Scientific American 1996 W. Wayt Gibbs - Abstracts

Scientific American 1996 W. Wayt Gibbs
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A new way to spell relief: v-e-n-o-m. (pain-killing drug SNX-111 made from sea-snail toxin)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Artificial blood quickens: several short-term substitutes approach final clinical trials.Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Battling the enemy within. (U.S. Army's military software development plan faces schedule and budget problems)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Bugs in the data? The controversy over Martian life is just beginning. (suspected organic material retrieved from Mars questioned)(Column)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs, Corey S. Powell
Envisioning speech. (software for blind computer users)(Profile: T.V. Raman)(Interview)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Gaining on fat. (obesity research)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Mind readings: researchers can now predict what a monkey will draw - before it even moves.Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
New chip off the old block: can DNA microprobes do for genetics what microprocessors did for computing?Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Pressure to change. (innovative way to produce superhard concrete)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Programming with primordial ooze: useful software begins to crawl out of digital gene pools. (computers that write their own programs)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Snap, crunch or gigaPOP? (possible overloading of the Internet)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Star-hopping by the outhouse. (comet-watching humor)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Systematic errors.(new bill signed by President Clinton aimed at reducing software expenditures in federal agencies)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
The price of silence. (information flow on scientific discoveries)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Tough stuff: ceramic composites may get stronger - and cheaper.Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
Ultrasound's new phase: a major advance yields deeper, clear views of the body.Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
What are obstacles to ideal care?(Living with Cancer)Science and technologyW. Wayt Gibbs
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