Welcome to the three-year anniversary issue of Frontiers. This special issue brings you some of the many exciting articles from the first three years of our newsletter. You'll read about key developments in several areas of science and engineering, and see how NSF-funded projects are delivering results to create new knowledge, increase our understanding of the world around us, and improve the quality of our daily lives. We hope you enjoy this retrospective, and that you will look forward to reading new stories about developments in science, engineering, mathematics and education in upcoming issues. A Harvard professor encourages his students to learn by engaging in active debate over concepts in physics.
Advanced machinery enables scientists to work with atoms.
A minimalist movement in robotics yields economically viable robots that perform a broad range of tasks with little maintenance. Research with fruit flies has generated important information about the human biological clock and how to manipulate it. New radars provide a close-up view of the whirlwinds and offer hope that meteorologists will be able to accurately predict the winds' movements. A new computer chip may help blind patients see again. SRS Highlights of important SRS research results from 1995-1997.