1. Letter from the President

   • Tom Picraux

   Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 3 - 3

2. MRS Treasurer’s Report

   MRS News 29 November 2013 Pages: 5 - 6

3. The U.S. Department of Energy Plans to Close LANSCE

   • Roger Pynn

   Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 7 - 7

4. Letters to the Editor

   • Mark Alper
   • Nicholas E. Pingitore
   • Martha Goodway

   Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 8 - 10

5. Research/Researchers

   Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 12 - 17

6. Resources

   Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 18 - 18

7. From Washington

   Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 20 - 22

8. Environmental Stability of Materials-Issues and Opportunities

   • D. E. Clark

   Environmental Stability of Material 29 November 2013 Pages: 25 - 31

9. Aqueous Alteration of Nuclear Waste Glasses and Metal Package Components

   • George G. Wicks
   • Alexander R. Lodding
   • Martin A. Molecke

   Environmental Stability of Material 29 November 2013 Pages: 32 - 39

10. Environmental Stability of Polymers

    • Thomas Atkins
    • Chris Batich

    Environmental Stability of Material 29 November 2013 Pages: 40 - 44

11. Environmental Stability of High T_c Superconducting Ceramics

    • Aaron Barkatt
    • Hamid Hojaji
    • James G. Fagan

    Environmental Stability of Material 29 November 2013 Pages: 45 - 52

12. Beneficial Aspects of the Environmental Instability of Materials

    • John R. Ambrose
    • Priya R. Bendale

    Environmental Stability of Material 29 November 2013 Pages: 53 - 57

13. High-Temperature Stability of Non-Oxide Structural Ceramics

    • Richard E. Tressler

    Environmental Stability of Material 29 November 2013 Pages: 58 - 63

14. Advertisers in This Issue

    OriginalPaper 29 November 2013 Pages: 63 - 63

15. Implications of Amalgam and Ceramic Degradation in the Oral Environment

    • Kenneth J. Anusavice
    • Karl-Johan Söderholm
    • David G. Grossman

    Environmental Stability of Material 29 November 2013 Pages: 64 - 72

16. MRS 20th Anniversary Special Section

    Materials Research Society 20th Anniversary 1973–1993 29 November 2013 Pages: 73 - 73

17. MRS: Conception, Gestation, Birth, and Infancy

    • Rustum Roy

    Materials Research Society 20th Anniversary 1973–1993 29 November 2013 Pages: 74 - 76

18. MRS: The Growth Phase

    • S. Tom Picraux

    Materials Research Society 20th Anniversary 1973–1993 29 November 2013 Pages: 77 - 83

19. The Ideals and Ideas that Led to MRS

    • Rustum Roy

    Materials Research Society 20th Anniversary 1973–1993 29 November 2013 Pages: 84 - 85

20. How It All Evolved

    • Harry C. Gatos

    Materials Research Society 20th Anniversary 1973–1993 29 November 2013 Pages: 85 - 87

21. Science/Math Carnival

    • Ray Ng

    Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 87 - 88

22. Veneer, Plywood, and Wood Products

    • Kevin J. Anderson

    Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 89 - 89

23. Calendar

    Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 90 - 93

24. Classified

    Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 94 - 94

25. Posterminaries

    • E. N. Kaufmann

    Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 96 - 96