton W A Sep p39
• Networks of living cells Sep p45
• Physics with venom Oct p5
• Magnet therapy dismissed Oct p8
• Wave patterns diagnose heart defects Holden A Oct p20
• Polarizing eyes show way home Nov p5
• Physics boosts research into dyslexia Nov p9
• When physicists work with biologists Jamieson V Dec p40
• Consciousness: the physicist's view Holden A Dec p58

Books reviewed

• Mazwell's Demon: Why Warmth Disperses and Time Passes, Hans Christian von Baeyer Landauer R Jan p37
• Foundations of Complex-System Theories: In Economics, Evolutionary Biology and Statistical Physics, Sunny Auyang Ebeling W, Jiménez-Montaño M Jan p38
• Handbook of Applied Superconductivity, (ed) Bernd Seeber Grant P Jan p39
• The Deep Hot Biosphere, Thomas Gold Davies P Feb p39
• The Golem at Large: What You Should Know About Technology and The Golem: What You Should Know About Science, Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch Labinger J Feb p40
• Handbook of Science Communication, Anthony Wilson Clarke A Feb p41
• Heisenberg and the Nazi Atomic Bomb Project: A Study in German Culture, Paul Rose Hoffmann D Mar p41
• The River of Time, Igor Novikov Unruh B Mar p42
• The Natural Philosophy of James Clerk Maxwell, Peter Harman Garber E Mar p43
• Ludwig Boltzmann: The Man Who Trusted Atoms, Carlo Cercignani Flamm D Apr p39
• Understanding Materials Science: History, Properties, Applications, Rolf Hummel Harris J Apr p40
• Physics in conflict: From Antiquity to the New Millennium, Neil Porter Herschbach D Apr p41
• American Science in an Age of Anxiety: Scientists, Anticommunism and the Cold War, Jessica Wang Walker M May p45
• Life on Other Worlds: The 20th-Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate, Steven Dick Shostak S May p46
• From Hiroshima to the Iceman: The Development and Application of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Harry Gove Taylor E May p47
• The Stars Are Not Enough: Scientists - Their Passions and Professions, Joseph Hermanowicz Mermin D Jun p47
• Feynman and Computation: Exploring the Limits of Computers, Anthony Hey (ed) Steane A Jun p48
• Making Physics: A Biography of Brookhaven National Laboratory 1946-1972, Robert Crease Wilkinson D Jun p49
• The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, Briane Greene Charap J Jul p43
• The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy, James Evans Dworetsky M Jul p44
• City of Light: The Story of Fibre Optics, Jeff Hecht Doran N Jul p45
• When Things Start to Think, Neil Gershenfeld Hey, T Aug p43
• J D Bernal: A Life in Science and Politics, Brenda Swann and Francis Aprahamian (ed) Brown A Aug p44
• Seven Wonders of the Cosmos, Jayant Narlikar Schick K Aug p45
• The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet by Margaret Wertheim Albrecht A Sep p51
• Astronomy in Prehistoric Britain and Ireland by Clive Ruggles North J Sep p52
• Walther Nernst and the Transition to Modern Physical Sciences by Diana Barkan Hoffmann D Sep p53
• Innovation Business: The Story of AEA Technology, Stuart Nelson, Ken Currie, Peter Dawson and Stephen Aris Cottrell A Oct p37
• Measuring the Universe: The Historical Quest to Quantify Space, Kitty Ferguson Burbidge M Oct p38
• The Language of Physics: The Calculus and the Development of Theoretical Physics in Europe, 1750-1914, Elizabeth Garber Kox A Oct p39
• The End of Time: The Next Revolution In Our Understanding of the Universe, Julian Barbour Carr B Nov p37
• Quantum Generations: A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century, Helge Kragh Barkan D Nov p39
• The Sun, the Genome and the Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolution, Freeman Dyson Anderson P Nov p40
• The New World of Mr Tompkins, George Gamow and Russell Stannard Narlikar J Nov p41
• Black Holes, Wormholes and Time Machines, Jim Al-Khalili Krauss L Nov p42
• Dignifying Science, Jim Ottaviani Durrani M Nov p42
• How the Laser Happened: Adventures of a Scientist, Charles Townes Stenholm S Nov p43
• Music to move the Stars: My Life With Stephen, Jane Hawking Durrani M Nov p44

