Letter from the Editor

by | Jan 2010

Tiny things being huge For some time now the ‘nano-topic’ has been a big issue in academia and industry alike. We now have the ability to measure phenomena at the ‘nano-scale’ and to synthesize ‘nano-materials’ with completely different characteristics. This leads not...

Thunderstorms strike the economy

by | Sep 2009

In the Letter from the Editor of last year’s September issue, we noted that “dark clouds are gathering over global markets”. In the aftermath, these clouds have formed into heavy thunderstorms hitting the world’s economy. Economic growth has turnedupside down, prices...