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Q&A: Iran's Nuclear Stand-off
Answers to questions related to Iran's November 2004 agreement to suspend the enrichment of uranium "as requested by the UN nuclear agency the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)."Part of a series of articles, analysis, and background information on the "Iran nuclear crisis."From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Effe
Results from this effort "to grade all 50 states and Washington, DC, on their K-12 school systems in order to identify both leaders and laggards in the tough business of school performance."View nationwide scores for overall academic achievement, achievement of low-income and minority students, return on investment, truth in advertising about student proficiency, and other data. Select a state from the map to read its education report card. From the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Self-assembled Nano-sized Probes Allow Penn Researchers To See Tumors
Nano-sized particles embedded with bright, light-emitting molecules have enabled researchers to visualize a tumor more than one centimeter below the skin surface using only infrared light. A team of chemists, bioengineers and medical researchers based at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Minnesota has lodged fluorescent materials called porphyrins within the surface of a polymersome, a cell-like vesicle, to image a tumor within a living rodent. New Finding Bubbles To Surface, Challenging Old View
Chemical engineers have discovered a fundamental flaw in the conventional view of how liquids form bubbles that grow and turn into vapors, which takes place in everything from industrial processes to fizzing champagne. Jefferson Researcher's Results Show Promise For Metastatic Eye Melanom
When melanoma of the eye spreads to the liver, patients have few good options. Surgery is frequently impossible, and chemotherapy hasn't proven effective. But now, by simultaneously revving up the immune system and choking off the tumor's oxygen supply, oncologists at Jefferson Medical College have shown promising results from an early, phase 1-2 clinical trial of a novel treatment for uveal melanoma that has spread to the liver. NIST Physicists Coax Six Atoms Into Quantum 'Cat' State
Scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have coaxed six atoms into spinning together in two opposite directions at the same time, a so-called Schrödinger "cat"state that obeys the unusual laws of quantum physics. The ambitious choreography could be useful in applications such as quantum computing and cryptography, as well as ultra-sensitive measurement techniques, all of which rely on exquisite control of nature's smallest particles. New This Week: Happy Diwali
This week browse some delicious sites on Diwali and Thanksgiving, feast your eyes on travel posters, and read up on computer security, torture, press privilege, grand juries, torture, absinthe, influenza, Samuel Alito, Wikipedia, sudoku, energy conservation, monorails, Las Vegas, and more. Bon appetit from the LII team! Running hot and cold
Julia Seymour, Assistant Editor at the Virginia-based Business and Media Institute emailed to tell me that despite blasting senator James Inhofe, CNN had him on “American Morning” on October 3 in a debate with anchor Miles O’Brien.According to the BandMI write-up on this debacle, "The spirited debate with Inhofe allowed ... [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. Toxic Byproducts of Carbon Nanotube Manufacturing: Are There Green Alt
A new analysis of byproducts discharged to the environment during production of carbon nanotubes -- expected to become the basis of multibillion dollar industries in the 21st century -- has identified cancer-causing compounds, air pollutants and other substances of concern. The data could help the nanotechnology industry avoid unanticipated health and environmental problems that have plagued other technologies, the researchers say.
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