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...only so far. To cure paralysis, they will have to find a way to repair or replace damaged spinal-cord nerves. Most of the research to date has been conducted on laboratory animals, but those experiments have set the stage for what scientists believe could be a burst of advances in human patients. "This is an exciting time in spinal-cord-injury research," says Dr. Wise Young, director of the Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University. "The progress in getting experimental therapies into clinical trials is astounding...
...That's where all the newfangled gadgetry comes in. A burst of buying in the past three years has given China a high-tech capability it never had before. China has added quiet-running submarines to its already extensive underwater fleet, as well as powerful anti-ship missiles and top-gun fighter jets, mostly supplied by Russia. In so doing, China is creating pockets of military excellence to address "real-world scenarios like coercing Taiwan back to negotiations or deterring U.S. action," says Thomas Christensen, a military expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Taiwan has nervously taken notice...
...York Times, another to wake up every morning knowing there's a pair of ski boots in your hall closet that will never be used again and decide whether this is the day you'll finally take off your wedding ring. Many may have had a burst of spiritual fuel, but that's not the same as having your minister suggest that God must have quite a plan for your life or he wouldn't have saved it, as a pastor told Genelle Guzman-McMillan, the last survivor pulled from the hellfire. We all may want to be closer...
...automaker in the world, planned to celebrate in style: a signing ceremony with 150 guests, a screening of a specially made video called Infinite Possibilities, and a champagne reception for such dignitaries as the U.S. ambassador to Korea. But before the festivities could begin, the doors to the ballroom burst open and in rushed 70 angry members of the Daewoo salesmen's union. The militants, wearing red bandannas around their heads, overpowered security guards and began singing protest songs. Smith, guards by his side, was forced to beat an inglorious retreat through a trap door hidden in the ballroom floor...
Make that eight. Heise and two partners, all veterans of the tech industry, see a new opportunity in bailing out the European venture capital firms that found their investment portfolios floundering when the Internet bubble burst. Venture capitalism needs their help. As dotcom companies wrote down their assets, went bankrupt or held fire sales, their VC backers found themselves with little to return to their own investors. As many as 80% of Europe's incubators and independent early-stage venture firms are expected to disappear by next year. Jean-Bernard Schmidt, founder of Paris' Sofinnova venture capital firm and chairman...