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THE C-NOTE, AS IT USED TO BE CALLED in Raymond Chandler novels, will never be the same. To frustrate counterfeiters, the Treasury Department has given the $100 bill a complete overhaul, and will begin releasing the new currency in a matter of weeks. Treasury spent nearly 10 years on...
To make the mouse's third ear, scientists fashioned a precision mold out of porous, biodegradable polymer, seeded it with human cartilage cells, then tucked the structure under the skin of a mouse bred without an immune system (to prevent rejection). Nourished by mouse blood, the cartilage cells multiplied, taking...
If he's right, the secret may be amber. This semiprecious substance, observes Ward Wheeler, a molecular evolutionist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, provides a unique window on the history of life. Down through the ages, sudden flows of sticky, honey-colored tree resin...
Right or wrong, Cano's startling experiment could touch off an amber rush as scientists and companies alike try to get their hands on nuggets of the golden polymer. The leader of the pack is Ambergene, which has spent the past two years "mining" ancient amber from 15 locations around...
Rosenthal founded Polymer Technology, and latersold it to Bausch & Lomb, Inc. He has been doingresearch on the lens since the 1970s