Word: labs
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After anthrax-tainted letters Began showing up in the wake of 9/11, authorities quickly suggested that this was probably a case of homegrown terrorism rather than Round 2 of al-Qaeda's assault on the U.S. The likely perpetrator, many still believe, was a malevolent nerd with chemistry-lab expertise and a grudge against the government. But when traces of the biological toxin ricin showed up in Senator Bill Frist's mail room last week, the FBI and other agencies declared there was no evidence pointing to either a foreign culprit or a mad scientist. One possibility under examination...
...about incontinence. That's not a typical concern around Intel's Portland, Ore., campus, where most of the 14,500 employees are preoccupied with building smaller and faster computer chips. But Dishman, 35, a vibrant sociologist with tight tufts of light brown hair, heads Intel's Proactive Health Lab. His mission is to use technology to assist people with the "activities of daily living"--getting dressed, making meals and so forth--so that we can all age with dignity and stay home with loved ones as long as possible...
...It’s] a question of ego and self-worth when you can no longer continue with the kind of daily activities the lab experience demands,” he says...
Huth, too, points to the sense of “abdication” felt by professors who surrender lab space...
...Lab space is definitely an issue,” Huth says. “I wouldn’t say the sole cause is retirement, though. The priority of expanding the faculty is a bigger factor—retirement is a small component...