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[12] Raab E.L., Prentiss M., Cable A., Chu S. and Pritchard D.E. Phys. Rev. Lett. 59 (1987) 2631. Presentation of the 1988 Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize during the 8th EPS General Condensed Matter Physics Conference held this year from 6-9 April in Budapest. At the microphone A.R. Mackintosh, Chairman of the Selection Commit tee and to his right: W. Buckel, retiring President of EPS, N. Kroo, Chairman of the Conference, and the two award winners, K. Alex Müller and J. Georg Bednorz. Europhysics News welcomes Readers' letters Quantum Electronics As a result of the elections to the Board of the Quantum Electronics Divi Chemical Physics sion, the new members are: The Board of the Chemical Physics J.S. Bakos, Central Research Institute for Section of the Atomic and Molecular Physics, Budapest Physics Division have decided to coopt D.R. Hall, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh the following: P.Knight, Imperial College, London E.A.G. Armour, University, Nottingham F.K. 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Contents From the President 57 EPS Council Meets in Dresden 58 The Physics of Ice 61 H-P Prize: Call for Nominations 64 The Hydrogen-Metal Interaction 65 Meetings Up-Date & Corrections 67 Trapping Neutral Atoms with Electromagnetic Fields 68 H-P Prize 1988 Presentation 72 Divisional Elections and Meetings 72 Editor: E.N. Shaw Editorial Board: A. Baratoff, F.James, M. Lehmann, M. Mayor, J. Muller, M. Siegrist Editorial andAdvertisingOfficeattheEPS Secretariat Address: EUROPEANPHYSICALSOCIETY P.O.Box69, CH-1213Petit-Lancy2 Switzerland Telephone: Geneva(22) 93 1130 Telex:428024epsch Telefax: (22) 93 1317 Printedby:Pfirterfrèressa CH-1213Petit-Lancy/Switzerland  (...truncated)