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...will support postdoctoral fellows as well as a lecture series in bionanoscience, a relatively young but rapidly expanding field that examines life on the nano-scale. “Understanding life at the smallest levels could offer dramatic changes in both basic biology and, on a more mundane level, transform a trip to the doctor’s office,” according to the original planning documents for the institute. “The intersections among biology and engineering represent some of the most fruitful in basic and applied research.” The new institute will focus...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard To Establish New Biotech Center | 9/27/2006 | See Source »

...been working for five years you think, is this it? You've got your car, your apartment, you can buy nice T shirts, but there's a need to create some value." The "virtual" dimension of work in an IT-dominated society also leaves him wanting more. "You transform data into a really good Excel spreadsheet for the next chain in the process, but what do you actually make? There's nothing like the satisfaction of doing something practical, with a physical result." If it sounds like the corporate world has a spiritual yearning, it's also true that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Want to Build a Team? Try Building a House | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...time," he says. Although the Gastrovac clearly has show-off potential (Martínez admits his team has already tried impregnating ordinary button mushrooms with the flavor of truffles), Torres and Andrés, who call themselves "artisans," hope it will be used primarily to enhance - not transform - ingredients. Torres himself, for example, uses the machine to prepare desserts like cherries penetrated with vanilla and spice that still, remarkably, have the firm texture of freshly picked fruit. And Dufresne, chef at New York City's wd-50, eagerly awaits the arrival of his recently ordered Gastrovac to experiment with improving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoring A Vacuum | 9/26/2006 | See Source »

...this year’s new tailgate rules, meanwhile, silver lining is in fairly short supply. There’s no question that ID checks, pat-downs, and drink charges will put a damper on things. But here, again, there was no good reason for the College to transform its spokesmen into the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In a matter of days, administrators and student leaders will start putting their heads together to try to plan a weekend that will be as exciting as ever, despite the new rules. The successful College-sponsored events of the recent past?...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg, | Title: Speak No Evil | 9/21/2006 | See Source »

...this: "The shore of reform is the only one on which any lights appear, even though the journey demands courage and patience and perseverance." The United Nations was created to make that journey possible. Together we must support the dreams of good and decent people who are working to transform a troubled region - and by doing so, we will advance the high ideals on which this institution was founded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Text of the President's Speech | 9/19/2006 | See Source »

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