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...high school student who avidly supports stem-cell research. I like that Kinsley brought to light the fact that the embryonic stem cells used in research come from fertility clinics, which otherwise would discard them. The advances scientists have made without government funding prove that with the necessary backing, we could be well on the way to curing Parkinson's and myriad other illnesses. Jessica McLellan, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...absolutely binding, yet appeals courts have a tendency to overturn lower judges’ sentences when they diverge substantially from the guidelines’ suggestions. Although these regulations are useful tools that improve consistency in sentencing, they can constrain judges by preventing them from considering cases in light of mitigating circumstances. Empowering judges to evaluate cases more thoroughly, without fear of being overruled by an appeals court, will free judges to assign the most appropriate punishments. The case of crack cocaine illustrates just how important this judicial freedom is. Though derivatives of the same chemical substance, crack and powdered cocaine...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Closing the Punishment Gap | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

Capasso has expanded upon the Quantum Cascade Laser that debuted in 1994 by combining an array of multiple lasers emitting light of varying wavelengths in a tiny, more portable chip...

Author: By Maeve T. Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tiny Chip Could Solve Real-World Problems | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

Take the dime in your wallet. Now imagine a chip no larger than a fraction of that coin that can detect the faintest traces of thousands of different chemicals, using over 32 different infrared light-emitting lasers...

Author: By Maeve T. Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tiny Chip Could Solve Real-World Problems | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...Using the array, you can choose to fire a laser wavelength that corresponds to a molecule’s absorption, and when you see how much light has been absorbed, you can see how much of that molecule is present,” said Benjamin G. Lee, Capasso’s research assistant...

Author: By Maeve T. Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tiny Chip Could Solve Real-World Problems | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

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