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Teaching and research are also often mutually reinforcing. Professors who are deeply caught up in research transmit their enthusiasm for their subject to their students; new insights often arise out of discussions in the classroom. Indeed, professors often begin working on a new area by teaching in that area; many important books began as Harvard lectures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 2/23/2001 | See Source »

Rabin's encryption method involves using an infinite stream of randomly generated, unstored characters to transmit messages. The sender and receiver of a message agree when to start reading signals carried in the stream and the key to decode them, but the stream itself just disappears, leaving hackers no way to store and decipher the message...

Author: By Sumi A. Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Unbreakable Code Discovered | 2/21/2001 | See Source »

...energy-starved U.S. buyers--more than twice the $290 million earned from U.S. sales in the previous fiscal year. But this bounty hasn't come worry free. The intricate Canada-U.S. grid that links energy producers and consumers--and that makes it so profitable for B.C. Hydro to transmit power south--is in growing disarray. The consequences could be even higher prices and more uncertain supplies for Canadians as well as Americans. "We need a stable energy system on the continent," says Ray Hart, deputy director of the Department of California Water Resources. "I don't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watt Friends We have | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

Seafarers and their wives on Myanmar's coast are very vulnerable to HIV. The virus spreads when fishermen return from trips and transmit HIV to their wives, who pass it to unborn or nursing children. Your donation will help slow the spread of AIDS near Kawthaung, where sex education and condoms are not widely available. Goal: distribute 600,000 condoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking The Silence: AIDS in Africa: You Can Help | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

Even more promising is the so-called Bluetooth technology (named after a 10th century Viking king), which uses short-range radio waves to enable any two devices to transmit data up to 328 ft. Expected to take off next year, Bluetooth will allow users of any digital camera to send images to their cell phones. The phones can then beam the files to a website. This will eliminate the need for a pricey wireless modem card (currently about $400), making the cameras much more economical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Take A Picture That Can Fly | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

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