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The Malcolm X Project at Columbia University
A "multimedia version of 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X,' ... which features interactive visual presentations of Malcolm X's life and times."While access to the autobiography is limited to Columbia students, the site provides free access to a chronology, selected video clips, oral histories, and government documents. From the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University. Complex 'Wicked'Problems Better Solved Individually Than Through Inter
What's the best way to solve a wicked problem -- by working in a large group sharing ideas via the intranet or as individuals? New research had some surprising results. It turned out that people working as individuals were at least as effective and possibly more so than those brainstorming in a group over the web when trying to solve 'wicked,'tangled problems. The quality of ideas from the people responding as individuals was "significantly better across all three quality ratings." First U.S. Use Of Revolutionary Technique For Spinal Fusion Performed
Surgeons at the University at Buffalo have carried out the first minimally invasive spinal surgery in the U.S., using a new techniqueto stabilize the lumbar spine called axial lumbar interbody fusion, or AxiaLIF. Swarming Starlings Help Probe Plasma, Crowds And Stock Market
Researchers have found a powerful technique that could be used to detect precisely when ordered patterns form in everything from plasma in the solar wind and fusion reactors, to crowds of people, or flocks of birds. The technique could even be used to find unusual patterns in stock market behavior. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Penn Researchers Use Robotic Surgery
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine's Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, have completed two studies -- the most comprehensive and largest to date -- that demonstrate the effective use of the daVinci Surgical Robotic System to perform Trans-Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) which greatly reduces surgical trauma for patients. PET/MRI Scans May Help Unravel Mechanisms Of Prenatal Drug Damage
Scientists have demonstrated a new way to assess the potentially damaging effects of prenatal drug exposure--a technique that could also be used to monitor a fetus's response to therapeutic drugs--using sophisticated, noninvasive medical imaging tools. How Rickettsial Pathogens Break Into Cells
New research by a team of French and US scientists has identified both the bacterial and the host receptor proteins that enable Rickettsia conorii, the Mediterranean spotted fever pathogen, to enter cells. NOAA Scientists Work To Improve Severe Weather Forecasts
Thunderstorms with lightning, hail, strong winds and tornadoes can be devastating, resulting in hundreds of deaths and millions of dollars in damage each year. Researchers and forecasters with NOAA in Norman, Okla., are working together to improve the tools forecasters use to predict such storms, ultimately providing the public more time to prepare for severe thunderstorm events and more specific information about what type of severe weather to expect. Researchers Find A Common Genetic Risk Factor For Parkinson's Disease
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. and the National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan have discovered what to date appears to be the most common genetic risk factor for Parkinson¡'s disease worldwide.
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