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Forgotten NY: The Infrastructure of a Lost Metropolis Photographs of vintage New York City, arranged in sections for signs, street lamps, trolleys, trains, subways, alleys, and more. Includes an eclectic collection of links, most of which are related to New York City. Scientists Determine Fault Near Tsunami Area Moving 10 Millimeters Pe Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have determined that the Karakorum fault in Tibet, a feature formed by the same tectonic "collision"that caused the recent tsunami, has slipped 10 millimeters per year during the last 140,000 years. Scientists Catch Glimpse Of Platinum-based Complexes 'Walking' A Path Do metal complexes casually stroll around certain molecules prior to chemical reactions? Scientists in the Organic Chemistry Department of the Weizmann Institute of Science have caught a glimpse of platinum-based complexes "walking"a path to their destinations. Hurricane Dean Tracked From Space ESA satellites are tracking the path of Hurricane Dean as it rips across the Caribbean Sea carrying winds as high as 260 km per hour. The hurricane, which has already claimed eight lives, is forecast to slam into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on the morning of Tuesday August 21. Computer Program Learns Language Rules And Composes Sentences, All Wit Shimon Edelman of Cornell University and colleagues have developed a method for enabling a computer program to scan text, infer the grammar behind it and generate new sentences. It works for different languages, music and protein sequences. (PNAS: Vol. 102:33, 2005) Decline In Breast Cancer Deaths Explained By Use Of Screening And Adju Early detection through screening mammography and improved adjuvant treatment have contributed almost equally to the substantial decrease in breast cancer death rates over the past 10 to 15 years, researchers conclude in an unprecedented effort to parse out the factors that have led to the decline. New Research Is First To Explore Regional Differences In US Serial Kil Did you know that people living in the Western region of the United States are more likely to become victims of a serial killer than people living in the Northeast? The February issue of Homicide Studies, published by Sage, is the first to explore research looking at the considerable interstate and regional differences in serial killer activity. New Tissue-engineering Research Focuses On Vocal Cords Damaged or diseased vocal cords can forever change and even silence the voices we love, from a family member's to a famous personality's. Engineering pliable, new vocal cord tissue to replace scarred, rigid tissue in these petite, yet powerful organs is the goal of a new research project. WiredEditors Tell What They're Wishing For Ever wonder what Wired's editors want from Santa? Here's your chance to peek at their personal wishlists. Moving Closer To The Grand Spiral An international team of astronomers from Chile, Europe and North America is announcing the most accurate distance yet measured to a galaxy beyond our Milky Way's close neighbours. The team used the ISAAC instrument on ESO's 8.2-m VLT Antu telescope to obtain deep images in the near-infrared of three fields in NGC 300 and determine the distance to this spiral galaxy with an unprecedented uncertainty of only three percent.
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