Scientific American 1993 - Abstracts

Scientific American 1993
TitleSubjectAuthors
Accurate measurement of time. (includes related articles)Science and technologyNorman F. Ramsey, Wayne M. Itano
AIDS and the immune system. (Special Issue: Life, Death and the Immune System) (Cover Story)Science and technologyWarner C. Greene
Allergy and the immune system. (Special Issue: Life, Death and the Immune System) (Cover Story)Science and technologyLawrence M. Lichtenstein
A new emphasis on high-tech. (Ssangyong Group) (Taejon Expo '93 Report)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Anticipation and international cooperation in aerospace. (Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d' Aviation) (Special Advertising Supplement)(France: Technology a L'Avant Garde)Science and technologyGerard Renon
A technology of kinetic art. (kinetic sculpture)Science and technologyGeorge Rickey
Australia's polar dinosaurs. (Cover Story)Science and technologyPatricia Vickers-Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich
Autism.Science and technologyUta Frith
Autoimmune disease. (multiple sclerosis, lupus and other chronic diseases) (Special Issue: Life, Death and the Immune System) (Cover Story)Science and technologyLawrence Steinman
Biodiversity in the backyard. (educational exercise) (includes related article)Science and technologyHenry S. Horn
Black holes and the centrifugal force paradox. (includes related article)Science and technologyMarek Artur Abramowicz
Blazing a new trail into the stars. (Samsung Group's Starquest Pavilion exhibition) (Taejon Expo '93 Report)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Booby prizes. (Second First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony)Science and technologyJ. Rennie, Shawna Vogel
Breaching the blood-brain barrier.Science and technologyElaine Tuomanen
Can scientists "make change their friend"? (science policy) (Column)Science and technologyGeorge E. Brown Jr.
Carbohydrates in cell recognition. (includes related article) (Cover Story)Science and technologyNathan Sharon, Halina Lis
Catalysis on surfaces.Science and technologyCynthia M. Friend
Cavity quantum electrodynamics. (includes bibliography)Science and technologySerge Haroche, Jean-Michel Raimond
Clal Industries, Ltd.: a universe of Israeli know-how. (Israel: the World's Technology Partner)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Clearing the air in Los Angeles. (California)Science and technologyJames M. Lents, William J. Kelly
Coral bleaching. (lethal whitening of coral reefs)Science and technologyBarbara E. Brown, John C. Ogden
CrossLinks in Linkoping. (Universitetet i Linkoping interdisciplinary research program) (Special Advertising Supplement)(Sweden: Technology for World Markets)Science and technologyThomas Johannesson
Culture and creativity in the exciting Skane. (Special Advertising Section)(Sweden: Technology for World Markets)Science and technologyAnita Brakenheim, Bertil Goransson
Diet and primate evolution. (includes bibliography)Science and technologyKatharine Milton
Edwin Hubble and the expanding universe.Science and technologyDonald E. Osterbrock, Joel A. Gwinn, Ronald S. Brashear
Electrorheological fluids.Science and technologyJames E. Martin, Thomas C. Halsey
Eliminating nuclear warheads. (U.S. and former Soviet republics)Science and technologyMarvin Miller, Frans Berkhout, Frank von Hippel, Harold Feiveson, Anatoli Diakov
Environmental change and violent conflict: growing scarcities of renewable resources can contribute to social instability and civil strife.Science and technologyThomas F. Homer-Dixon, Jeffrey H. Boutwell, George W. Rathjens
Evolutionarily mobile modules in proteins.Science and technologyPeer Bork, Russell F. Doolittle
Faster than light? (research in quantum optics)(includes related article on wave packets)Science and technologyRaymond Y. Chiao, Paul G. Kwiat, Aephraim M. Steinberg
Finding the good in the bad. (Nobel Prize laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini)Science and technologyMarguerite Holoway
Flat panel displays. (active-matrix liquid-crystal display video screen)Science and technologySteven W. Depp, Webster E. Howard
Flight-testing fruit flies. (training fruit flies to respond to odors)Science and technologyJanet M. Strong-Gunderson
