Scientific American 1996 - Abstracts

Scientific American 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
A cricket robot. (robot mimics the behavior of a female cricket)Science and technologyBarbara Webb
Advances in cancer detection. (includes related articles on genetic testing and testing of 27-year-old medical sample of Hubert H. Humphrey)(Toward Earlier Detection)Science and technologyGary Stix, David Sidransky
Advances in tumor imaging.(Toward Earlier Detection)Science and technologyCharles A. Pelizzari, Maryellen L. Giger
Advancing current treatments for cancer. (includes related information on radiation treatments and chemotherapeutic drugs)(Improving Conventional Therapy)Science and technologyEverett E. Vokes, Samuel Hellman
Agricultural biotechnology.(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technology 
A harebrained scheme: experimental rabbit-killing virus runs amok in Australia.Science and technologyCharles Seife
Alcohol in American history. (includes related articles)Science and technologyDavid F. Musto
Alternative cancer treatments. (includes related information on alternative treatments and evaluation of alternatives)(Living with Cancer)Science and technologyJean-Jacques Aulas
Among the papers in Kaczynski's cabin. (suspected Unabomber Theodore J. Kaczynski)Science and technologyAnne Eisenberg
An anthropologist's attic. (Pitt Rivers museum, University of Oxford, England)Science and technologyMeridith F. Small
Arithmetic and old lace. (shoelace problem)Science and technology 
Artful dating: researchers refine techniques to gauge the age of ancient sites. (advances in radio-carbon dating techniques)Science and technologyKen Howard
Atmospheric dust and acid rain.Science and technologyGene E. Likens, Lars O. Hedin
Bad timing: a loophole is found in a popular encryption scheme.Science and technologyCharles Seife
Blue-laser CD technology. (The Future of CD Technology, part 2)Science and technologyRobert L. Gunshor, Arto V. Nurmikko
Budding vesicles in living cells. (research on the formation of vesicles)Science and technologyJames E. Rothman, Lelio Orci
Caloric restriction and aging. (longevity; includes related articles on benefits, theory on aging and making of energy)Science and technologyRichard Weindruch
Cancer's psychological challenges. (includes related articles on coping techniques and anxiety in healthy people with risk of cancer)(Living with Cancer)Science and technologyJimmie C. Holland
Can China feed itself?Science and technologyRoy L. Prosterman, Tim Hanstad, Li Ping
Can nuclear waste be stored safely at Yucca Mountain; studies of the mountain's history and geology can contribute useful insights but not unequivocal conclusions. (Nevada; includes related article on high-level radioactive waste)(Confronting the Nuclear Legacy, part 3)Science and technologyChris G. Whipple
Captured in amber. (evolution of insects)Science and technologyDavid A. Grimaldi
Carbon dioxide emissions. (in the 1980s and 1990s levels have tapered off)Science and technologyRodger Doyle
Caribbean mangrove swamps.Science and technologyKlaus Rutzler, Ilka C. Feller
Cell suicide in health and disease. (apoptosis)Science and technologyDavid M. Ojcius, Richard C. Duke, John Ding-E. Young
Central Bank of the Philippines: economic stability for global competitiveness. (economic policy)(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Charles Darwin and associates, ghostbusters. (includes related article about Thomas Huxley's skepticism of spiritualism)Science and technologyRichard Milner
Chemoprevention of cancer: someday people should be able to avoid cancer or delay its onset by taking specially formulated pills or foods. (includes related article on cancer prevention)(Causes and Prevention)Science and technologyPeter Greenwald, Karen Wright
Cleaning up the River Rhine: intensive international efforts are reclaiming the most important river in Europe.Science and technologyKarl-Geert Malle
Coconut Industry Investment Fund. (CIIF Group)(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Collisions with comets and asteroids.Science and technologyTom Gehrels
Colossal galactic explosions. (includes bibliography)Science and technologySylvain Veilleux, Gerald Cecil, Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn
Confronting science's logical limits. (as sure as there are limits on the mathematical models underlying science, so too are there alternative theories from which to work)Science and technologyJohn L. Casti
Controlling computers with neural signals. (muscle and nerve electrical impulses can operate computers, greatly assisting those with physical handicaps) (includes related description on biomuse system components)Science and technologyHugh S. Lusted, R. Benjamin Knapp
Controlling the pain of cancer. (includes related information on painkillers and patient-physician relationships)(Living with Cancer)Science and technologyKathleen M. Foley
Creating nanophase materials.Science and technologyRichard W. Siegel
