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September 1994
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; September 1994; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Masthead; September 1994; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Super Loops; September 1994; by Powell; 1 Page(s)
Strange, delicate rings of light
frame a recent supernova
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Gone with a Bang; September 1994; by Powell; 3 Page(s)
Supernova explosions create
a gang of stellar runaways
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Sick, Sick, Sick; September 1994; by Leutwyler; 2 Page(s)
Neurotic? Probably,
says DSM-IV
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Hot Air; September 1994; by Beardsley; 3 Page(s)
U.S. CO 2 emissions may put
reduction goal beyond reach
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Backfire; September 1994; by Nemecek; 2 Page(s)
Could Prozac and Elavil
promote tumor growth?
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Lonesome Cowpokes; September 1994; by Mukerjee; 2 Page(s)
U.S. particle physicists are
seeking distant venues
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Borrowed Savagery; September 1994; by Rennie; 2 Page(s)
Interloping viral genes may
cause lethal strep infections
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Can I Buy You a Drink?; September 1994; by Yam; 1 Page(s)
When asked about the effects of alcohol on erotic
sensibility, the porter in Macbeth replies, "It [drink] provokes and unprovokes. It provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance."
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Disarming Lyme Disease; September 1994; by Kantor; 6 Page(s)
Antibiotics are usually curative. A vaccine is
in clinical trials. Next on the research agenda: how
to help people suffering from chronic symptoms
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The Aluminum Beverage Can; September 1994; by Hosford, Duncan; 6 Page(s)
Produced by the hundreds of millions every day, the modern can, robust enough to support the weight of an average adult, is a tribute to precision design and engineering
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The Machinery of Cell Crawling; September 1994; by Stossel; 8 Page(s)
When a cell crawls, part of its fluid cytoplasm briefly
turns rigid. This transformation depends on the
orderly assembly and disassembly of a protein scaffold
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Solving The Paradox of Deep Earthquakes; September 1994; by Green; 8 Page(s)
For decades, geophsicists have known that earthquakes should not occur at depth inside the earth. But they do. Finally, we know how and why these events happen
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Privatizing Public Research; September 1994; by Cohen, Noll; 6 Page(s)
With the end of the cold war, national defense has given way
to international competitiveness as the theme for federal support
of research. As it now stands, the idea will probably not work well
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Trends in Computing: Software's Chronic Crisis; September 1994; by Gibbs; 10 Page(s)
Despite 50 years of progress, the software industry remains years - perhaps decades - short of the mature engineering discipline needed to meet the demands of an information-age society
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Turning Green; September 1994; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)
Shell International projects
a renewable energy future
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Binary Disinfectants; September 1994; by Stix; 2 Page(s)
Endowing computers with
a software immune response
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Heat and Light; September 1994; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)
As titans battle, a midget
attempts to steal the march
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Food Fights; September 1994; by Stix; 3 Page(s)
Is it a drug or
a carrot stick?
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Power Medicine; September 1994; by Stix; 1 Page(s)
At least five medical device manufacturers have research or clinical trials in progress to bring to market a transdermal patch supplemented with abattery and electrodes that supply a slight current to the skin.
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Crabshoot; September 1994; by Beardsley; 1 Page(s)
Manufacturers gamble on cancer vaccines - again
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Book Review; September 1994; by Morrison; 4 Page(s)
Reviews
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Essay: An Ounce of Prevention; September 1994; by Devra Lee Davis and Harold P. Freeman; 1 Page(s)
Public hopes and presidential promises that cancer could be cured provided much of the cultural meaning and all of the federal funding for the modern war on cancer
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