Word: buttons
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...play approach borrows from gene therapy, in which tiny pieces of DNA are delivered directly to circulating immune cells in the bloodstream. The DNA packets are painted onto tiny gold pellets (an ideal delivery medium) and shot into the body at supersonic speeds with the press of a button on a gene gun. "In the event of a pandemic, you don't need health-care workers to deliver this vaccine," says Clive Dix, PowderMed CEO. "You could train people in 10 minutes." Early safety studies showed promising results, and PowderMed hopes to continue testing its vaccine against avian- and seasonal...
...black "cans" to cover your ears, and a detachable wire to connect to your source. You only need a single AAA battery to power it up, and it will last up to 30 hours. Since noise-cancellation uses microphones to listen to the environment, there's also a "Monitor" button that sends through everything outside, so you don't have to take off your headphones to tell the flight attendant what kind of beverage you want...
...speeches, the candidates discussed a narrow range of issues that generally focused on organizational unity and community strength. The election, which was originally slated to be in a classroom in Emerson Hall, was moved to the Science Center because of the large voter turnout. According to Paiji, the hot-button issues that candidates discussed were rooted in geographical and age differences between members. “The themes [of the election speeches] involved creating a greater sense of community within membership—particularly in getting upperclassmen involved with underclassmen, and getting the South and East Asians working together...
Equipment failure is one such problem. Two weeks ago, two dispatchers were talking to two separate callers, and one of them tried to hang up by pressing the release button. But the button stuck, the two calls crossed, and the 911 caller was couldn’t communicate clearly with the dispatcher, L.J. Silva...
...contact information for the 911 caller so they could talk without interception. In addition to his duties as a dispatcher, Wornum must handle whatever complications arise on the spot. He dropped his relaxed demeanor and acquired a sense of immediate purpose, placing a quick phone call to get the button repaired as quickly as possible. He says it is sometimes necessary to be brusque in order to convey the urgency of the situation to the repair company...