Canada

• Canada backs new synchrotron source May p10

Careers and employment

• Marshall W Feb p13
• Jun p3
• Is a post-doc good for your career? Jul p51
• Rockets launch student job prospects Johnston L Nov p11
• American dream Nov p15

CERN

• Bulgaria joins CERN Jul p13
• Accelerating physics teaching at CERN Hanley P Sep p55

Chaos, complexity and nonlinearity

• The physics of traffic Kerner B S Aug p25
• Fractal expressionism Taylor R, Micolich A & Jonas D Oct p25
• Complexity, catastrophe and physics Sornette D Dec p57

Climate change and the environment

• Clouding the issue Kirkby J Feb p16
• Climate change: the global view Lebeau A May p15
• Europe pins hopes on smaller satellites Jul p10
• Cautionary tales Buckmaster H; Lebeau A Aug p17
• Climate prediction is heavy weather Hasselmann K Dec p24

Computation and software

• Baugh C, Frenk C May p25

Condensed matter

• Thin films squeeze out domains Harris J, Awschalom D Jan p19
• Nanoelectronics needs new materials Alexe M Jan p21
• Electron waves in nanotubes Feb p5
• Colluding over colloids Donald A Feb p27
• Colossal magnetoresistance Fontcuberta J Feb p33
• Mar p3
• Nanotubes separate isotopes Mar p5
• Sticky secrets disclosed Mar p5
• Sonoluminescence and bubble stability Gaitan F Mar p20
• Quantum ratchets reroute electrons P H&#228nggi, Reimann P Mar p21
• Spinning electrons could lead electronics revolution Oestreich M, R&#252hle W Mar p22
• Mar p25
• Organic displays Kido J Mar p27
• Plastic electronics de Leeuw D Mar p31
• Magnets, molecules and quantum mechanics Barbara B. Gunther L Mar p35
• Nanotubes as test tubes Apr p5
• Weak ferromagnet challenges theorists Julian S Apr p20
• Magnetoelectronics de Boeck J, Borghs G Apr p27
• Quantum phase transitions Sachdev S Apr p33
• Faster magnetic memory Jun p5
• e/5 particles discovered Jun p7
• Quantum-state engineering in metal Ortega J E Jun p20
• Breaking chemical bonds Luckham P Jun p23
• Polymer diodes Friend R, Burroughes J, Shimoda T Jun p35
• Hologram is crystal clear Jul p5
• Solid start for solid-state quantum bits van der Wal C, Kouwenhoven L Jul p21
• Sonoluminescence - the plot thickens Putterman S Aug p18
• Devoret M Aug p23
• Bose condensates make quantum leaps and bounds Castin Y, Dum R, Sinatra A Aug p37
• A new spin on the quantum Hall effect Davies G Sep p20
• First sight of electrons Oct p5
• Magnetic recording sets speed record Chantrell R & Hannay J Oct p22
• Tranquada J Nov p19
• Capacitance reaches a new standard Quinn T Nov p22
• Tiny forces create shock waves de Gennes P Nov p24
• Glass physics: still not transparent Binder K, Baschnagel J, Kob W, Paul W Dec p54
• Rice M Dec p55

Denmark

• Safety probe at Danish lab Jul p13
• Danes name new research boss Aug p13
• Danes put faith in the stars Sep p12

