1. Letters to the Editor

   • Mead C. Killion

   Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 4 - 4

2. Advertisers in This Issue

   Announcement 29 November 2013 Pages: 4 - 4

3. Research/Researchers

   Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 5 - 10

4. Washington News

   Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 12 - 12

5. NSF Workshop on Graduate Education Examines Needs for the 21st Century

   • Julia M. Phillips

   Public Affairs Forum 29 November 2013 Pages: 13 - 13

6. Resources

   Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 15 - 15

7. Editor’s Choice

   Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 17 - 17

8. Biomaterials: New Polymers and Novel Applications

   • Robert Langer

   Technical Features 29 November 2013 Pages: 18 - 22

9. Semiconductor Nanocrystals

   • A. P. Alivisatos

   Technical Features 29 November 2013 Pages: 23 - 32

10. Fundamental Properties of Intermetallic Compounds

    • Morihiko Nakamura

    Technical Features 29 November 2013 Pages: 33 - 39

11. Electronic Access to Factual Materials Intormation: The State of the Art

    • J. H. Westbrook
    • J. G. Kaufman
    • F. Cverna

    Special Feature 29 November 2013 Pages: 40 - 48

12. University Chapter News

    Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 49 - 49

13. Intensity High at 1995 MRS Spring Meeting

    MRS News 29 November 2013 Pages: 50 - 62

14. MRS Electronic Publishing Survey Shows Diversity of Preferences

    • John Baglin

    MRS News 29 November 2013 Pages: 63 - 63

15. Kelly Kirkpatrick Appointed First MRS/OSA Congressional Fellow

    • Kelly Kirkpatrick

    MRS News 29 November 2013 Pages: 64 - 64

16. MRS Seeks Graduate Student Award Applications for 1995 Fall Meeting

    MRS News 29 November 2013 Pages: 64 - 64

17. MRS Calls for Nominees for Outstanding Young Investigator Award for 1996

    MRS News 29 November 2013 Pages: 65 - 65

18. The Coolidge Process for Making Tungsten Ductile: The Foundation of Incandescent Lighting

    • C. L. Briant
    • B. P. Bewlay

    Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 67 - 73

19. Catastrophic Failures Propagate Field of Fracture Mechanics

    • Robin L. Blumberg Selinger

    Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 74 - 75

20. Library

    Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 75 - 76

21. Abstracts

    JMR Abstracts 29 November 2013 Pages: 78 - 85

22. Classified

    Department 29 November 2013 Pages: 86 - 88