Daily life in ancient Egypt. (findings from the Deir El-Medina ruins)Science and technologyAndrea G. McDowell
Development Bank of the Philippines: "country above self."(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)(Company Profile)Science and technologyAlfredo C. Antonio
Does screening for prostate cancer make sense?(Toward Earlier Detection)Science and technologyGerald E. Hanks, Peter T. Scardino
Dyslexia. (includes related article on a particular treatment method)Science and technologySally E. Shaywitz
Electrons in flatland. (quantum Hall effect)Science and technologyShou-Cheng Zhang, Steven Kivelson, Dung-Hai Lee
Embryo overpopulation. (frozen embryos)Science and technologyGina Maranto
Exoskeletal sensors for walking. (arthropod locomotion)Science and technologySasha N. Zill, Ernst-August Seyfarth
Fighting cancer by attacking its blood supply.(Therapies of the Future)Science and technologyJudah Folkman
Finding more information. (cancer treatments)(Living with Cancer)(Directory)(Bibliography)Science and technology 
Friction at the atomic scale. (friction's origins surprising and include sound)(Cover Story)Science and technologyJacqueline Krim
From fission research to a prize for peace. (Joseph Rotblat)(Interview)Science and technologySusan Landau
Gearing for global competitiveness: a message from the secretary of science and technology. (Science and Technology Agenda for National Development)(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technologyWilliam G. Padolina
Getting the goats. (plans to eliminate mountain goats in Olympic Peninsula, Washington State)Science and technologyKaren Wright
Global climatic change on Mars. (includes related articles on missions to Mars and exploration programs)Science and technologyJeffrey S. Kargel, Robert G. Strom
Globally competitive Philippines: a message from the President.(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technologyFidel Valdez Ramos
Gradients that organize embryo development.Science and technologyChristiane Nusslein-Volhard
Hands-on astronomy. (CD-ROMs) (Software Review)(Evaluation)Science and technologyTimothy Ferris
How cancer arises. (includes bibliography and related information on stages of tumor development, genetic aspects of cancer and cell cycles)(Fundamental Understandings)Science and technologyRobert A. Weinberg
How cancer spreads.(Fundamental Understandings)Science and technologyErkki Ruoslahti
How much bang for the buck? (analysis of the return-on-investment for the semiconductor industry)Science and technologyG. Dan Hutcheson, Jerry D. Hutcheson
Immunity and the invertebrates.Science and technologyGregory Beck, Gail S. Habicht
Immunotherapy for cancer. (includes bibliography and related information on tumor-killing agents in antibodies, cancer vaccines and reaction of tumors to immune response)(Therapies of the Future)Science and technologyLloyd J. Old
Information technology in the Philippines: a tradition of excellence.(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technology 
International Container Terminal Services: perspective of the executive vice-president. (International Container Terminal Services Inc.)(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)(Company Profile)Science and technologyEdgardo Abesamis
Investigating miracles, Italian-style. (investigation of emission of tears or blood from statues and other so-called sanguinary miracles)(Essay)(Column)Science and technologyJames Randi
Is hormone replacement therapy a risk? (cancer risk)(Causes and Prevention)Science and technologyNancy E. Davidson
Land Bank of the Philippines: assuring balanced development.(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)(Company Profile)Science and technologyJesli A. Lapus
Making headway against cancer.Science and technologyJohn Rennie, Ricki Rusting
Malnutrition, poverty and intellectual development. (includes list of information sources and related articles on research in Guatemala and the prevention of malnutrition)Science and technologyErnesto Pollitt, J. Larry Brown
Materials science and technology: a Philippine R&D focus. (research and development)(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Microbes deep inside the earth. (microbes in the earth's crust hint at the origin of life)(includes related article on biodiversity in the subsurface)Science and technologyTullis C. Onstott, James K. Fredrickson
Needles in a cold war haystack. (classified documents on secret weapons)Science and technologyDaniel G. Dupont, Richard Lardner
Neptune, Velikovsky and the name of the game. (discovery of Neptune, theories of Immanuel Velikovsky)(Column)Science and technologyOwen Gingerich
Neural networks for vertebrate locomotion. (includes related article on parallel processing)Science and technologySten Grillner
New molecular targets for cancer therapy. (includes bibliography and related article on viruses that kill tumor cells)(Therapies of the Future)Science and technologyFrank McCormick, Allen Oliff, Jackson B. Gibbs
