Some recent results on MHD shocks and winds

Work on the rotation of the magnetic field around the shock propagation dir ection in an oblique shock in a dusty medium is reviewed. A significant obs ervational consequence is that the rotation lowers the minimum speed of a s hock in which sputtering of grains is important. The effects of mass-loadin g and magnetic fields on the strengths of termination shocks of winds are c onsidered. Such effects may be of relevance to the production of radio-quie t sources and are certainly important in the establishment of the ratio of the intensities of softer and harder radiation emitted by thermal processes in the winds.