IN THIS ISSUE: Building on a Solid Base: Cornell Research in Superconductivity /2 ... Thin Films: Progress in Superconducting Materials /6 Robert A. Buhrman ... The Power of Magnetic Levitation: I. A Nearly Frictionless Superconducting Bearing Invented at Cornell /13 ... II. Is Magnetic Transportation in the Future? /17 Francis C. Moon ... Innovative Processing of Ceramic Superconductors /23 Rishi Raj ... Superconductors and Accelerators /27 Hasan Padamsee ... Superconductors for Faster Computers /36 J. Peter Krusius ... Making Faster Circuits Using Superconductors /42 Richard C. Compton ... Register /47 ... Faculty Publications /52 ... Letters /59