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The Pugwash organization prefaces this year's statement on arms control with a declaration on the threat of global catastrophe by other means. It should now apply its traditional methods to this new field.
A new calculation of the polymorphs of silica appears to have broken new ground in deriving crystal structure from chemical composition. But X-ray crystallographers need not worry — yet.
