1992: Physics

Archives consist of articles that originally appeared in Collier's Year Book (for events of 1997 and earlier) or as monthly updates in Encarta Yearbook (for events of 1998 and later). Because they were published shortly after events occurred, they reflect the information available at that time. Cross references refer to Archive articles of the same year.

While experimentalists pushed ahead with new particle accelerator projects and sought ways to control or make use of chaotic phenomena, theorists explored such intriguing questions as the implications of cosmic strings for time travel. ...