Education

• Sex divides physicists Jan p8
• Universities get stamp of quality Jan p9
• Physics faces crisis in teaching Mar p7
• US rethinks school physics Mar p10
• Solutions offered to teaching crisis Chapman B Apr p15
• Students given new incentive to teach May p56
• Etkina E Aug p15
• Physics pupils enjoy success Sep p12
• Accelerating physics teaching at CERN Hanley P Sep p55
• Oct p3
• Top marks for physics teaching Cartlidge E Oct p7
• Physicists, don't go by the book Smolin L Oct p13
• Ogborn J Oct p29
• University physics looks to the future Cartlidge E Dec p72

Energy

• Energy research falters Sep p12
• Counting the true cost of energy Guinnessy P Dec p39

Europe

• Europe gets new research boss Oct p12

European Physical Society

• EPS goes public May p13
• EPS conference comes to London Wolfendale Sir A Jun p51
• EPS to focus on student shortage Jul p47
• EPS announces physical prizes Aug p13
• EPS rewards quasiparticle research Buttiker M Aug p47
• Europe's physicists descend on London Rodgers P, Jamieson V Oct p41

European Science Foundation

• New networks for Europe Jan p42
• Europe gets new schemes Mar p14

European Space Agency

• ESA looks up May p9
• ESA tightens its belt Jun p10
• Europe pins hopes on smaller satellites Jul p10
• ESA chooses Earth missions Nov p12

European Union

• New opportunities for EU researchers Feb p42
• Report damns Cresson Apr p12
• EU appoints physicist Aug p10
• Europe gets new research boss Oct p12

Facilities

• Europe plans magnet facility Jan p7
• DIAMOND sharpens up Jan p8
• France eyes up synchrotrons Jan p11
• German reator may get expensive refit Mar p7
• Next-generation synchrotron shapes up Apr p8
• Cywinski B Apr p13
• US neutron source feels the pressure May p8
• Neutron lab boosts Australian research May p10
• Canada backs new synchrotron source May p10
• Synchrotron up for grabs Jul p11
• French fury at synchotron deal Durrani M, Sanders E Sep p7
• Tension over ticket system Oct p10

Fluid dynamics

• Belmonte A, Moses E Apr p21
• Flash light May p5
• Turbulence nears a final answer Frisch U Dec p53

Foresight

• Broader role for Foresight Jan p11
• Research survey announced Oct p45

France

• France eyes up synchrotrons Jan p11
• Large facilities face cuts Feb p8
• French researchers are told to innovate Feb p11
• France focuses on Mégajoule project Mar p10
• France reforms school system Apr p12
• France gets nano-tech nework Apr p12
• Further reforms exasperate physicists May p11
• Young physicists help research reforms Jul p9
• Synchrotron up for grabs Jul p11
• France faces retirement threat Jul p13
• New boss for French firm Aug p10
• Tragedy at French observatory Aug p13
• French fury at synchotron deal Durrani M, Sanders E Sep p7
• Astronomers face squeeze on funding Oct p9
• Users face SPIRAL delays Nov p9

Fusion

• Voss D Mar p12
• Dispute threatens JET extension May p7
• UK joins US laser project Jul p13
• Justice at JET? Gondhalekar A Jul p17
• Taking a small-scale approach to fusion Wootton A Jul p46
• JET staff close to final deal Aug p13
• Realizing the potential of fusion energy Jacquinot J Dec p23

Geophysics

• Earth's poles may switch Feb p8

Germany

• Germany to close reactors Jan p11
• Germany set to abandon nuclear power Feb p9
• Germany ups science spending Feb p12
• German reator may get expensive refit Mar p7
• Research mix is criticized Mar p11
• Physicist runs for top job Mar p11
• New director named for DESY Aug p13

History of physics

• Voss D Mar p12
• Still uncertain about Heisenberg Mar p41
• Boltzmann: a disordered genius Flamm D Apr p39
• Atomic secrets and the red scare Walker M May p45
• Heisenberg faces more uncertainty Rose P; Br&#252ckner R Jun p17
• J D Bernal: genius yes, sage no Brown A Aug p44
• Nernst: architect of physical revolution Hoffmann D Sep p53
• Taking a fresh look at maths and physics Kox A Oct p39
• Nov p3
• Toulouse G Nov p13
• Rigden J Nov p27
• Frederick Guthrie: a man of action Stilwell D Nov p33
• Durrani M, Rodgers P Dec p7
• Physics before Galileo Wallace W Dec p15
• The Manhattan Project: an enduring legacy Crease R P Dec p59

