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Wired Redesign: Change Is Good
The magazine gets a face lift. Here's a rundown on what's changed, and what hasn't. Protein May Play A Role In Severe Asthma
A protein measured in a simple blood test may be a new biomarker to identify patients with the most serious form of asthma. Identifying this new biomarker, YKL-40, brings investigators one step closer to a treatment for the nation's 2.5 million asthmatics with a severe form of the disease that is difficult to treat, the researchers say. Autonomous Lenses May Bring Microworld Into Focus
When Hongrui Jiang looked into a fly's eye, he saw a way to make a tiny lens so "smart"that it can adapt its focal length from minus infinity to plus infinity -- without external control. Incorporating hydrogels that respond to physical, chemical or biological stimuli and actuate lens function, these liquid microlenses could advance lab-on-a-chip technologies, optical imaging, medical diagnostics and bio-optical microfluidic systems. LII Tip of the Week: Who's Our Daddy?
While we were working on the updates to our collection of tax-time resources, it occurred to us that we should remind our readers who funds us. Librarians' Index to the Internet is honored to be funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. We also receive funding from Washington State Library for "Wally,"wa.lii.org , and in the past, we have had crucial seed money for projects from the California Digital Library and San Francisco Public Library, as well as years of tender loving network support from UC Berkeley SunSITE. Thanks to all of you for your feedback and support for LII; we love what we do and are grateful to be in your service! Prince Points the Way to a Brighter Future for Music
The artist's controversial deal to sell his latest album through a British newspaper infuriated the music industry, but it might be the right way to go. Feb. 4, 1902: Lucky Lindy
Today is the birthday of history's most famous -- and infamous -- aviator. Compiled by Tony Long. 'Orbitronics' Could Keep Silicon-based Computing Going After Today's T
For about 40 years, the semiconductor industry has been able to continually shrink the electronic components on silicon chips, packing ever more performance into computers. Now Stanford University physicists present ''orbitronics,'' an alternative to conventional electronics that could someday allow engineers to skirt a daunting limit while still using cheap, familiar silicon. Keeping Up With Uncle Sam
Because the United States locks up creative works for 95 years, European music labels want to extend copyright terms in their neck of the woods. By Katie Dean. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Saving Disappearing Marine Resources Needs Both Scientific And Indigen
Scientific and indigenous knowledge must join together to better manage disappearing marine resources in developing countries, such as shark, trochus, and sea cucumber stocks on the islands to Australia's north. That's the view of Dr Simon Foale, a researcher with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University, who studies coral reef fisheries in the Solomon Islands as they undergo rapid and dramatic change.
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