Open Questions Chronicle

Volume 0, Number 7 August 13, 2001

Martian water High-temperature superconductors Cosmic Dark Ages Neural network algorithms Quantum computing AIDS Information and science Alzheimer's disease Centaurus A black hole Heart regeneration Brain-imaging studies DNA repair Carbon nanotubes Histones, chromatin, and gene regulation Milky way X-rays Terascale computing Centromeres Emergence of land plants Extrasolar planets Planet formation Parkinson's disease Diabetes Photovoltaics

Martian water

1. August 3, 2001 - Mars May Have Largest Flood Channels In Solar System
2. August 9, 2001 - Scientists Find Largest Flood Channels In The Solar System

High-temperature superconductors

1. August 3, 2001 - Cornell chemists predict high-temperature superconductivity in exotic compounds of silver and fluorine
2. August 6, 2001 - Superconductivity Predicted In New Exotic Materials
3. August 6, 2001 - Chemists Predict Silver-Fluorine Superconductivity

Cosmic Dark Ages

1. August 4, 2001 - Exploring Cosmic Darkness, Scientists See Signs of Dawn
2. August 6, 2001 - Shadow of Cosmic Dark Ages Detected
3. August 6, 2001 - Astronomers detect evidence of time when universe broke out of "Dark Ages"
4. August 7, 2001 - Astronomers See Evidence of First Light in Universe
5. August 8, 2001 - Astronomers See First Light in Universe, Lifting Cosmic Fog
6. August 8, 2001 - First Light: Astronomers Use Distant Quasar To Probe Cosmic "Dark Age," Universe Origins
7. August 9, 2001 - Let there be light
8. August 11, 2001 - Light's Debut: Good Morning, Starshine!

Neural network algorithms

1. August 6, 2001 - Future Neural Network May Look Like Insect Antenna

Quantum computing

1. August 6, 2001 - Brain inspires new memories
2. August 8, 2001 - Quantum computing a leap closer

AIDS

1. August 6, 2001 - First HIV Rat Seen As Best Model For Human Studies
2. August 10, 2001 - Rare Antibody Can Inactivate Many Strains Of HIV

Information and science

1. August 7, 2001 - Time of Growing Pains for Information Age

Alzheimer's disease

1. August 7, 2001 - NYU Researchers Successfully Immunize Mice Against Alzheimer's
2. August 8, 2001 - Designer Chemical Offers Alzheimer's Hope

Centaurus A black hole

1. August 7, 2001 - Chandra Sees Stream of Energy Zooming From Nearby Galaxy

Heart regeneration

1. August 7, 2001 - Mouse Study Suggests Mammalian Heart Can Heal Itself

Brain-imaging studies

1. August 8, 2001 - Brain's craving centre probed

DNA repair

1. August 9, 2001 - Structure Shows Repair Protein Cradling Broken DNA

Carbon nanotubes

1. August 9, 2001 - Physicists play the nanopipe
2. August 9, 2001 - Tuning the tubes

Histones, chromatin, and gene regulation

1. August 9, 2001 - Packaging proteins may be second genetic code
2. August 10, 2001 - Wistar Study Offers New Support For A "Histone Code" Theory Of Gene Regulation

Milky way X-rays

1. August 9, 2001 - Milky Way X-Ray Mystery Solved by Chandra Telescope

Terascale computing

1. August 10, 2001 - Distributed Terascale Facility To Commence With $53 Million NSF Award; High-Performance Computing System Will Come On-Line In Mid-2002
2. August 10, 2001 - National Science Foundation Funds Supercomputing Grid

Centromeres

1. August 10, 2001 - A Closer Look At The Genome's "Black Holes"

Emergence of land plants

1. August 10, 2001 - Gene Study Suggests Early Evolution of Land Plants and Fungi Changed Earth's Climate
2. August 10, 2001 - Plants' roots pushed back
3. August 10, 2001 - First Land Plants And Fungi Changed Earth's Climate, Paving The Way For Explosive Evolution Of Land Animals, New Gene Study Suggests
4. August 10, 2001 - Plausible Biological Cause For Major Climate Events
5. August 14, 2001 - Researchers Turn Back the Clock on Origin of Land Plants

Extrasolar planets

1. August 10, 2001 - Study Doubles Number of Potential Earth-Like Planets

Planet formation

1. August 10, 2001 - Jupiter helps to explain planets around multiple stars

Parkinson's disease

1. August 10, 2001 - Parkinson's Patients Feel the Placebo Effect

Diabetes

1. August 11, 2001 - Inflammation linked to diabetes

Photovoltaics

1. August 11, 2001 - New method lights a path for solar cells

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