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...question now is whether politicians will prove themselves the equal of scientists. Biomedicine today is where high tech was in the 1990s--it's where the energy and excitement are. But scientists alone can't get lifesaving vaccines and treatments to the people who need them most--not without our help...
Maggie Orth is tired of high-tech gadgets encased in hard, shiny plastic. Instead, she weaves metals into soft fabrics to create everything from a jacket that plays music to a cocktail dress that lights up like a firefly. "Injection-molded plastic is not my cup of tea," says Orth, whose Seattle firm International Fashion Machines just released a line of fuzzy light switches--small cloth pompons that turn on or off with a squeeze, thanks to conductive fibers woven into them...
...seed, Mark Barry, of Penn State. Nineteenth seed Chris Clayton and junior Scott Denenberg advanced to the third round, but both fell in straight sets. In the doubles draw, the No. 9 pair of Ermakov and senior Brian Wan defeated the No. 7 pair from Virginia Tech, 8-6, to advance to the quarterfinals. The tournament runs through tomorrow. —REBECCA A. SEESEL
That cities in the world's largest country are thirsty for oil is no secret. But China's countryside, home to 900 million, has energy woes of its own--low tech, but no less important to the nation's development. Most rural Chinese households depend on coal braziers and open wood-fueled hearths for their cooking. That is why Yunnan province, nestled between Tibet and Burma in the country's southwest, boasts forests that are among the world's most biodiverse--and most imperiled. Consumption of wood for fuel in the area averages about 6 tons per family of four...
...ready for the next Big Geek Thing? The star attraction of this week's Consumer Electronics Show, the annual Las Vegas-based Woodstock of high-tech hype, will surely be those long-promised, long-delayed digital video discs. The gleaming 5-in. CD look-alikes can carry up to 20 times more data than their cd-rom forebears and provide the most advanced audio and video experiences yet offered to humankind...