No -- Andrew Sessler and Thomas Stix
Yes -- Marshall Rosenbluth
A centerpiece of almost any discussion about the future of magnetic fusion is the proposed International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. Three experts present cases for and against continuation of the ITER project.
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ITER -- San Diego Joint Work Site
ITER -- US Home Team
Seamless cylindrical shells of graphitic carbon have novel mechanical and electronic properties that suggest new high-strength fibers, submicroscopic test tubes and, perhaps, new semiconductor materials -- Thomas W. Ebbesen
Researchers are planning experiments using million-gauss magnets to investigate many of the most intriguing phenomena in condensed matter physics -- Greg Boebinger
Evidence accumulates for unusual behavior in underdoped high-Tc superconductors. The energy gap that conventionally heralds the onset of a superconducting state has been seen in materials well above the temperatures at which they actually become superconducting.
Helix nebula displays hundreds of gaseous knots
Images on-line
Results in more detail
After seven months of haggling, Clinton and Congress settle budget, with science better off than feared
Nuclear club agrees on test ban but China holds to Big Bang theory
UNESCO's Mayor, subject of criticism by news media, finds US still reluctant to rejoin embattled agency
Are scientists ready for prime time?
Fewer bachelor's degrees in 1994
AAS elects new vice president
The earning power of physics training
Briefs:
APS's CareerPlus
AAAS has relocated
Nine Steps to Achieving Gender Equity in Science Classrooms
Union of Concerned Scientists wants to stem the tide of "junk science"
Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics, R. L. Sime (reviewed by F. Ajzenberg-Selove)
Gravitation and Inertia, I. Ciufolini and J. A. Wheeler (reviewed by E. L. Schucking)
Quaternionic Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Fields, S. L. Adler (reviewed by D. R. Finkelstein)
Quaternionic QM web site
Radiogenic Isotope Geology, A. P. Dickin (reviewed by R. Muller)
Introduction to Nonlinear Science, G. Nicolis (reviewed by H. L. Frisch)
Observational Astrophysics, R. C. Smith (reviewed by M. Bolte)
The 1995 Annual Report of the American Institute of Physics.
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