Hubble: les decouvertes fantastiques
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The space telescope, Hubble, has made a significant contribution to the great amount of knowledge obtained about space in the 20th Century. Hubble was completed in 1986, after years of planning and construction, and being held up by budgetary restrictions, but was not used until 1990 because of the Challenger disaster. It now appears that the Universe is only 8-12 billion years old. Article text is in French.
Publication Name: Planning Week
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 1352-8424
Year: 1995
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Light refreshment
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Bottled water is increasing popular in the United Kingdom. Health conscious British consumers drank 784 million litres of bottled water in 1997. One shot water bottle sizes, containing 50 centiliters of water, are particularly popular. The water supplier Evian dominates the marketplace with a 23.5% market share. The market will continue to grow, say analysts.
Publication Name: Leisure Management
Subject: Travel industry
ISSN: 0266-9102
Year: 1998
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Journey to the center of the egg
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Nusslein-Volhard's work is to discover the changes from a single cell to the complete organism and why mutations may occur during this development. She works with 7,000 tanks of fish having a vast array of lab-created mutations. The findings of her lab may help in the study of birth defects.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1997
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