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...that had appeared in a cloud of rubidium atoms. Finally, Cornell had to acknowledge that it could mean only one thing: he and his colleagues had created a new form of matter, predicted by Albert Einstein more than 70 years ago but never before seen on earth. Called a Bose-Einstein condensate, it is a kind of "superatom," in which individual atoms lose their separate identities and merge into a single entity...
...Check out a computer carefully before you buy it, unless you are confident enough and want to save a few dollars buying mail-order. A computer still costs more than a bicycle or a pair of Bose speakers. So make sure it works the way you expect and you like it before writing the check or charging it on your just-acquired GM card...
...aviation headset, made by Bose, a Framingham, Mass., manufacturer of hi-fi speakers, is one of the latest applications of antinoise, a surprising new technology that is changing the way people block unwanted sounds -- from the whine of electrical transformers to the rumble of internal- combustion engines -- while leaving human voices, alarm bells and other useful sounds untouched. The technology should have many uses: the American Medical Association estimates that more than 9 million U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous noise levels on the job. In some professions -- notably mining, shipbuilding, food processing and printing -- it is not unusual...
...authenticity of God's revealed word. But the real-life author will be lucky if he enjoys the same clemency as his fictional counterpart. His literary twisting of the Koran is the central transgression for which the Ayatullah Khomeini has condemned him to death. Explains Indian- born writer Mihir Bose: "Every Muslim, whether fundamentalist or liberal, believes the Koran is literally the very word of God, preserved in heaven and transmitted by the angel Gabriel through Muhammad." The Prophet himself, although not considered divine, is revered by Muslims as the model of sinless human perfection...
Paradoxically enough, the price of the personal writers is still too high to attract the occasional wordsmith. Predicts Andy Bose, an analyst at the Manhattan-based Link Resources market-research firm: "Personal writers are not going to become mass-market items until prices drop to around $400." But that may not take long. Amstrad recently reduced the price of its model from $799 to $499, and Magnavox is currently offering a $200 rebate on purchases of its $700 Videowriter. If personal writers prove to be like other new products in the fast-paced consumer electronics industry, prices will continue...