Flooded forests of the Amazon. (biodiversity in Amazon rain forests)Science and technologyMichael Goulding
France: Technology a l'avant garde. (includes related articles) (Special Advertising Supplement)Science and technologyHubert Curien
Fuzzy logic. (includes related articles)Science and technologyBart Kosko, Satoru Isaka
Germany and the bomb: new evidence. (why Germany failed to develop nuclear bomb during World War II) (Column)Science and technologyDavid C. Cassidy
Global view: a map of the earth that provides the real picture. (three-dimensional model)Science and technologyRobert Service
Goteborg: the high-tech region in West Sweden. (Gothenberg) (Special Advertising Supplement)(Sweden: Technology for World Markets)Science and technologyLars-Ake Skager
Growing and diversifying through R&D. (research and development; Sunkyong Group) (Taejon Expo '93 Report)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Heavenly objects. (sky calendars and books)Science and technologyPhilip Morrison
How cells respond to stress.Science and technologyWilliam J. Welch
How parasitic wasps find their hosts. (includes related article)Science and technologyJames H. Tumlinson, W. Joe Lewis, Louise E.M. Vet
How should chemists think? (studying natural or unnatural molecules)Science and technologyRoald Hoffman
How the immune system develops. (Special Issue: Life, Death and the Immune System) (Cover Story)Science and technologyIrving Weissman, Max D. Cooper
How the immune system recognizes invaders. (Special Issue: Life, Death and the Immune System) (Cover Story)Science and technologyCharles A. Janeway Jr.
How the immune system recognizes the body. (Special Issue: Life, Death and the Immune System) (Cover Story)Science and technologyPhilippa Marrack, John W. Kappler
How the Milky Way formed.Science and technologySidney van den Bergh, James E. Hesser
Ice age lamps. (fat-burning lamps)Science and technologyRandall White, Sophie A. de Beaune
Immunology and reciprocity. (fighting disease worldwide through vaccination) (Column)Science and technologyBarry R. Bloom
Infectious diseases and the immune system. (Special Issue: Life, Death and the Immune System) (Cover Story)Science and technologyWilliam E. Paul
Inheritance of acquired characteristics.Science and technologyOtto E. Landman
Intelligent gels. (polymer gels as industrial materials)Science and technologyYoshihito Osada, Simon B. Ross-Murphy
Israel: technological and touristic by nature. (Jerusalem: the Gate to the Technology of the Future)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Jerusalem Development Authority: converting human assets into technological power. (includes related articles) (Jerusalem: the Gate to the Technology of the Future)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Keeping up with computerese. (computer terminology) (Column)Science and technologyAnne Eisenberg
Kivun: accent on global software. (Kivun Computers) (Jerusalem: the Gate to the Technology of the Future)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Korea reaches for the higher rung; development enables Korea to shine as the host of world's largest science expo ever. (Taejon Expo '93 Report)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Large igneous provinces. (underwater plateaus)Science and technologyMillard F. Coffin, Olav Eldholm
Life, death and the immune system. (Special Issue: Life, Death and the Immune System) (Cover Story)Science and technologyGustav J.V. Nossal
Lightning lure. (prevents lightning damage)Science and technologyTom Koppel
Listening with two ears. (sound perception of barn owls)(includes related article on auditory system) (Cover Story)Science and technologyMasakazu Konishi
L'Oreal: a research based company. (cosmetics company) (Special Advertising Supplement)(France: Technology a L'Avant Garde)Science and technologyJean-Francois Grollier
Madagascar's lemurs.Science and technologyIan Tattersall
Mag lift: Japan's engineers push the envelope for elevators.Science and technologyRobert Patton
Magnetic apprehensions: radiologists call for more testing of MRI's effects. (magnetic resonance imaging)Science and technologyKaren Fitzgerald
