The
evolution of transport
Two futurists look at how human needs and transport modes have
interacted over the past two centuries. Now, the authors postulate,
we are poised on the edge of a new era---the maglev era --- Jesse
H. Ausubel and Cesare Marchetti
Microsystems
in Japan
Japan was one of the first countries in the world to provide systematic
public funding for microsystems R&D. Its micromachine market
is expected to grow from $4 billion in 1997 to $46 billion in
2015 --- Miwako Waga
News
Quantum
cascade lasers turn commercial
Only seven years after it was invented at Lucent Technologies'
Bell Labs, the quantum cascade laser is being developed into sensors
for the auto, food, and oil industries --- Jennifer Ouellette
Briefs:
Molybdenum as nanoconductor; memories from thin air; ferromagnetics;
a nose comes of age --- Eric J. Lerner
