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While new data on the Antarctic springtime ozone hole does not bear directly on the problem of ozone destruction worldwide, it does significantly shift the balance of belief.
Eleven British universities are busy finalizing bids to host the first University Research Centre in high-temperature superconductivity. But there are questions to be asked about the establishment of such a Centre, and about the squeezing of further funds for superconductivity from other areas of science.
From an accessory for differential weighing to an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, this week's feature offers solutions to analytical problems, large and small.