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DIED. MAX PERUTZ, 87, groundbreaking molecular biologist; in Cambridge, England. Perutz and colleague John Kendrew won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for uncovering the structure of the organic molecule hemoglobin, a key to transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide through the body...
...losing that okusan (housewife) support is the perception that Koizumi caved in to the very forces he was elected to oppose. Liberal Democratic Party (ldp) bosses and bureaucrats had been scheming for months to get rid of Tanaka; Koizumi's backpedaling makes him look like a wimp - and a carbon copy of all the losers who preceded him in office. Even more dispiriting is his most recent choice of confidant, none other than his hapless predecessor, the most unpopular Prime Minister Japan has ever had, Yoshiro Mori. "This is the beginning of the betrayal to the nation by Koizumi," declared...
...unwelcome" climate change. So it was a particularly good week for DaimlerChrysler to introduce a new fuel-efficient minivan called the Natrium. It runs on a common compound called sodium borohydride. A chemical reaction inside the engine produces hydrogen to power the car's fuel cell, leaving behind not carbon dioxide (the primary culprit in global warming) but borax, a standard ingredient in many household soaps...
...Bush administration? Well, it appears to be showing signs of life despite Washington pronouncing it dead on arrival. To take effect the treaty requires the endorsement of countries responsible for 55 percent of greenhouse gas outputs, which means that even without the participation of the world's largest carbon gas polluter Kyoto can still be implemented if all the other industrialized nations agree. To that end, a conference was held in Marrakech, Morocco, last month to hammer out a rulebook that would turn the treaty into law, and agree on sanctions for non-compliance. Although the agreement at Marrakech...
...closer look at what researchers had actually done makes clear that nobody is anywhere near producing tiny carbon copies of human beings. Scientists at Advanced Cell Technology, a small Massachusetts biotech firm, only managed to grow "embryos" made up of a tiny handful of cells--and all those died almost immediately. Indeed, says George Seidel, embryologist at Colorado State University, "in terms of their objectives, it was a complete failure...