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Economic growth factors

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Economists are increasingly recognizing that growth is not enough to improve the quality of life for everyone. For example, growth in the 1980s widened the disparity in wealth between social classes, which exacerbated social problems.

Author: Corcoran, Elizabeth
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
Evaluation, Economic aspects, Economics, Economic policy, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Quality of life

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Charlotte's patent: spider webs and other proteins inspire engineers

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Research is continuing on new polymers based on protein structures, such as spider webs. Scientists are looking for ways to manufacture synthetic materials and polymers. Actual products are still a long way off.

Author: Corcoran, Elizabeth
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1992
Research, Proteins, Protein structure, Spider webs, Biomimetics

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Soft lego

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Software manufacturers are increasingly using object-oriented programming to develop reusable software, which would allow software users to construct their own programs for highly specific tasks.

Author: Corcoran, Elizabeth
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1993
Usage, Software, Object-oriented programming, Object oriented programming

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