Industry and innovation

• Feb p3
• Slim-line GEC turns to telecoms market Feb p11
• French researchers are told to innovate Feb p11
• Colluding over colloids Donald A Feb p27
• Small firms now healthier Mar p14
• Flat profits hit AEA Technology May p13
• No life in 'knowledge pool' Jun p9
• Photonic clusters promise bright future Kenward M Jun p12
• UK told to commercialize Oct p12
• Industry and R&D Tubbs M Oct p33
• How the AEA became a business Cottrell A Oct p37
• AEA finds winning formula Nov p8
• IT holds the key to growth Nov p8
• High-tech index launched Nov p10
• Industrial physicists embrace the future Jamieson V, Durrani M Dec p37
• Williams R S Dec p49

Institute of Physics

• 1999 Institute of Physics awards Jan p44
• Help us celebrate 125 years of physics Jan p46
• A message from the Prime Minister Jan p46
• On the trail of physics Feb p46
• Fellows receive New Year's honours Feb p47
• Language exam for scientists Feb p47
• Institute council, Feb p49
• Congress to debate value of Nobel prize Mar p49
• Policy issues Mar p49
• Council news Mar p50
• Institute's engineering status grows Mar p50
• Apr p3
• The spice of life May p3
• The many faces of physics go on display at congress May p54
• Wealth creation wins congress vote May p54
• Physicists tackle crime and aging May p55
• Physics needs new connections May p55
• Students win communication contest May p57
• Sixth-formers rise to teaching challenge Parvin L Jun p54
• Student membership in good health Jun p55
• Students get a taste of new physics Jun p55
• New forum for 'twenty-somethings' Jun p56
• Council news Jun p56
• Is a post-doc good for your career? Jul p51
• Institute supports teacher development schemes Jul p52
• Celebrating physics at the Commons Jul p52
• Memorial plaque to Wheatstone Aug p51
• New conference for Congress 2000: how physicists shape the Internet Aug p51
• Commitment to innovation in publishing Sep p59
• Role of physics in vocational study Sep p60
• Honorary treasurer John Lewis retires Sep p61
• Ogborn J Oct p29
• A welcome to all first-year students Oct p43
• Fair puts journals in the spotlight Oct p44
• Congress 2000 - Physics in Action Oct p44
• UK physics to be scrutinized Nov p12
• Frederick Guthrie: a man of action Stilwell D Nov p33
• 2000 Institute of Physics awards Nov p50
• Congress 2000: something for the public Nov p54

International

• Trieste: bridging the scientific divide Jan p41
• Team-work needed to meet global goals Mar p9
• Where science meets diplomacy Gardner K Apr p43
• From Atlanta to Budapest May p13
• Taking a small-scale approach to fusion Wootton A Jul p46
• Roadmap for science lacks fine detail Durrani M Aug p12
• Sep p3
• Industry and R&D Tubbs M Oct p33
• Salam's bright idea Khan S A Nov p15

