Discusses research methods for developing new materials for space. The 25 topics include liquid diffusion in reduced gravity, solid phase nucleation and growth in the shallow enclosures of MMC ceramic performs, an evaluation of teleoperating the isothermal dendritic growth experiment on STS-62, the influence of convection on composition and morphology of directionally solidified hypermonotectic alloys, recent German facility developments, and the fate of pores in liquid phase sintered metal compacts. No subject index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.