Beginning top-left figure and continuing clockwise around the map of Italy: (a) SEM micrographs of a spherulite of octacalcium phosphate (OCP). Scale bar 50m. (A. Bigi, E. Boanini, D. Walsh, S. Mann, Angew Chem Int Ed, 2002, 41, 2163-2166); (b) View of the ELETTRA synchrotron radiation facility in Trieste (Photograph by M. Barnabà); (c) Structure of the natural zeolite called mazzite in honor of Prof. Fiorenzo Mazzi, of the U.of Pavia. (E. Galli, E. Passaglia, D. Pongiluppi, R. Rinaldi, Contr. Mineral. Petrol., 1974, 45, 99); (d) Starting page of the SIR2002 direct method program (M.C. Burla, B. Carrozzini, G.L. Cascarano, C. Giacovazzo, G. Polidori, Z. Kristallogr., 2002, 217(12), 629-635); (e) A three-dimensional FeIII compound showing magnetic ordering below 40 K (D. Armentano, G. De Munno, F. Lloret, A.V. Palii, M. Julve, Inorganic Chemistry 2003, 41(8), 2007-2013); (f) Van der Waals representation of Dlp-2 dodecamer from Bacillus anthracis (E. Papinutto, W.G. Dundon, N. Pitulis, R. Battistutta, C. Montecucco, G. Zanotti, J. Biol. Chem., 2002, 277, 15093-15098); (g) GaAs single-crystal ingots (about 1.4 kg) grown by optimised (left) and non-optimised (right) weighing-cell-automated LEC technique (courtesy of IMEM/CNR); (h) Logo.
Old series (1993-2017)
Editors: William L. Duax, Judith Flippen-Anderson

Contents of issue

Letter from the President

Letter from the President
Bill Duax
 

Editorial

Guest editorial
Hartmut Fuess
 

Letter to the Editor

50 Years of DNA continued a little further
Durward Cruickshank
 

Letter to the Editor

A correction
Lisa Heller-Kallai
 

IUCr journals news

Local and long-range order in ferroelastic lead phosphate at high pressure
R. J. AngelU. BismayerW. G. Marshall
 

IUCr journals news

N,N-Dimethylanilinium 3-cyano-4-(dicyanomethylene)-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrol-2-olate
Viktor A. TafeenkoRene Peschar, Olga V. Kaukova, Henk SchenkLeonid A. Aslanov
 

IUCr journals news

The impact of Lys → Arg surface mutations on the crystallization of the globular domain of RhoGDI
J. CzepasY. Devedjiev, D. Krowarsch, U. Derewenda, J. OtlewskiZ. S. Derewenda
 

IUCr journals news

Polymorphic form II of 2-methyl-4-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-10H-thieno[2,3-b][1,5]benzodiazepine
I. Wawrzycka-GorczycaA. E. Koziol, M. GliceJ. Cybulski
 

IUCr journals news

Dynamical theory for calculations of X-ray spectra from crystals modulated by surface acoustic waves
I. A. SchelokovD. V. Roshchupkin, D. V. IrzhakR. Tucoulou
 

Special report

Crystallography in Italy
Davide ViterboGiorgio Paolucci, Riccardo Spagna, Augusto Pifferi, Settimio Mobilio, Antonio DeriuLodovico Riva di Sanseverino
 

Meeting report

New Materials by Crystal Engineering Design
J.J. VittalE.R.T. TiekinkS. Valiyaveettil
 

Meeting report

Structure Determination Workshop
Christian NätherErnst Egert
 
 

Awards and prizes

2004 ASBMB-AMGEN Award