rik@ucla-cs.UUCP (08/14/85)
%A William Epstein %T A Critical Time for Nuclear Nonproliferation %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 2 %D August 1985 %P 33-39 %Z The continuing arms buildup puts the treaty's future in doubt as the signatories meet in Geneva. %A Stephen W. Carmichael %A Hans Winkler %T The Adrenal Chromaffin Cell %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 2 %D August 1985 %P 40-49 %Z The cell secretes a mixture of chemical messengers that mediate the "fight or flight" response. %A Gerd Binnig %A Heinrich Rohrer %T The Scanning Tunneling Microscope %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 2 %D August 1985 %P 50-56 %Z It can resolve surface features on a silicon chip that are only a hundredth as large as an atom. %A Timothy H. Boyer %T The Classical Vacuum %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 2 %D August 1985 %P 70-78 %Z Even a theoretically attainable void contains a distinctive pattern of electromagnetic radiation. %A Eric Buffetaut %A Rucha Ingavat %T The Mesozoic Vertebrates of Thailand %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 2 %D August 1985 %P 80-87 %Z A 100-million-year continuous fossil record helps to clarify the plate-tectonic history of the region. %A Frederich D. Seward %A Paul Gorenstein %A Wallace H. Tucker %T Young Supernova Remnants %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 2 %D August 1985 %P 88-96 %Z The explosion of stars long ago is studied by observing their debris. %A Uwe Radok %T The Antarctic Ice %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 2 %D August 1985 %P 98-105 %Z A six-nation research effort reveals the topography and climatic history of the frozen continent. %A Joel G. Kingsolver %T Butterfly Engineering %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 2 %D August 1985 %P 106-113 %Z Mechanisms of feeding, flying and basking in the sun are analyzed as if the insect were a machine.