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...MacArthur Foundation genius grant in 2004, and last fall Scientific American named her research leader of the year for her current project: creating an entirely new kind of battery, not by building it but by growing it. Working with several M.I.T. colleagues, Belcher has engineered a virus, known as M13 bacteriophage, that latches onto and coats itself with bits of inorganic materials, including gold and cobalt oxide. That turns each long, tubular virus into what amounts to a minuscule length of wire. Coax these nanowires to line up, and you have the components of a battery that is far more...
...time customers access their account by phone, they must enter a six-digit personal identification number (PIN). Second, no personal data, including account numbers, are ever stored on the phone. And finally, all information sent between the phone and the bank has 128-bit encryption. While a cell phone virus could still circumvent such security in theory, it has yet to happen even in countries where mobile banking is already widely used...
...have a better chance of surviving a particularly fatal strain of the Ebola virus than getting into Harvard College...
...came to the Indonesian capital earlier this week for an emergency meeting at which Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari called the current distribution system "more dangerous than the threat of an H5N1 pandemic itself." On March 27 the two sides reached a temporary compromise: Indonesia would resume sharing virus samples with the WHO, but for now that access wouldn't be extended to the drug industry. That means scientists can once again track the virus as it mutates, but companies can't use it to make a vaccine without Indonesia's permission. Further negotiations will be needed...
...encourages them to seek out the affirmation of boys at far too young an age. Help your young girls focus on building character, not a wardrobe meant to attract attention. Then maybe you wouldn't have to worry so much about your 12-year-old contracting a sexually transmitted virus. Julie A. Outzen, ST. PAUL, MINN...