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STANFORD, Calif.—Big men created a very big problem for the Harvard men's basketball team Sunday as it fell 100-59 to No. 6 Stanford in front of almost 5,000 at Maples Pavilion...
Sometimes the biggest health advances can come in the form of tiny innovations. In Foster City, Calif., drug company Gilead has a very simple plan to tackle HIV: make the drugs easier to take. The firm gained headway two years ago when it introduced its Viread antiretroviral (HIV is a type of virus known as a retrovirus), which lasts longer than other similar medications and is more convenient for the user. In 2002 Gilead took in an incredible $226 million, almost half its annual revenue, from Viread...
...computer chip that allows a product to be tracked on its journey from manufacturer to consumer--on every pack of Gillette blades, and you will get your answer in a hurry. That's the specialty of Alien Technology, an eight-year-old company based in Morgan Hill, Calif. The same tags can help track weapons too, and the U.S. Department of Defense just commanded its 43,000 sup-pliers to start using tags like those made by Alien. Worried about gas leaks from the furnace? Give Nanomix a call. The firm, based in Emeryville, Calif., is working on a miniature...
What about that other long-promised alternative-energy source, solar power? Technology Pioneer Nanosys of Palo Alto, Calif., thinks solar's day in the sun has finally arrived. The firm is developing tiny photovoltaic cells that can be incorporated into the fabric of roofing materials to provide power to homes and other types of buildings. Nanosys is combining the science of solar cells with the science of nanotechnology, which manipulates items as small as an atom to do everything from switching electricity to storing data to sensing the movement of a bridge that is beginning to weaken. Thanks to this...
Meanwhile, in Los Alamos, Calif., Sunita Williams, 8, and her sister Anita, 7, will be kneading the dough for vasilopita, a sweet yeast bread that belongs to their mom's Greek holiday tradition. Cooking and baking with their parents are part of the sisters' daily routine. "We chop up dates and strawberries and fruits from the garden," explains their mother Theo. "It's like they're the artists. We make a game...