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The new Soviet proposals on European missiles have been welcomed (as they should have been) even though they imply no more than a return to the late 1970s.
Last week's discovery of a supernova outburst in the Larger Magellanic Cloud is an important opportunity for astronomers of several kinds, but one chance has been missed already.
Parallel computers potentially offer rates of computation far above those of conventional machines but using them efficiently requires understanding of their capabilities and limitations. Algorithms that simulate the N-body problem on an existing parallel computer with 65,536 processors provide an illustration
Inelastic electron tunnelling spectroscopy provides unique information about vibrational and electronic transitions that are forbidden to photon-induced processes
As one of the largest instrumentation shows, the Pittsburgh Conference, held this year 9 – 13 March in Atlantic City, New Jersey, has something for every spectroscopist.
