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In This Issue

Engineering Features of the Recent Mexican Earthquake
by James L. Beck and John F. Hall
Caltech civil engineers document the extensive damage to modern multi-story buildings located on Mexico City's dry lake bed.

Biomedical Applications of NMR
by John D. Roberts
A laboratory technique for studying molecular properties now offers great potential in medical imaging.

A Scientist in Space
by Taylor Wang
A JPL physicist travels out of this world to do his experiments in zero gravity.

Tiny Tale Gets Grand
Electron beam lithography reduces a page of Dickens to micrometer size to meet a longstanding challenge.

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