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Carbon Nanotube Elec |
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As we all know, computer chips have been getting smaller, faster, and cheaper year-by-year for decades now. Today, some $10 pocket calculators pack more power than the most sophisticated, multi-million-dollar mainframe computer of the mid-1950s. |
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RNA Runs Interferenc |
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At the same time stem cells are promising unprecedented hope for conditions requiring replacement of tissue, another new technology called “RNA interference” may be even bigger. This technology promises to address the one-third of human maladies that are the result of genetic glitches that can’t be fixed by stem cells or by any of today’s “conventional” therapies. |
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The Name Game |
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What’s in a name? Often it’s where your enterprise finds its strength and identity. It used to be when you started a company, you put your name on the door and over the factory. |
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It"s the Values |
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In recent years, Americans have been battered by Bill Clinton’s sex scandal, the terrorist attacks of September 11, and the corporate excesses of Enron, Disney, and WorldCom. |
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The Radio Frequency |
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In the last few years, the electromagnetic spectrum has quietly become a critical part of contemporary life. It enables you to communicate with mobile phones, use remote controls, tune in TV stations, pop corn in the microwave, open your car door without a key, listen to radio stations, and surf the Internet when you’re sipping coffee at Starbucks. |
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