June 2000
Volume 6, Number 3

Features

Fusion at the crossroads
To move fusion energy closer to reality, we will need to deepen scientific understanding, build an experiment to study plasma burning, and develop materials and technologies for converting fusion energy to electric power and for breeding tritium fuel.
---T.C. Simonen

Shirley Jackson puts a new face on physics
Shirley Jackson was one of the first African-American women to receive a Pd.D. in physics. She joined Bell Laboratories, went on to Rutgers University, and then became chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Now she is president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has already started reshaping its image.
--Jennifer Ouellette

News

Briefs
Putting nanomagnets in their place; storing bits on atoms; the left hand of radiation; the gigahertz era begins

Departments

Letters
Energy; teaching; superconducting motor

Corporate Associates
Fission, fusion and beyond--Chris J. Hamilton

Forum
Salute the Fellows--Patrick Young

Investing in Technology
Industrial R&D boom continues; Clinton boosts technology--Patrick Young

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