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September 1995
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; September 1995; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Masthead; September 1995; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Calculating with DNA; September 1995; by Leutwyler; 2 Page(s)
Genetic material solves mathematical problems
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The Most Dangerous Animal; September 1995; by Gibbs; 1 Page(s)
Jay O'Keeffe smiles widely when I
ask him about the hazards of his
fieldwork on South African rivers.
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Ectoplasm Reigns; September 1995; by Stock; 2 Page(s)
Don't wipe your feet on microbial mats
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Boot Camp for Surgeons; September 1995; by Stix; 1 Page(s)
Imagine trying to grasp an object with a pair of
foot-long chopsticks.
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Complexifying Freud; September 1995; by Horgan; 2 Page(s)
Psychotherapists seek inspiration in nonlinear sciences
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Lobster Stew; September 1995; by Zorpette; 3 Page(s)
Dredging and reducing sewage may threaten a Boston harvest
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Hide-and-Seek; September 1995; by Leutwyler; 3 Page(s)
Ebola - and the funds to study it- eludes researchers
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Common Scents; September 1995; by Derr; 2 Page(s)
Using dogs to track, well, everything
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Silence of the Genes; September 1995; by Mirsky; 2 Page(s)
A new view posits evolution in terms of static reduction in DNA
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Like a Sieve; September 1995; by Schneider; 1 Page(s)
Providing one of the only remaining
sources of hard currency, petroleum is the
lifeblood of the former Soviet Union.
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Patently Obvious; September 1995; by Beardsley; 1 Page(s)
Want to do gene therapy? Ask Sandoz
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Arrest that Passenger; September 1995; by Zorpette; 2 Page(s)
Traveling with technology - perhaps even a laptop - can be illegal
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Magnificent Men (Mostly) and Their Flying Machines; September 1995; by Schneider; 1 Page(s)
The black automaton hovered ominously in front of
them as it flashed its sharp blades, but the young men
stood their ground, trusting that their preparations would prevent the menacing machine from coming any closer.
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Information Technologies Table of Content; September 1995; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)
Faster, more sophisticated data networks and computers will dominate the systems people use to work and play. Meanwhile intelligence will become a feature of everyday machines. NOTE: No text.
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Microprocessors in 2020; September 1995; by Patterson; 4 Page(s)
Every 18 months microprocessors double in speed. Within 25 years, one computer will be as powerful as all those in Silicon Valley today
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Wireless Networks; September 1995; by Zysman; 4 Page(s)
In the decade ahead, they will deliver personalized communications to people on the go and basic service to many who still lack telephones
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All-Optical Networks; September 1995; by Chan; 4 Page(s)
Fiber Optics will become more efficient as light waves replace electrons for processing signals in communications networks
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Artificial Intelligence; September 1995; by Lenat; 3 Page(s)
A crucial storehouse of commonsense knowledge is now taking shape
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Intelligent Software; September 1995; by Maes; 3 Page(s)
Programs that can act independently will ease the burdens that computers put on people
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Virtual; September 1995; by Laurel; 1 Page(s)
VR will transform computers into extensions of our whole bodies
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Transportation Opener; September 1995; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)
Huge flying-wing aircarft, magnetically levitated trains and driverless cars may carry passengers to their destinations, while tiny spacecraft explore the solar system. NOTE: No text.
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High-Speed Rail: Another Golden Age; September 1995; by Eastham; 6 Page(s)
Neglected in North America but nurtured in Europe and Japan, high-speed rail systems are a critical complement to jets and cars
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The Automobile: Clean and Customized; September 1995; by Zetsche; 5 Page(s)
Built-in intelligence will let automobiles tune themselves to their drivers and cooperate to get through crowded traffic systems safely
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Evolution of the Commercial Airliner; September 1995; by Covert; 4 Page(s)
Advances in materials, jet engines and cockpit diplays could translate into less expensive and safer air travel
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21st-Century Spacecraft; September 1995; by Dyson; 4 Page(s)
A fleet of cheap, miniaturized spacecraft may revive the stalled Space Age, exploring the myriad tiny bodies of the solar system
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Why Go; September 1995; by Cervero; 2 Page(s)
Millions of people could be liberated from their vehicles
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Medicine Opener; September 1995; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)
Many diseases may be cured with gene therapy,
and damaged organs may be repaired or replaced
with tissue grown from cells in the laboratory. The new century should also see innovative contraceptives, including, finally, some for men. NOTE: No text.
