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...trio used X-ray technology to map the ribosome, which creates proteins that control the chemistry in cells. The findings improved antibiotics' ability to disable ribosomes in bacteria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Skimmer | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

What QM does have, however, is the word, “uncertainty.” Uncertainty is a mathematical relation between certain pairs of measurable qualities, like position and momentum. It says that if you can measure X to within a degree of certitude, then the maximum certitude you can get for Y is a function of the certitude for X. As a consequence of wave-particle duality, you can’t measure both quantities as accurately as you want to. What this means epistemologically and metaphysically is perpetually up for debate...

Author: By Adam L. Palay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Keats & Quanta: The Cat Is Dead | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...Since I’ve come to Harvard,] I’ve cut down from saying ‘eh’ every other sentence to maybe twice an hour,” said Rylie X. Zhang ’13 of Toronto...

Author: By JOANNE S. WONG, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Canadian Club Celebrates Thanksgiving | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

Paul says he hopes to solve the problem by devising reasonable alternative advertising methods and presenting them to student groups. That way, "instead of saying postering is bad, and you should stop, we'll say 'you can do x, y, and z and that will get you decent attendance at your event,'" he said in an interview...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble | Title: Posters Be Gone? | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

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