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August/September 2000, Volume 10, Number 3, Circulation 10,300, Subscribe Free

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Mildred DresselhausView from the Inside: Meet Mildred Dresselhaus—New Director of the Office of Science—Millie Dresselhaus, a Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was officially sworn in on August 1, 2000.
Standard Model-Tau NeutrinoWow! Fermilab Confirms the Tau! Fermi National Laboratory announced on July 21 the confirmation of the first "direct" evidence of the existence of the elusive subatomic particle called the tau neutrino.
superconducting weldSuperweld: Unlocking the Potential of High Temperature Superconductors—Finally, a welding technique to make large superconductors from small—just what was needed to launch superconductors into commercial applications.
diamondWorking Science: Diamonds are a MEMS Best Friend—Argonne's "ultra-nanocystalline diamond films" could provide the materials breakthrough needed to push the fledgling field of micro-machines called "MEMS" into the commercial mainstream.


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