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...scientists play traffic cops on a molecular level, separating a substance into component parts--removing bacteria from blood, for example. For a year, Grier and Dufresne had been trying out fancy glass splitters, but nothing had done the trick. As a joke, Grier tried a $5 piece of plastic. "It should not have worked," he says. But it did: the "cheesy piece of plastic" split the laser beam into 16 parts, which gave the two scientists the potential to capture 16 separate substances. It was the breakthrough they had long been after. "We were stunned," Grier recalls...
...Gruber, a biotech entrepreneur and patent lawyer. Within months, he had invested in the technology, and Arryx was born, with Gruber as chief executive. Grier, who is now a professor at New York University, is the company's chief scientific adviser. Grier and company have long since replaced the plastic with a liquid-crystal device, which they build into a small, box-shaped machine that you could call a cell catcher. The technology is used today for tasks that include analyzing blood and separating sperm cells in bull semen that produce bulls from those that make cows (which might...
...Officers were sent to Holden Green at 10 Holden St. on reports of two “suspicious” people in a vehicle approaching apartments with plastic bags in hand. The officers determined the two people were passing out phone books for Verizon...
...Operation Unified Assistance, the largest U.S. military operation in Asia since Vietnam and the backbone of the global campaign to fend off hunger and disease among tsunami survivors. For combat-trained service members like Stewart, 23, the mission requires patience instead of firepower. When his crew lands to deliver plastic sheeting, which can be used for makeshift shelters, two Marines on the ground say it isn't needed. Up in the air again, Stewart spots a lone man waving. When the helicopter circles in, other villagers start smiling and blowing kisses. Stewart decides to return to the site later with...
...talk-show host, Cristina has revealed her own plastic surgery and her problems with menopause and cellulite. She once "married" a homosexual couple on her show, claiming no one else would. "I often make mistakes, and when I do, I tell my audience," she says. "They like my honesty." Cristina's mission, she says, is to bring the diaspora of Hispanics together. "In unity, there is strength." And dollars as well. --By Jeanne Dequine/Miami