Links to home pages of solar neutrino experimentsThe quantization of ballistic electron transport through a constriction demonstrates that "conduction is transmission" -- Henk van Houten and Carlo Beenakker
Three big new detectors are addressing the puzzle of the persistent solar-neutrino deficit. Is it the Sun, or the neutrino, that's behaving so strangely? We may soon know for certain -- John N. Bahcall, Frank Calaprice, Arthur B. McDonald and Yoji Totsuka
Links to home pages of solar neutrino experiments
If we are to overcome the major obstacles to science education
for all, it will require the dedicated efforts of the entire science community -- James H. Stith
Links to home pages of organizations concerned with minorities in science and engineering
Galileo's probe sends a weather report from Jupiter. The first-ever in situ measurements of Jupiter's atmosphere reveal conditions to be dry and windy; but is this true globally or just the result of local weather?
. . . And Io yields still more surprises. Almost four centuries after Galileo's telescope revealed moons orbiting Jupiter, those same moons are revealing their secrets to the Galileo spacecraft---starting with Io's differentiated structure and magnetic properties.
Seattle Will Host International Gathering of Crystallographers in August
Home page of the meeting
Built on schedule and budget, CEBAF is dedicated and renamed the Thomas Jefferson National Lab
Office of Naval Research observes its 50th year sponsoring research, as Galvin panel calls for wider tack
Washington Ins & Outs: Zare takes helm of science board; U of California chooses Cordova
New NSF research centers will focus on biomaterials and semiconductors. New engineering research centers will draw on their ties with government, academe and industry to boost US industrial competitiveness.
High schools try new "active" approach to physics
LBNL creates water purifier for developing countries
Sin-itiro Tomonaga: Life of a Japanese Physicist, edited by M. Matsui, translated by C. Fujimoto and T. Sano (reviewed by S. S. Schweber)
The Nature of Space and Time, S. Hawking and R. Penrose (reviewed by J. P. Preskill)
Stretch, Twist, Fold: The Fast Dynamo, S. Childress and A. D. Gilbert (reviewed by E. Ott)
Physics of Optoelectronic Devices, S. L. Chuang (reviewed by N. Peyghambarian and S. Koch)
3K: The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, R. B. Partridge (reviewed by J. C. Mather)
The Three Big Bangs: Comet Crashes, Exploding Stars and the Creation of the Universe, P. M. Dauber and R. A. Muller (reviewed by S. A. Colgate)
Magnetism in Disorder, T. J. Hicks (reviewed by D. L. Huber)
MHD Structures, Waves and Turbulence in the Solar Wind: Observations and Theories, C.-Y. Tu and E. Marsch (reviewed by G. P. Zank)
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