Internet

• Soul-searching on the Internet Albrecht A Sep p51

Ireland

• New money for Irish science Jan p11

Italy

• Relaunching Italy's space programme Feb p10

Japan

• Science beats recession Feb p8

Lasers and optics

• Zeolites shrink lasers Jan p5
• Ultrashort light pulses: life in the fast lane Kapteyn H, Murnane M Jan p31
• Optical biosensors tackle the problem of drug abuse Athanassopoulou N, Maule C Feb p19
• Abram I Feb p21
• Bray K Apr p17
• Single photons on demand Rarity J Apr p19
• Lasers see nuclear firsts May p5
• Recycled light improves gravity-wave detection Drever R May p20
• New levels of precision for lasers Jun p5
• Photonic clusters promise bright future Kenward M Jun p12
• Lasers and optics Jun p25
• Quantum cascade lasers Capasso F, Gmachl C, Sivco D L, Cho A Y Jun p27
• Polymer diodes Friend R, Burroughes J, Shimoda T Jun p35
• French P Jun p41
• First for single photons Aug p5
• The many wavelengths of light Yamamoto Y Aug p22
• Helmerson K, Hutchinson D, Burnett K, Phillips W D Aug p31
• US laser project besieged by problems Oct p8
• Air-filled fibres could speed up the Web Yablonovitch E Nov p20

Lateral thoughts

• Falling hurts Horsewell I Jan p56
• Physics, economics and Hollywood Rodenburg J Feb p60
• Physics on sale - Brazilian style De Campos Valadares E Mar p64
• A bluffer's guide to lab demonstration Leyshon G Apr p64
• Tyred law Wright P May p72
• The accountant's delusion Wheldon T Jun p72
• Dramatic victory for vectors Dickson D Jul p64
• Baboons, lions and water safety McGuigan K Aug p64
• The physics of lost things Jonathan D Sep p76
• Top tips for a successful PhD Hutchinson A Oct p56
• In the year 2099... Williamson C Nov p68

Mathematical and statistical physics

• Family ties Apr p5
• Physicists help tie up a knotty problem Apr p10
• Quantum phase transitions Sachdev S Apr p33
• Frustration and simulation Stauffer D May p23
• Good news for salesmen Aug p5
• The physics of protein folding Wolynes P G, Eaton W A Sep p39
• Blind spot may reveal vacuum radiation Rosu H Oct p21
• Turbulence nears a final answer Frisch U Dec p53

Metrology

• Capacitance reaches a new standard Quinn T Nov p22

Microscopy

• Radmacher M Sep p33

Miscellaneous

• Jan p3
• Silence of the violins Jan p5
• Physics steals the show Jan p7
• Bouchaud J-P, Cizeau P, Laloux L, Potters M Jan p25
• Physics versus the law Feb p3
• Physicist on the bright side of the law Feb p9
• Belmonte A, Moses E Apr p21
• Quiet violin Juhi-Lian Ting J May p17
• Haake S, Brody H Jun p19
• New spy claims meet firm denial Jul p7
• Spy allegations break out in the US Jul p7
• Physicists prove Van Gogh painting is not a forgery Aug p9
• Sci-fi to be studied in UK degree Aug p9
• Sir Rudolf Peierls was not a spy Dalitz R Oct p15
• Fractal expressionism Taylor R, Micolich A & Jonas D Oct p25
• Polarizing eyes show way home Nov p5
• Durrani M, Rodgers P Dec p7
• A brief history of physics and religion Cartlidge E Dec p69

Netherlands

• New magnets for Holland Mar p14

Nuclear physics

• First hint of element 114 seen in Dubna Feb p7
• Hydrogen clusters get critical Bonasera A Feb p20
• Team-work needed to meet global goals Mar p9
• Hofmann S Mar p19
• Quarks unleashed at low energy Rafelski J, M&#252ller B Mar p23
• Lasers see nuclear firsts May p5
• Walker P May p19
• Paving the way for nuclear polymers von Oertzen W May p22
• Collider targets new state of matter Jun p9
• Brand new superheavies Jul p5
• Discharge of duty Shaw R Jul p18
• Supersymmetry in nuclei Sep p5
• Nickel-48 discovered Oct p12
• Van Isacker P Oct p19
• Users face SPIRAL delays Nov p9
• Unstable nuclei reveal the need for a complete theory of the nucleus Tanihata I Dec p22

Nuclear power

• Germany set to abandon nuclear power Feb p9
• Lords call for a repository May p11
• Cartlidge E Jul p8
• New boss for French firm Aug p10
• BNFL set for partial sale Aug p10
• Nuclear waste needs more effort Walker P, Gelletly B Aug p17
• UK rethink on plutonium Sep p12
• How the AEA became a business Cottrell A Oct p37

