Word: attachement
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...millions,” said Agarwal. Another recent advance from Harvard nanoengineers may have more immediate applications. In an article in the October issue of Nature: Biotechnology, Lieber published a paper explaining how nanowires can be used to help diagnose cancer. Lieber’s idea was to attach each of the wires to numerous antibodies. When the antibodies bind to enzymes known to be associated with cancer, their conductivity changes. A patient’s diagnosis is obtained by measuring the electric current across the grid. According to Lieber, these nanowire devices have numerous advantages over current techniques...
Sega Night Trap Thugs enter a bathroom, grab a young woman wearing a flimsy nightgown, then attach a hook to her neck to suck out the blood. This is a video game? Retailer Toys ''R'' Us decided it was not and withdrew the product from its 581 stores...
...Spell” (1999), in which (according to Hollinghurst) Updike implied “some nonsense” linking the book’s creative failure to gay men’s procreative failure.Hollinghurst, however, seems refreshingly unconcerned about success or failure. “People attach far too much importance to prizes,” he shrugged when asked about winning the Booker for “The Line of Beauty.” “I’m still amazed at the effect…Suddenly you become noticed all over the world...
...country to monitor aid projects and meet local officials, international aid workers bring new ideas about the outside world as well as an irksome reminder of North Korea's dependence. Pyongyang seems to be gambling that better harvests and continued food aid from South Korea and China?which attach few strings to their assistance and do not monitor the deliveries to ensure they are not diverted to the army?will be enough...
...public intellectual, Chomsky replied in an e-mail that he was “underwhelmed.” “I don’t think it means much,” he wrote.Sen said that he was astonished but did not know what importance to attach to the results. He said was surprised, however, to see so few Harvard names high up on the list.“Oh my god, I’m humbled,” Sen said, upon learning that he was the only affiliate in the top 10. “I feel...