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Focuses on the increasing demand for micro electrical mechanical systems (MEMS) in the United States. Industrial and commercial applications of MEMS; Characteristic of the device; Emergence of the market for MEMS design software.

Features several equipments and supplies in physics in the U.S. Capability of the molecular-drag vacuum pump from Alcatel Vacuum Products; Specification of the micropositioning piezoelectric translators from Polytec Optronics; Introduction of a color-and energy-stabilized light pulser from Berkely Nucleonics.

This article reports that the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) has cancelled the space flight to deploy the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), which is designed to detect high-energy charged cosmic rays in space and perhaps discover unknown pulsars and x-ray sources and observe dark matter. The project was spearheaded by Sam Ting, a Noble Prize winning particle physicist.

The article offers information on the Vibrating Shocker, a device which was regarded for American electrical inventor Charles Grafton Page.

The article reports that the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center has altered its name following disagreements with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), by which it is owned. The DOE wanted to trademark the name of the laboratory, while Stanford University wanted to protect the moniker that it created. The new name, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, reflects a shift from solely particle physics to a number of disciplines, including astrophysics and x-ray studies.