Next-generation compact discs. (includes related article on the development of a single format for second-generation compact discs)(The Future of CD Technology, part 1)Science and technologyAlan E. Bell
On permanent displays.(new liquid-crystal displays reflect light, thus enhancing resolution)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbss
On the tail of the tiger: is a Tasmanian legend still wandering the bush? (Tasmanian tiger)Science and technologyDaniel Drollette
Primordial deuterium and the Big Bang.Science and technologyCraig J. Hogan
Privacy and data collection on the Net. (Internet)(Column)Science and technologyAnne Eisenberg
Probing high-temperature superconductivity.Science and technologyJohn R. Kirtley, Chang C. Tsuei
Pump it up. (heart transplant device)Science and technologyGunjan Sinha
Quantum seeing in the dark.Science and technologyAnton Zeilinger, Paul Kwiat, Harald Weinfurter
Quarks by computer. (use of computer to study quarks)(includes bibliography and related article on Monte Carlo method)Science and technologyDonald H. Weingarten
Ring bubbles of dolphins. (dolphins at play)Science and technologyKen Marten, Karim Shariff, Suchi Psarakos, Don J. White
Rock art in Southern Africa.Science and technologyAnne Solomon
Sands of the world.(Cover Story)Science and technologyElizabeth A. Leistikow, Walter N. Mack
San Miguel Corporation: a tradition of leadership.(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)(Company Profile)Science and technology 
Science and technology in health: an emphasis on biotechnology.(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Science and technology services.(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Searching for life on other planets. (space-based telescope system)(includes related article)Science and technologyJ. Roger P. Angel, Neville J. Woolf
Security Bank: meeting the challenges of a globally competitive Philippines. (Security Bank Corp.)(includes information about contact sources)(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)(Company Profile)Science and technology 
Seeing underwater with background noise. (acoustic-daylight imaging)(includes list of information sources and related article on remote-sensing technology)Science and technologyMichael J. Buckingham, John R. Potter, Chad L. Epifanio
Semiconductor subsidies: did the U.S. government spend more than $700 million to achieve a goal that might have been attained for much less? (Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology consortium; includes information about step-and-repeat lithography)Science and technologyLucien P. Randazzese
Sharks and the origins of vertebrate immunity.Science and technologyGary W. Litman
Should women in their 40s have mammograms?(Toward Earlier Detection)Science and technologyGina Maranto
Single mothers and welfare.Science and technologyEllen L. Bassuk, John C. Buckner, Angela Browne
Smart cards. (computerized money)Science and technologyCarol H. Fancher
Smart rooms. (computer systems for recognizing faces, expressions and gestures)(includes related article)Science and technologyAlex P. Pentland
Smog from space: pollution photographed from the space shuttle helps to quantify global cooling.Science and technologyGunjan Sinha
Software for reliable networks.(designing software to reduce chances of a network crash; includes related article on a World Wide Web brownout)Science and technologyKenneth P. Birman, Robbert Van Renesse
Strategies for minimizing cancer risk. (includes bibliography)(Causes and Prevention)Science and technologyWalter C. Willett, Graham A. Colditz, Nancy E. Mueller
Sunlight and skin cancer.Science and technologyDouglas E. Brash, David J. Leffell
Symmetries and civilizations. (part 2)(South Africa)(Column)Science and technologyPhylis Morrison, Philip Morrison
Taxoids: new weapons against cancer. (taxol-like compounds)Science and technologyK.C. Nicolaou, Rodney K. Guy, Pierre Potier
Technology and economics in the semiconductor industry.Science and technologyG. Dan Hutcheson, Jerry D. Hutcheson
Telomeres, telomerase and cancer. (use of enzyme in cancer therapy)(includes list of information sources and related article on end replication)Science and technologyCarol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Ten days under the sea. (marine biologists narrative of ten days in an underwater lab) (includes related article about advances in marine science possible through underwater habitat research)Science and technologySteven Miller, Peter J. Edmunds
Ten years of the Chornobyl era.(Confronting the Nuclear Legacy, part 1)Science and technologyYuri M. Shcherbak
The African AIDS epidemic.(includes related information)Science and technologyJohn C. Caldwell, Pat Caldwell
The art and science of photoreconnaissance.Science and technologyDino A. Brugioni
The art of Charles R. Knight. (American paleoartist)Science and technologyGregory S. Paul
