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...molecule?s shape. That lets biologists understand disease and drug proteins in a whole new way; it was W?thrich?s technique, for example that led to an understanding of the detailed structure of prions, which are involved in Mad Cow disease. It has also been used to help screen new compounds for their potential effectiveness as drugs. And along with Fenn?s and Tanaka?s work, it will make the flood of information flowing from the sequencing of the human genome a bit easier to manage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nobel Journal: Analyzing Molecules | 10/9/2002 | See Source »

...same process that powers the H-bomb - but they had no proof. But Davis realized that fusion reactions at the sun's core should generate neutrinos, elusive particles that would escape and fly all the way to, and through the Earth. He put a detector deep underground to screen out other stray particles, and, sure enough, there were the neutrinos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nobel Journal: Analyzing Molecules | 10/9/2002 | See Source »

This week, nearly a quarter-century after Harris got the Big Idea, Red Dragon hits the big screen, the latest film in one of Hollywood's least likely but most lucrative franchises. The critically hailed The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and last year's bloody, operatic Hannibal--both adapted from best-selling Harris novels--have grossed $623 million worldwide. If Red Dragon can match Hannibal's performance, the total could approach $1 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hannibal Inc. | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

...Like virtually every Hong Kong singer, Tse made films. In his debut, Young and Dangerous: The Prequel, he revealed a complex screen persona, seductive and lonely, under that peekaboo mop of hair. He impressed critics as a gangster's prot?g? in Metade Fumaca and as the tyro gunman in Tsui Hark's Time and Tide. They called him a natural?not the next Andy Lau but the one and only Nicholas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Time for a Rebel | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

...with Asereje - or any song at all. Just a year ago, the three sisters from Córdoba had never performed as a group in public. They didn't even have a demo tape. Pilar, who insists, "I am an actress above all," was focused on her stage and screen career. Lola was studying industrial relations at a local college. Only Lucia, a flamenco singer and the youngest of the three, had recorded an album and was set on a music career. Then they came up with the name Las Ketchup, a nod to their father, Juan, a flamenco guitarist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stars for a Season | 10/6/2002 | See Source »

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