The cover of this issue illustrates living human cancer cells and tissues. See Massey et al.

The cover of this issue illustrates the measurement of the W boson mass. See Kotwal

The cover of this issue illustrates the search for an island of nuclear stability, a metaphor that has by now shifted towards glimpsing the mountains of enhanced stability on the horizon, their tops still concealed by clouds. See >[Smits] et al.

The cover of this issue shows an artistic representation of the equations of state of the periodic table elements, calculated using two all-electron codes in each of the 10 crystal structure configurations shown on the table. See Bosoni et al.