The bacteria behind ulcers. (Helicobacter pylori)(includes bibliography and related article on ingestion of the bacteria for research)Science and technologyMartin J. Blaser
The Beluga whales of the St. Lawrence River.Science and technologyPierre Beland
The berry and the parasite. (schistosomiasis)(includes related article)Science and technologyMadhusree Mukherjee
The birth of complex cells. (eukaryotic cells)Science and technologyChristian de Duve
The case for electric vehicles.Science and technologyDaniel Sperling
The constraints of chance. (origins of life)(Column)Science and technologyChristian De Duve
The culture machine: science and art on the Web. (World Wide Web)Science and technologyBen Davis
The evolution of continental crust: the high-standing continents owe their existence to the earth's long history of plate-tectonic activity.Science and technologyScott M. McLennan, S. Ross Taylor
The Global Positioning System. (includes list of information sources and related article on carrier tracking)(Cover Story)Science and technologyThomas A. Herring
The hidden world of surgery. (photographs)(Illustration)Science and technologyMax Aguilera-Hellweg
The horror of land mines.(injury and death inflicted upon civilians is on the rise due to land mines)Science and technologyGino Strada
The Kuiper belt.(group of small celestial objects in the outer solar system)Science and technologyDavid C. Jewitt, Jane X. Luu
The lost technology of ancient Greek rowing.(Ancient Greeks navies and their use of cushions in the galleys)Science and technologyJohn R. Hale
The loves of the plants. (sexual reproduction of plants)(includes bibliography)Science and technologyLonda Schiebinger
The midnight hour: Japan ventures onto the Net in the dark of night. (use of the Internet increases)Science and technologyTom Abate
The mother of mass extinction. (end-Permian mass extinction)Science and technologyDouglas H. Erwin
The mystery of lambic beer. (brewing)Science and technologyJacques De Keersmaecker
The nature of space and time.(Cover Story)Science and technologySteven W. Hawking, Roger Penrose
The Pacific hub for marine science and technology. (Marine Science Institute)(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technology 
The Philippines bestseller. (Cebu, Philippines)(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technology 
The pursuit of happiness.(people on the average are happy and satisfied with their lives)Science and technologyEd Diener, David G. Myers
The real threat of nuclear smuggling. (includes related article on terrorist use of nuclear waste)(Cover Story)Science and technologyPhil Williams, Paul N. Woessner
The reluctant father of black holes. (Albert Einstein)Science and technologyJeremy Bernstein
The specter of biological weapons. (includes related articles on potential biological agents and defenses against biological weapons)Science and technologyLeonard Cole
The stellar dynamo. (sunspot cycles)Science and technologySallie L. Baliunas, Elizabeth Nesme-Ribes, Dmitry Sokoloff
The world on a platter. (encyclopedias on CD-ROMS) (Software Review)(Evaluation)Science and technologyTimothy Ferris
Training the Olympic athlete: sports science and technology are today providing elite competitors with the tiny margins needed to win in world-class competition.(Cover Story)Science and technologyJat T. Kearney
Twelve major cancers.(Improving Conventional Therapy)Science and technology 
Uncovering new clues to cancer risk.(molecular epidemiology hopes to identify biological markers associated with cancer development; includes related article of a cancer study in Poland)Science and technologyFrederica P. Perera
University of the Philippines: propelling the nation towards globalization. (includes statistics about the university)(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Urban planning in Curitiba. (capital of the Brazilian state of Parana)(includes a related article on the city's bus system)Science and technologyJonas Rabinovitch, Josef Leitman
What causes cancer? (includes related articles on cancer-causing microbes and community cancer clusters)(Causes and Prevention)Science and technologyDimitrios Trichopoulos, David J. Hunter, Frederick P. Li, Lori Miller Kase
When are bone marrow transplants considered?(Improving Conventional Therapy)Science and technologyKaren Antman
Who owns digital works: computer networks challenge copyright law, but some proposed cures may be as bad as the disease.Science and technologyAnn Okerson
Working elephants: they earn their keep in Asia by providing an ecologically benign way to harvest forests.Science and technologyMichael J. Schmidt
Working knowledge.(Halogen Lights)Science and technologyTerry McGowen
World birth-control use.Science and technologyRodger Doyle
Your direct access to Philippine business: Philippine diplomatic posts.(Globally Competitive Philippines)(Philippines Advertising Section)(Directory)Science and technology 
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