Nuclear weapons

• US looks for a new source of tritium Jan p10
• France focuses on Mégajoule project Mar p10
• Science finds it difficult to keep secrets Apr p9
• Why nuclear verification is vital Milne T, Wilson H Jul p15
• Alternative needed before disarming Bradley R Sep p17
• US laser project besieged by problems Oct p8
• Nov p3
• US votes against test ban Nov p10

Obituaries

• Nicholas Kemmer Jan p43
• Nicholas Kurti Feb p44
• Geoffrey Bryant Feb p45
• Andrew Keller Apr p44
• Alan Owen Apr p45
• Baron Phillips of Ellesmere May p50
• Glenn Seaborg May p51
• Bjørn Wiik May p52
• Gerhard Herzberg Jun p52
• Richard Whorlow Jun p53
• Rolf Landauer Jul p48
• Carl Aminoff Jul p49
• Sir William McCrea Jul p49
• Daniel F Walls Aug p48
• Alan Johnstone Aug p48
• Arthur Schawlow Aug p49
• Sir Clifford Charles Butler Sep p56
• Fenia Berz Sep p57
• Alan Duncan Oct p42
• Michael Duesbery Nov p48
• Paul Butcher Nov p48

Particle physics

• B-meson breakthrough Jan p5
• New ripples in beta decay Feb p5
• Quarks unleashed at low energy Rafelski J, M&#252ller B Mar p23
• Zero-sum games Apr p3
• Particle laboratories clash over precedence of 'new' discovery Apr p7
• UK digs deep in search for dark matter Apr p8
• New detectors join the antimatter quest May p9
• CP and T violations: new results leave open questions Quinn H, Hewett J May p37
• Extra dimensions round the corner? Abel S Jun p21
• Caesium puts pressure on the Standard Model Hinds E Jun p22
• NASA spreads its wings Jul p10
• String theory: simple yet elegant Charap J Jul p43
• Particles feel the pull of space Aug p5
• Neutrino science enters new era Aug p7
• Cartlidge E Sep p8
• Burrows P Sep p22
• Standard Model wins Nobel prize Nov p7
• Decay anomaly points to neutrino relics Gatti F Nov p21
• Davies P Dec p21
• Ellis J Dec p43
• The new universe around the next corner Smolin L Dec p79

Philosophy of science

• What is truth? Josephson B Feb p15
• Sokal A, Bricmont J; Garrett A Feb p15
• Thomsen M Mar p15
• Toulouse G Nov p13
• Rotblat J Dec p65
• A brief history of physics and religion Cartlidge E Dec p69

Physics and finance

• Bouchaud J-P, Cizeau P, Laloux L, Potters M Jan p25
• Modelling the money markets James J Sep p13
• Dacorogna M Sep p19

Publishing and public understanding

• Hold the front page Jan p3
• Physicists look to the public Jan p11
• String theory tops the best-seller list Apr p9
• The spice of life May p3
• Café society gets scientific Jun p8
• Mackintosh R, Lovas R, Schopper H Jun p15
• New spy claims meet firm denial Jul p7
• Nobel laureate goes back to school Gwynne P Jul p12
• Societies agree on publishing Jul p13
• Science museum seeks to inspire Holgate S A Sep p11
• Foreigners lead US science Sep p12
• Magnet therapy dismissed Oct p8
• Durrani M Oct p11
• Physicists must learn to love the public Durrani M Dec p71

Quantum physics

• Cirac I, Zoller P Jan p22
• Abram I Feb p21
• Quantum ratchets reroute electrons P H&#228nggi, Reimann P Mar p21
• Magnets, molecules and quantum mechanics Barbara B. Gunther L Mar p35
• Single photons on demand Rarity J Apr p19
• May p3
• Guinnessy P May p12
• Quantum cryptography takes to the air Hughes R, Nordholt J May p31
• Solid start for solid-state quantum bits van der Wal C, Kouwenhoven L Jul p21
• Fermions go it alone Martin T Jul p22
• The many wavelengths of light Yamamoto Y Aug p22
• Steane A Sep p17
• Buckyball interference Nov p5
• Davies P Dec p21
• Leggett T Dec p73

