Word: overnighting
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Even enthusiasts like Modzelewski caution that no one should expect an overnight nanotech revolution. The technology will evolve--"radically," he says--as its benefits seep into virtually every crevice of human industry, from toys to tanks. And even professional investors are cautious. "True venture capitalists are not investing. They are watching," says Glenn Fishbine, author of The Investor's Guide to Nanotechnology and Micromachines. Only a handful of "pure play" nanotech stocks exist, including Nanophase Technologies, in Romeoville, Ill., which makes nanoscale powders, among them zinc oxide particles for sunscreen that won't turn lifeguards' noses white. Still, investors...
...keiretsu, a network of businesses that own stakes in one another. NetOne used WaveSmith's product in NTT Communications' telephone-equipment offices nationwide. It is now integrating the technology into the Internet and telephony systems of other undisclosed Japanese companies. This has expanded WaveSmith's Japanese customer base almost overnight. About a fourth of WaveSmith's $5 million annual revenues are from Japan. The rest comes from customers in the U.S., including Global NAPS, a local exchange carrier in Boston...
...recent years, undergraduates have bemoaned a policy banning overnight guests without two-week notice, but many nationwide have praised Boston University’s successful 10-year partnership with the Chelsea, Mass., public school system—one of the state’s poorest-performing communities. During this stewardship, Chelsea High School nearly doubled the number of pupils taking the SAT, while increasing their average scores by over 200 points. Although Boston University has been in the forefront for many positive changes in education policy, its dismantling of the Academy’s Gay-Straight Alliance...
...Remedies range from introducing new computers to monitor and control prescription medication output to adding better-qualified pharmacy staff. The computers will help cut back on mistakes considerably, Kirking says, but the hospitals are still tied to imperfect technology - and human error - so existing problems can't be solved overnight. Additional staff will help ward off the fatigue-related errors sometimes found in hospitals with overworked and understaffed nursing departments - nurses, after all, are often the ones stuck processing prescriptions...
After moving in on Friday, Cetrulo discovered that a second floor bathroom had changed from a men’s bathroom to a women’s bathroom overnight...