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Sunday, April 20, 2003
JOHN GEARSON Reading is the basics for all learning. G.W. BUSH Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? I would like to have a word with him. CHUANG-TZU As technology improves and expands, literacy declines. LYNN AGRESS America's immersion in television is not to be taken as an attempt by a malevolent government or an avaricious corporate state to employ the age-old trick of distracting the masses with circuses. The problem is not that TV presents the masses with entertaining subject matter, but that television presents all subject matter as entertaining. NEIL POSTMAN When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat? CHUCK PALAHNIUK As for "Individualism" and "Non-conformity," one has only to compare the writings of such men as Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, Ethan Allen, and Tom Paine with the almost daily propaganda of the new Conservatives to realize how far backwards from the time of the founders of the nation and its first thinkers we have gone in recent times. GEORGE SELDES Now that ceaseless exposure has calloused us to the lewd and the vulgar, it is instructive to see what still seems wicked to us. What still slaps the clammy flab of our submissive consciousness hard enough to get our attention? THOMAS HARRIS The most beautiful order of the world is still a random gathering of things insignificant in themselves. HERAKLEITOS • • • • • Saturday, April 12, 2003
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Dyax agrees antibody library license deal with ImClone AstraZeneca to buy DeCODE genetics' RoboHTC platform Vivascience AG Extends Its Product Line for Protein Purification Serologicals completes acquisition of Chemicon Do Pharma-Biotech Alliances Measure Up? Bio-based economy, the future? Glowing beads make tiny bar codes Biochip moves liquids with heat Plastic coating makes chips biofriendly Sequenom and Isis Pharmaceuticals Collaborate to Discover Genetic Variation in Antisense Drug Target Regions CompleGen and Berlex enter into drug discovery agreement VistaGen and Sanwa announce stem cell partnership Drugs Strain to Resist Resistance MIT's Media Arts and Sciences program leader works to reinvent laboratory Ag Researcher: Give Us a Break Global analyses of cellular lipidomes directly from crude extracts of biological samples by ESI/MS: a bridge to lipidomics Leptin's Legacy bio/nano The Future of Nanotechnology: Molecular Manufacturing Nanotech may spark fierce ethical row Making bio-sensors fast, accurate and cheap a priority - but no easy task Biomedical nanotechnology gains pace Nanotech improves disease detection DuPont, MIT Look to Equip the Future Soldier Lightweight Suit for Heavy Fight Bush administration proposes three possible textile tracer systems First Field-Portable Sensor for Detection of Biological Agents in Final Stage of Development Bio-Defense Research Group Introduces Bio-Terror Technology That Neutralizes Viruses, Bacteria, Spores Promiscuous Enzyme Could Offer Treatment for Cocaine and Heroin Overdose and Exposure to Chemical Warfare Agents, St. Jude Researchers Say Biodefense innovations are on the way Carbon nanopipettes point the way Random nanotubes team up for transistors Tips for making nanodots Yeast proteins build up nanowires Plants: New Anti-Terror Weapon? Lab-on-a-chip can warn of toxic chemicals in water Belfast-based camera specialist eyes nanotech market Veeco Develops Environmental-Control AFM System for Imaging in Liquid, Inert Gas and in Vacuum up to 300 C Digital piezo nanoscanning controllers by PI Fiber loop makes quantum memory Sandwich promises cheap storage Microchips, nerve work lead way STMicroelectronics puts some marketing muscle into BioMEMS SIRS-Lab expands product portfolio Pierce and Agilent Technologies to co-market select life science products Hitachi says it can fly fast and cheap in the DNA chip market Akceli announces first patent covering cell microarray technology Researchers aim to create quantum dot to block virus German company adds a germ killer to its nonstick nanocoating Nano-scientists win research grants Japan: A Tiny Leap Forward Nanotechnology: Creating a New Pillar of the Alberta Economy Nano 'SWAT team' on mission to warm Canada's cold shoulder new website: www.MichiganSmallTech.com For Oregon, small could be the next Big Thing Northwestern University Melding Nanotech With Transportation Nanotech and the High Life Air Force identifies science, technology priorities Richard Smalley lectures at Trinity University Engineering Conference Explores Nanoscience Educators worried about nanotech curriculum Measuring the Risks of Nanotechnology GIS, Information Technology, and BioTech Take Center Stage in Supporting Homeland Security bio/IT Spotfire first to market chemogenomics analysis solution Making Wines Finer With Wireless DNA Computing Solutions Launches the EAGLE Series of High Density Computing Products ProModel Solutions signs strategic agreement with Pfizer Fifty Percent of Internet Pharmacies Not Licensed According to PharmacyChecker.com; Canadian Prices Half That of U.S. New AnxietyIndex Research from JWT Identifies Healthcare - Not War - As Number One Source of American Anxiety IT Painted LEDs make screen Infrared headset nixes radiation Algorithms Key to Cheap Airfare An IT Spending Forecast For 2003 Dell and Oracle Expand Partnership Companies Face Possible Lawsuits With Arrival of Stringent New Federal Regulations on Employee Privacy Focus on Software Piracy Problem Al Qaeda Website Refuses to Die Urban Combat Takes Street Smarts etc An open world is a safe world Technical and Policy Issues of Counterterrorism - A Primer for Physicists Aerias: Proactive Planning, Preparing - Strong Defense Against Terrorism Threats Security Product Recommendation Presented in First DMIA (Data Management Improvement Act) Report to the US Congress on Border Access Security events 5th Annual C21 Ventures Conference on BioVenture Investing Presented by Technology Vision Group LLC • • • • •
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