Discusses the sampling and data-collection techniques used to study the heights, intelligence levels, and aggression levels of XYY and XXY males. (MLH)

Reflects on energy initiatives of both the executive and legislative branches. Suggests some actions to achieve energy independence. (GS)

Describes an experimental approach for controlling fusion that involves a toroidal device that holds and heats reactive isotopes of hydrogen with a magnetic field. (GS)

Describes recent research that has made solar energy economically competitive with other energy sources. Includes solar energy building architecture, storage systems, and economic production data. (MLH)

Examines increases in food production and relates these to population growth. Compares per capita food production increases in the developed versus developing nations. (GS)

Reports on a proposal for intensive study of a system for producing reactor fuel and electricity from repeated underground detonations of thermonuclear explosions. (Author/GS)

Provides a historical development of efforts to explain biological phenomena in terms of chemical substances present in living organisms. (MLH)

Emphasizes the data management and communications problems that are present in crisis situations. Proposes the establishment of international model-oriented computer-assisted conferences to improve communications and understanding. (GS)

Describes screening systems for environmental mutagens, characteristics of the ideal screening system, characteristics of currently employed screening systems, correlative information required for decision making, and application of data to human populations. (GS)

Cites evidence to support the theory that the world food shortage will become a chronic condition. Describes the depletion of surplus food supplies and the increasing dependence on North America for food supplies. (MLH)

Explains experiments now being conducted involving the use of advanced telecommunications techniques to deliver health care and medical education to populations where these commodities are scarce. (Author/GS)

Selectively reviews the research literature on the relation of life events, stress, and the onset of illness; delineates trends in the development of this research, and evaluates the conceptual and methodological approaches employed. (MLH)

Discusses the problem of the shortage of engineers capable of designing advanced integrated circuits (IC) and presents some suggestions for increasing the number of IC designers in universities and semiconductor companies. (HM)

This research news article on microelectronics discusses the scientific challenge the integrated circuit industry will have in the next decade, for designing the complicated microcircuits made possible by advancing miniaturization technology. (HM)

Reviewed are "LABTECH NOTEBOOK,""LabVIEW," and "Parameter Manager pmPLUS/pmTALK." Each package is described including functions, uses, hardware, and costs. Advantages and disadvantages of this type of laboratory approach are discussed. (CW)