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...rays and C.T. scans to signal the possible presence of explosives. If they turn up something suspicious, a human handler has to open the suitcase and poke around inside--a time-consuming effort that can delay flights. But within the next year, InVision, a Newark, Calif., manufacturer of baggage-screening devices, plans to begin selling machines that marry existing baggage scanners with devices that use "X-ray diffraction" technology. When a bag is found to contain something suspicious, the specialized scanners can zoom in on the indicated area and analyze the suspect materials to determine their chemical composition, all with...
Some companies are making progress with vaccines and treatments. Anacor Pharmaceuticals, a Palo Alto, Calif., start-up launched in 2001 with $21.6 million of Pentagon and venture-capital money, is conducting animal tests for antibiotics to treat anthrax and other bioterrorism agents. And DynPort, a company based in Frederick, Md., has developed a faster-acting anthrax vaccine that by next year is expected to complete Phase I clinical trials, in which a substance is tested on healthy volunteers to evaluate its safety in increased doses. Current anthrax vaccines require 18 injections over six months. That's too slow to defend...
Other companies are working out ways to limit the wave of terrorism that a bio-attack could set in motion. At Los Alamos and at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., scientists have developed an air-quality testing unit the size of an ATM. When installed in subway stations, airports, arenas or convention centers, these devices sample the air and submit it to tests in a self-contained laboratory. Within an hour, they can report the presence of anthrax, smallpox or other pathogens...
...should absolutely be removed from the bench. A man without respect for the law, the order of the court, or millions of Americans who have religious beliefs different than his own is not fit to serve as an arbiter of justice in our legal system. Sherrie Zhan Irvine, Calif...
...their own bigotry and intolerance, both men supported their causes in name of freedom. The rest of us understand that majority rights cannot come at the expense of minority rights. We must strive to build a society that is color-blind and religion-neutral. Noah Wittman San Francisco, Calif...