SUMMER 1996


Features

A Ribbon Runs Through It
By Diana Lutz
Composites consisting of nanofilaments of one metal embedded in another metal offer advantages over those consisting of a ceramic phase dispersed in a metal.

What Color is Your Isotope
By Saren Johnston
There may be an up side to remediating waste sites now that David Baldwin has scaled down the analytical instrumentation required to do the time-consuming job.

The Alchemists' Heir
By Diana Lutz
Out of the crucible of Ames Lab have come single crystals of many different materials, including compounds that can be simultaneously magnetic and superconducting.

INtouch
An Ames Laboratory metallurgist prepares to launch his research into outer space. Read about his achievements and those of others.


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