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Learning About the Past

Learning About the Past

01.01.1999

The use of fire by early human beings was an important milestone in our evolution but it is difficult to identify evidence of fire because original ashes are not often preserved

New 'Bacteria Bashers' Wipe Out Infection

New 'Bacteria Bashers' Wipe Out Infection

01.12.1998

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

It used to be that antibiotics could be trusted to rid the body of a host of bacterial diseases. Today, however, emerging strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are speeding ahead, threatening...

How 'Micro' Can We Go?

How 'Micro' Can We Go?

01.12.1998

Materials Science

Microelectronics may be a growth industry, but the devices it produces are getting smaller every year. Just how "micro" can electronic devices go?

Immunity's Nervous Supervisor

Immunity's Nervous Supervisor

01.12.1998

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Our body systems are like sections in an orchestra, "conducted" by the brain. But how exactly does the brain, which is part of the central nervous system, send its messages directly to...

Life-Saving Discrepancy: Study Shows Effectiveness of Mismatched Bone Marrow Transplants

Life-Saving Discrepancy: Study Shows Effectiveness of Mismatched Bone Marrow Transplants

22.10.1998

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel October 22, 1998 For many leukemia sufferers, bone marrow transplantation is their only hope. Unfortunately, in about 40 percent of terminal cases, patients fail to find...

Memories from Africa

Memories from Africa

01.10.1998

Oxygen levels in 2000-year-old lake sediments from Mt. Kenya hint at previous episodes of climate change

Absolute Zero

Absolute Zero

01.10.1998

Space & Physics

High-tech "traps" for atoms keep them cool and in the dark

A Modern-Day Geppetto

A Modern-Day Geppetto

01.10.1998

Mechanical designer Reuven Anati is the chief exhibit developer for the Clore Garden of Science

In-Between

In-Between

01.10.1998

Materials Science

Why a crystal is more than the sum of its atoms

Lost in Cyberspace? Take GeneCards

Lost in Cyberspace? Take GeneCards

01.10.1998

The GeneCards website makes order in the labyrinth of data on human genes

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