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How to Build an Invisibility Cloak
This November 2006 feature article reports on the use of new materials to mask objects from visible light to make them appear to disappear. It focuses on research at Duke University, and highlights other attempts at cloaking devices. Includes links to related news stories and websites. From the website for Discover magazine. Invisible Ink: The Removal Of Unwanted Tattoos
Lasers successfully erase tattoos without scarring, though with greater time and cost than getting the tattoo in the first place. John Klear describes his recent laser treatments this way: "It's like a really hot Exacto knife slicing through your skin." Godzilla Conquers the Globe: Japanese Monster Movies in International
This website offers a virtual tour of a 2004 exhibit on the Japanese film genre known as kaijū eiga (monster movies). The exhibit feature movie posters, film programs, lobby cards, and other materials from several countries for Godzilla and other monster movies. Include descriptions of the items and images of related items such as Japanese bestiaries. From the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University. USGA: The United States Golf Association
In addition to news about golf worldwide, find the rules of golf, a good explanation of the handicap system, championships, equipment, history of the sport and its terminology, and turf management. Includes instructions for acquiring a USGA golf handicap index, a Course Rating and Slope Database, a Course Handicap Calculator, a "Rule of the Day,"and much more. USGA is the national governing body for golf in the United States, U.S. territories, and Mexico. Declining Water Levels In The Great Lakes May Signal Global Warming
Researchers report new evidence that water levels in the Great Lakes, which are near record low levels, may be shrinking due to global warming. Their study, which examines water level data for Lakes Michigan and Huron over more than a century. Researchers point out that water levels in the Great Lakes, which supply drinking water to more than 40 million U.S. and Canadian residents, have fluctuated over thousands of years. But recent declines in water levels have raised concern because the declines are consistent with many climate change projections, they say. A Stepwise Retreat: How Immune Cells Catch Pathogens
To protect us from disease our immune system employs macrophages, cells that roam our body in search of disease-causing bacteria. With the help of long tentacle-like protrusions, macrophages can catch suspicious particles, pull them towards their cell bodies, internalize and destroy them. Using a special microscopy technique, researchers now for the first time tracked the dynamic behavior of these tentacles in three dimensions. 480 Genes That Control Human Cell Division Identified
A team of US, Israeli and German scientists used computational biology techniques to discover 480 genes that play a role in human cell division and to identify more than 100 of those genes that have an abnormal pattern of activation in cancer cells. Q&A: Ridley Scott Has Finally Created the Blade RunnerHe
The famed Director's Cut is not the final word. Blade Runner: The Final Cutwill hit theaters in Los Angeles and New York in October, with a DVD to follow in December. Know a Good Business Ethicist?
In the wake of sweatshop charges, Apple advertises for a manager of a Corporate Social Responsibility program, to help improve human rights and worker conditions. In Cult of Mac. Stem Cells To Repair Damaged Heart Muscle
In the first trial of its kind in the world, 60 patients who have recently suffered a major heart attack will be injected with selected stem cells from their own bone marrow during routine coronary bypass surgery.
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