Open Questions Chronicle

Volume 0, Number 15 October 8, 2001

Dark energy Fusion power Man-made black holes Microwave Anisotropy Probe Tumor suppressor gene Angiogenesis Proteomics Initial embryo development Diagram of the cell cycle New class of drug for prostate cancer Plastid genes and tryptophan production Terascale computing Genes and language Cloning Bose-Einstein condensates Global warming Haplotype mapping Extremophiles Sequencing of chromosome centromeres AIDS Telomeres Carbon nanotubes Cancer biology

Dark energy

1. September 28, 2001 - A Cosmic Yardstick
2. October 2, 2001 - Dark Energy Conundrum Could Soon Be Confirmed or Cast Aside

Fusion power

1. October 1, 2001 - Fusion power 'within reach'

Man-made black holes

1. October 1, 2001 - Physicists Hoping To Create Tiny Black Holes At CERN
2. October 2, 2001 - CERN to spew black holes

Microwave Anisotropy Probe

1. October 1, 2001 - MAP Ready to Take Photographic Trip Back om Time - original press release
2. October 3, 2001 - NASA's Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) Ready

Tumor suppressor gene

1. October 1, 2001 - Loss Of New Cell Growth Gene Linked To Certain Human Cancers

Angiogenesis

1. October 1, 2001 - New Cancer Therapy Kills Blood Vessels
2. October 2, 2001 - Turning on Blood Vessel Growth

Proteomics

1. October 2, 2001 - Automated Analytical Platform Facilitates Identification Of Proteins
2. October 2, 2001 - Probing 3D Structures Of Life-Regulating Proteins

Initial embryo development

1. October 2, 2001 - First division seals embryo fate

Diagram of the cell cycle

1. October 3, 2001 - Researchers Build Diagram Of Cell Cycle Clock

New class of drug for prostate cancer

1. October 3, 2001 - Prostate Cancer Drug Significantly Arrests Tumor Growth With Minimal Side Effects

Plastid genes and tryptophan production

1. October 3, 2001 - Moving Gene In Plant Results In Increased Production Of Amino Acid

Terascale computing

1. October 3, 2001 - Most Powerful Open Research Supercomputer Installed
2. October 5, 2001 - Terascale Computing System Installed At Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Genes and language

1. October 3, 2001 - First 'Speech Gene' Identified
2. October 4, 2001 - Study Uncovers First Gene Associated with Language

Cloning

1. October 3, 2001 - Endangered sheep cloned

Bose-Einstein condensates

1. October 4, 2001 - Cold atoms hover over chip
2. October 4, 2001 - Directing a Cloud of Atoms
3. October 4, 2001 - Condensate control could lead to 'atom circuits'

Global warming

1. October 4, 2001 - Hot tropics ahead

Haplotype mapping

1. October 4, 2001 - Scientists Build Case For "Haplotype" Map Of Human Genome

Extremophiles

1. October 4, 2001 - Life in the hot seat

Sequencing of chromosome centromeres

1. October 5, 2001 - Core code cracked

AIDS

1. October 5, 2001 - Research Uncovers New Mechanism For Suppressing HIV
2. October 5, 2001 - Looking At How HIV Spreads Rather Than How It Grows

Telomeres

1. October 5, 2001 - Shortest Telomeres in Cells May Control Their Fate
2. October 5, 2001 - Size Matters: Shortest Telomeres Initiate Cellular Havoc
3. October 5, 2001 - Scientists Make Key Finding Underlying Genetic Stability
4. October 8, 2001 - Losing Function Of Telomeres Depends On Shortest One

Carbon nanotubes

1. October 5, 2001 - First nanotube circuits get logical

Cancer biology

1. October 6, 2001 - Aging cells may promote tumors nearby

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