Russia

• Letokhov V Jan p14
• Youthful solution to Russian crisis Rees G, Kapitza A Mar p17
• Wolfendale A May p17

Space science and the solar system

• Relaunching Italy's space programme Feb p10
• Jul p3
• Mars shows its stripes Golombek M P Jul p23
• Dunkin S, Heather D Jul p25
• Total solar eclipses: magic, science and wonder Diego F Jul p31
• The Kuiper Belt Jewitt D Jul p37
• NASA sets sights on Mercury and comet Aug p11
• Supersonic winds whirl round Jupiter Tennyson J Aug p20
• Sun's magnetic surprise Arnold N Sep p21
• Rockets launch student job prospects Johnston L Nov p11
• Solar magnetic field poses problems Tobias S, Weiss N Dec p56

Students

• Problems for PhDs come into the open Jul p9
• Oct p3
• Physicists, don't go by the book Smolin L Oct p13
• A welcome to all first-year students Oct p43
• Rockets launch student job prospects Johnston L Nov p11

Superconductivity

• Excitations in exotic superconductors Hayden S Feb p18
• Micro-mechanics looks at superconductors Jun p5
• Platinum powder reveals metal superconductivity Jul p5
• Devoret M Aug p23
• Tranquada J Nov p19
• Rice M Dec p55

Switzerland

• Budget boost for Swiss science Jan p9

UK

• DIAMOND sharpens up Jan p8
• Physics misses out again Jan p8
• Universities get stamp of quality Jan p9
• Closer links with industry Jan p11
• Broader role for Foresight Jan p11
• Slim-line GEC turns to telecoms market Feb p11
• UK reshuffles science - again Feb p12
• Size counts with students Feb p12
• Research panel boss chosen Feb p12
• Physics faces crisis in teaching Mar p7
• Drop in demand for PhDs Mar p14
• UK digs deep in search for dark matter Apr p8
• Tax boost for small firms in UK Apr p12
• Cash injection for physics labs Apr p12
• UK targets older graduates for teaching May p7
• Lords call for a repository May p11
• Equipment boost for UK physics Jun p7
• Pugwash on Aldermaston Jun p13
• Problems for PhDs come into the open Jul p9
• Why nuclear verification is vital Milne T, Wilson H Jul p15
• Physics research to get Lottery funding Aug p7
• Research scheme setback Aug p9
• Sci-fi to be studied in UK degree Aug p9
• BNFL set for partial sale Aug p10
• UK laser to be upgraded Aug p13
• Assessment panel named Sep p10
• Top marks for physics teaching Cartlidge E Oct p7
• Tension over ticket system Oct p10
• Daresbury on a knife-edge Oct p10
• UK told to commercialize Oct p12
• UK identifies its technology needs Nov p8

US

• US looks for a new source of tritium Jan p10
• Physics and biology link up in US Feb p7
• US decides on tritium source Feb p12
• Mar p3
• Budget brings mixed news for physicists Mar p8
• Next-generation synchrotron shapes up Apr p8
• US neutron source feels the pressure May p8
• Mixed messages in the US Jun p10
• Spy scare spreads across US Jun p13
• NASA spreads its wings Jul p10
• Nobel laureate goes back to school Gwynne P Jul p12
• US rescues neutron source Jul p13
• Shake-up starts at energy department Gwynne P Aug p8
• US takes on nanotechnology Aug p13
• America's 'Mr Science' dies Aug p13
• Hard times ahead for US Sep p10
• US laser project besieged by problems Oct p8
• US votes against test ban Nov p10
• Budget boost for US science Nov p12

Women in physics

• How to combine physics and a family Holgate S A Apr p11