Foreword ------- p.1Hiroaki Tanji
Feature Articles I: Magnetic Field and Glass1) Transparent glass gravitated to magnet ------- p.5
Naruhito Sawanobori
Naoko Mori
Dai Imaizumi
2) Faraday effect for glasses containing rare-earth elements ------- p.10
Katsuhisa Tanaka
3) Formation of Glass Microspheres under Magnetic Levitation Environment ------- p.15
Naoyuki Kitamura
4) Flow and stir behavior of oxide glass melt in high magnetic field ------- p.21
Hiroyuki Minamikawa
5) Ferrimagnetic Microspheres for Local Hyperthermia of Deep-Seated Cancer ------- p.27
Masakazu Kawashita
Tadashi Kokubo
6) Crystal growth and optical properties of Tb3Al5O12 with Faraday-effect ------- p.32
Takashi Fujii
Mikio Geho
Feature Articles II: Nanotechnology Business Creation Initiative"1) Expectation for Nanotechnology Business Creation Initiative””Nanotechnology and Materials Strategy Office, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)" ------- p.37
2) Why now established NBCI (Nanotechnology Business Creation Initiative)? ------- p.39
Itaru Komuro
New Glass Research TopicsNanopore-controlled proton-conducting glasses ------- p.41
Masayuki Nogami
Nanotechnology Glass Research TopicsOptical properties in nano-scale quantum dots of magnetic semiconductors ------- p.45
Akihiro Murayama
Yasuo Oka
Lectures for NewcomersPreparation of High-Performance Materials via Phase Seperation of Glasses ------- p.50
Atsuo Yasumori
Visit””to””Glass Research Institute"Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of California, Los Angels -Visiting Bruce Dunn's Laboratory-" ------- p.57
Mitsuhiro Kawazu
Introduction of New Glass ProductsD-LENS and COLLIMATOR COMPONENTS ------- p.60
Michikazu Hayashi
Topics of Meetings on Glass1) Report on the 5th International Meeting of Pacific Rim Ceramic Societies ------- p.64
Akitoshi Hayashi
2) Report on VII International Workshop on Sol-Gel Science and techonology 2003 ------- p.68
Yusuke Arai
3) Report on the 1st symposium of the Japanese Sol-Gel Society ------- p.72
Shinobu Fujiwara
4) 10th International Conference on the Physics of Non-Crystalline Solids ------- p.74
Jun Matsuoka
5) Report on the 35th Summer Seminar by Young Members of Glass Division of Ceramic Society of Japan ------- p.78
Shinichi Sakida
6) Report on the 16th University Conference on Glass Science ------- p.83
Fumio Sato
7) Report on Seventh International Symposium on Crystallisation in Glasses and Liquids ------- p.86
Takayuki Komatsu
Introduction of New Book ------- p.89Takafumi Iwano
Column ------- p.92------- p.97Tadashi Takahashi
Yoshihiro Narita