Japan thinks big on synchrotrons
The highest energy synchrotron radiation source in the world has officially opened
Euro defence giant born
Alcatel Alsthom and Dassault have become strategic partners in Thomson CSF
Funding rises in France
Spending on research will rise next year, but major changes are afoot
Funding cuts dismay physicists
Physicists in the UK reacted with anger last month when they heard that two of their most important sources of funding would be cut
Laser-cooled Nobel prize
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Steve Chu, and Bill Phillips have won the 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics
US calls for extra synchrotron funds
A review panel in the US has called for extra funding for synchrotron radiation sources
Brookhaven bother
The US High Flux Beam Reactor is under attack again
Jobs for the boys
New jobs statistics make interesting reading for graduating physicists
Axis row rolls on
An old debate on the universe was reborn this month
Chile retains role
Chile has found the funds to remain part of the $184m Gemini partnership