Making fluids into solids with magnets. (The Amateur Scientist) (Column)Science and technologyDaniel J. Klingenberg
Modern humans in the Levant. (paleontology)Science and technologyOfer Bar-Yosef, Bernard Vandermeersch
Monogamy and the prairie vole.Science and technologyC. Sue Carter, Lowell L. Getz
Mr. Clinton, put down that watering can. (technology policies of President Bill Clinton and the European Community)Science and technologyFred Guterl
Norrbotten County: a place of contrasts. (Special Advertising Supplement)(Sweden: Technology for World Markets)Science and technologyGunnar Brodin
NUTEK: Sweden's technology interface. (National Board for Industrial and Technical Development) (Special Advertising Section)(Sweden: Technology for World Markets)Science and technologyErngren Birgit
P.A.M. Dirac and the beauty of physics. (physicist Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac)(includes related articles on Dirac and the alpha line of hydrogen)Science and technologyR. Corby Hovis, Helge Kragh
Preparing for the future by simulating the present. (Electricite de France's R&D Division) (Special Advertising Supplement)(France: Technology a L'Avant Guard)Science and technologyPaul Caseau
Prime Minister Carl Bildt on Sweden's technology and competitiveness. (Special Advertising Section)(Sweden: Technology for World Markets) (Interview)Science and technology 
Pursuing a far-sighted business strategy. (Lucky Goldstar Group) (Taejon Expo '93 Report)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Quantum dots. (nanotechnology) (includes related article)Science and technologyMark A. Reed
Raising the 'Vasa.' (Swedish warship that sank)Science and technologyLars-Ake Kvarning
Reaching for the limits in rail transportation. (Hyundai Precision and Industry Company Ltd. Railcar Div.'s HML-03 levitation train) (Taejon Expo '93 Report)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Redeeming Charles Babbage's mechanical computer. (first designer of a mechanical calculator) (includes related articles) (Cover Story)Science and technologyDoron D. Swade
Resistance in high-temperature superconductors: researchers are beginning to see how the motion of magnetic vortices in these materials can interfere with the flow of current. (includes related articles)Science and technologyDavid J. Bishop, David A. Huse, Peter L. Gammel
Rhone-Poulenc. (Chemical company) (Special Advertising Supplement)(France: Technology a L'Avant Garde)Science and technologyJ.R. Fourtou, Philippe Desmarescaux
Risk analysis and management. (includes related article)Science and technologyM. Granger Morgan
Science: how much is enough? (Column)Science and technologyRalph Gomory, Hirsh Cohen
Scientists in the movies. (negative portrayal of scientists in motion pictures) (Column)Science and technologyAnne Eisenberg
Setting the pace: Volvo, safety, and the environment. (Special Advertising Supplement)Science and technology 
Simulating brain damage. (computer simulation)Science and technologyGeoffrey E. Hinton, David C. Plaut, Tim Shallice
SNRA: the intelligent road to the future. (Swedish National Road Administration) (Special Advertising Section)(Sweden: Technology for World Markets)Science and technologyPer Anders Ortendahl
Surgical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. (includes related article on heartbeat)Science and technologyAlden H. Harken
Tadpoles from heaven. (practicality of space research) (Column)Science and technologyRichard Wassersug
T cell anergy.Science and technologyRonald H. Schwartz
Telecommunications - a sector of excellence in French technology. (France Telecom) (Special Advertising Supplement)(France: Technology a L'Avant Garde)Science and technologyMichel Feneyrol
Tetra Laval Group: new products in an expanded market. (Special Advertising Section)(Sweden: Technology for World Markets)Science and technologyHans Rausing
Texas: developing technology for the 21st Century. (includes related articles) (Special Advertising Supplement)Science and technology 
The aging of the human species.Science and technologyS. Jay Olshansky, Bruce A. Carnes, Christine K. Cassel
The centrosome. (includes related article on pole cell development) (Cover Story)Science and technologyDavid M. Glover, Cayetano Gonzalez, Jordan W. Raff