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Gene Therapy; September 1995; by Anderson; 4 Page(s)
Several hundred patients have already received treatment. In the next century the procedure will be commonplace.
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Artificial Organs; September 1995; by Langer, Vacanti; 4 Page(s)
Engineering artificial tissue is the natural successor to treatments for injury and disease. But the engineers will be the body's own cells
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Future Contraceptives; September 1995; by Alexander; 6 Page(s)
Vaccines for men and women will eventually join new implants, better spermicides and stronger, thinnner condoms
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An Improved Future?; September 1995; by Caplan; 2 Page(s)
Medical advances challenge thinking on living, dying and being human
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Machines, Materials and Manufacturing; September 1995; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)
Buildings that repair themselves, machines that fit on the head of a pin and local factories that make products to order are just some of the possibilities. NOTE: No text.
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Self-Assembling Materials; September 1995; by Whitesides; 4 Page(s)
The smaller, more complex machines of the future cannot be built with current methods: they must almost make themselves
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Engineering Microscopic Machines; September 1995; by Gabriel; 4 Page(s)
Electronic fabrication processes can produce a data storage device or a chemical factory on a microchip
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Intelligent Materials; September 1995; by Rogers; 4 Page(s)
Inspired by nature, researchers are creating substances that can anticipate failure, repair themselves and adapt to the environment
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Advanced Composites; September 1995; by Staff Editors; 2 Page(s)
After they first appeared in the 1960s, advanced composite materials promised a brave new - not to mention light and durable - future.
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High-Temperature Superconductors; September 1995; by Chu; 4 Page(s)
They conduct current without resistance more cheaply than conventional superconductors can and are slowly finding their way to widespread use
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Energy and Environment; September 1995; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)
The most crucial changes will come from attacking the waste problems of industry, agriculture and energy production at a fundamental level. NOTE: No text.
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Solar Energy; September 1995; by Hoagland; 4 Page(s)
Technology will allow radiation from the sun to provide nonpolluting and cheap fuels, as well as electricity
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Fusion; September 1995; by Furth; 3 Page(s)
Energy derived from fused nuclei may become widely used by the middle of the next century
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Disposing of Nuclear Waste; September 1995; by Staff Editors; 1 Page(s)
At 3:49 P.M. on December 2, 1942, in a converted squash court under the football stands at the University of Chicago, a physicist slid back some control rods in the first nuclear reactor and ushered in a new age.
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The Industrial Ecology of the 21st Century; September 1995; by Frosch, sidebar by Staff Editors; 4 Page(s)
A clean and efficient industrial economy would mimic the natural world's ability to recycle materials and minimize waste
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Technology; September 1995; by Plucknett , Winkelmann; sidebar by Staff Editors; 5 Page(s)
The next green revolution needs to be sophisticated enough to increase yields while also protecting the environment
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Living with New Technologies; September 1995; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)
Technology will not solve all our problems. It may even create some. But, despite its shortcomings, it continues to offer us ever more ways to work, play, and order our lives. NOTE: no text.
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Designing the Future; September 1995; by Norman; 2 Page(s)
Too frequently, product designers disregard the psychology of the user
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Digital Literacy; September 1995; by Lanham; 2 Page(s)
Multimedia will require equal facility in word, image and sound
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The Information Economy; September 1995; by Varian; 2 Page(s)
How much will two bits be worth in the digital marketplace?
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Slipped Disks; September 1995; by Petroski, Shirky, Herzfeld; 5 Page(s)
The way things don't work on CD-ROMs; Internet business primers; Dare to be digital
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