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Optical Tweezers To Prove Einstein Right
100 years after Einstein's landmark paper, optical tweezer technology could confirm the theory of classical Brownian motion in details that Einstein missed when he first proposed it a century ago. Subatomic Inferno Under the Alps
The world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, takes delivery of its last superconducting main magnet, and Wired News gets an exclusive underground tour. John Borland reports from Geneva. Nov 30, 2006 | 2:00 AM The world's biggest collider hopes to create a smorgasbord of exotic particles, from the so-called God particle to dark matter and maybe even miniature black holes. John Borland goes to the edge of theory. Nov 30, 2006 | 2:00 AM Take a photo tour of mankind's most ambitious physics experiment ever. Nov 30, 2006 | 2:00 AM The United States is losing its leadership role in particle physics as its best brains move to sunny Switzerland. But fear not: There's always another giant accelerator on the horizon. By John Borland. Genes And Drugs Team Up To Lower Blood Pressure
Patients with high blood pressure respond very differently to anti-hypertensive medication, making treatment selection tricky for physicians. But new research pinpoints a number of gene-drug interactions that could allow medication to be tailored to individual patients based on their genetics. CableCard Swipes at Set-Top Boxes
A recent court ruling paves the way for you to throw out your cable TV decoder and use the space for something else -- like a TiVo Series3. But the technology has its drawbacks. By Chris Kohler. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... The James Beard Foundation
The mission of this group is "to celebrate, preserve, and nurture America's culinary heritage and diversity in order to elevate the appreciation of our culinary excellence."The site features a list of yearly nominees and winners of the prestigious James Beard cookbook award back to 2003, news and notes about restaurants in various U.S. cities, brief background about Beard (1903-1985), recipes, and a glossary of exotic ingredient terms. Bits Of 'Junk'RNA Aid Master Tumor-suppressor Gene: Loss Is Linked To
A new study reveals that the p53 gene, a key protector mutated in half of all cancers, gets help in its vital job of stifling tumors from a trio of little-known micro RNA genes. Drugs that mimic their benefits could become important tools in cancer therapy someday. Use Of Stone Hammers Sheds Light On Geographic Patterns Of Chimpanzee
In a finding that challenges a long-held belief regarding the cultural spread of tool use among chimpanzees, researchers report that chimpanzees in the Ebo forest, Cameroon, use stone hammers to crack open hard-shelled nuts to access the nutrient-rich seeds. The findings are significant because this nut-cracking behavior was previously known only in a distant chimpanzee population in extreme western Africa and was thought to be restricted by geographical boundaries that prevented cultural spread of the technique from animal to animal. The Boom in Bomb Detection: Get Ready to Be Scanned, Sniffed and Zappe
May 2004 article that describes technological advances in the area of bomb detection when materials are carried in cars, packages, or on a person. Methods discussed include X-rays, "the quadruple resonance technology that zaps people with low-frequency radio waves,"and "electronic sniffers."From Scientific American. 'Out Of Africa' Theory Boost: Skull Dating Suggests Modern Humans Evol
Reliably dated fossils are critical to understanding the course of human evolution. A human skull discovered over fifty years ago near the town of Hofmeyr, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, is one such fossil. A study by an international team of scientists led by Frederick Grine of the Departments of Anthropology and Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University in New York published today in Science magazine has dated the skull to 36,000 years ago. This skull provides critical corroboration of genetic evidence indicating that modern humans originated in sub-Saharan Africa and migrated about this time to colonize the Old World.
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