The core-mantle boundary. (interior of the earth)(includes related article on high-pressure cell) (Cover Story)Science and technologyRaymond Jeanloz, Thorne Lay
The earliest history of the Earth. (new radioactive dating techniques provide new information) (includes related article)Science and technologyDerek York
The economics of life and death. (evaluating economic performance using mortality data)(includes bibliography)Science and technologyAmartya Sen
The European Pressurized Reactor. (nuclear reactor)(includes related article) (Special Advertising Supplement)(France: Technology a L'Avant Garde)Science and technologyJean-Claude Leny
The evolution of virulence.Science and technologyPaul W. Ewald
The future of high technology in Israel is at the Technion. (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology) (Israel: the World's Technology Partner)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
The future of the transistor. (includes related article)Science and technologyRobert W. Keyes
The great radium scandal. (use of radium in patent medicine in 1920s and 1930s)Science and technologyRoger M. Macklis
The great well of China. (Xinhai well)Science and technologyHans Ulrich Vogel
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: focus on research. (includes related article on Yissum Research Development Co.) (Jerusalem: the Gate to the Technology of the Future)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
The immune system as a therapeutic agent. (Special Issue: Life, Death and the Immune System) (Cover Story)Science and technologyHans Wigzell
The life of a black scientist. (Column)Science and technologyHoward M. Johnson
The Michelin Green Tire. (fuel saving tire) (includes related article) (Special Advertising Supplement)(France: Technology a L'Avant Garde)Science and technology 
The mind and Donald O. Hebb. (psychologist's theories foreshadowed modern neuroscience)Science and technologyPeter M. Milner
The most distant radio galaxies.Science and technologyGeorge K. Miley, Kenneth C. Chambers
The neurobiology of fear. (includes bibliography)Science and technologyNed H. Kalin
The Nobel Prizes: a network of past and future excellence. (Nobel Foundation) (Special Advertising Supplement)(Sweden: Technology for World Markets)Science and technologyMichael Sohlman
The power of maps. (maps are subjective)Science and technologyDenis Wood
The reproductive behavior of the stickleback. (fish)Science and technologyGerard J. FitzGerald
Trade & investment in high-technology. (Israel: the World's Technology Partner)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Tradition and research: the strategy of leadership. (Compagnie de Saint-Gobain) (Special Advertising Supplement)(France: Technology a L'Avant Garde)Science and technologyJean-Claude Lehmann
Tres grande alliance. (international competition in digital broadcasting)Science and technologyFred Guterl, Gary Stix, Robert Patton
Underground records of changing climate.Science and technologyHenry N. Pollack, David S. Chapman
Viral quasispecies. (includes related article on sequence space)Science and technologyManfred Eigen
Water-pollinated plants.Science and technologyPaul Alan Cox
Why America's bridges are crumbling. (includes related article on bridge failure)Science and technologyKenneth F. Dunker, Basile G. Rabbat
Why do some industries pay better? (efficiency wage theory)Science and technologyPaul Wallich, Judith Fields
Why do things become more complex?Science and technologyW. Brian Arthur
Will deregulation save the banks? (Column)Science and technologyPaul Wallich, Judith Fields
Will we survive? (Special Issue: Life, Death and the Immune System) (Cover Story)Science and technologyAvrion Mitchison
With peace initiatives underway, more investors look to Israel: an interview with the minister of industry and trade - Micha Harish. (Israel: the World's Technology Partner)(Special Advertising Section) (Interview)Science and technology 
Zinc fingers: they play a part in regulating the activity of genes in many species, from yeast to humans. Fewer than 10 years ago no one knew they existed. (includes related articles)Science and technologyAaron Klug, Daniela Rhodes
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