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...assignment in Folkman's lab was to find a way to release gradually a stream of large organic molecules into the tissue of a laboratory animal. Researchers had already tried encasing large molecules like the one Langer was testing in polymers (long-chain molecules, such as silicone, that are semipermeable to certain types of molecules). Unfortunately, this particular molecule--like most of the new drugs being created in biotech labs--was much too large to fit through the tiny holes in any of the available polymers. The problem, polymer experts told Langer, was unsolvable...
...assistant professor at Harvard in the late 1950s, he proposed the radical notion that ant societies are bound together by an elaborate system of chemical signals. He went on to prove the existence of what are now called pheromones with an elegant experiment. Pied Piper-like, he lured a stream of worker ants along a chemical trail laid down with pheromones extracted from a gland in the abdomen of a fire...
...wears a burgundy top, a traditional, collarless Northern Thai vestment, and sits on a cushion on the soft teak floor under a pavilion next to a bubbling stream while young women in ornate sarongs parade past with plates of spicy chicken, sticky rice and boned freshwater fish. A famous oenophile, he sips an expensive Bordeaux, brought to Chiang Mai from his own cellars. His entourage, a collection of cronies and political allies for whom Thaksin has been criticized, is gathered around him at other low tables. For a putative reformist, he has surrounded himself with numerous politicians associated with corruption...
...thinks the song is Two Microphones and a Turntable b) now goes by the name Kurupt c) is doing both parts on Islands in the Stream d) speaks to his supporters...
...more time: That?s historically low, and no reason to panic. But it?s still getting higher, which means that every 0.1 percent uptick is another hole in the consumer-confidence dyke. The stream of announced layoffs from the corporate sphere hasn?t let up appreciably, and some Wall Streeters expect a whole new round of payroll cuts when upper management gets back from summer vacation...