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Volume 1, Number 31
August 5, 2002

 Stem cells
Longevity
Quanutm information
Carbon nanotubes
Origins of Milky Way's globular clusters
Prions
Bose-Einstein condensates
Muon magnetic moment
Dark matter
Limit on neutrino mass
Black hole mergers
Cancer
Cancer genes
Obesity and heart failure risk
Human endogenous retroviruses
Semiconductor technology
Metameterials
Obesity and cancer

Stem cells

References:
  1. July 29, 2002 - Stem cells rescue retina
  2. July 30, 2002 - Adult Stem Cells Selectively Delivered Into The Eye And Used To Control Angiogenesis
  3. August 4, 2002 - 'Clean' human stem cells grown
Background

Longevity

References:
  1. July 29, 2002 - Be Happy, Live Long
  2. August 2, 2002 - Scientists unravel secrets of long life
Background

Quanutm information

References:
  1. July 29, 2002 - Towards Quantum Memory
Background

Carbon nanotubes

References:
  1. July 29, 2002 - Carbon nanotubes found to fluoresce
  2. July 30, 2002 - Carbon Nanotubes Found To Fluoresce; Optical Properties Could Prove Useful In Biomedical, Nanoelectronic Applications
Background

Origins of Milky Way's globular clusters

References:
  1. July 29, 2002 - Milky Way's Oldest Stars May Be Galactic Intruders
Background

Prions

References:
  1. July 30, 2002 - Common Antibiotic Saps Prions' Strength
Background

Bose-Einstein condensates

References:
  1. July 30, 2002 - Quantum net for atom angling
Background

Muon magnetic moment

References:
  1. July 30, 2002 - Muon measurements bounce back
  2. July 31, 2002 - Studies Suggest Unknown Form of Matter Exists
  3. August 1, 2002 - Muons Don't Abide by Expectations
  4. August 1, 2002 - High-Precision Tests of the Standard Model
Background

Dark matter

References:
  1. July 31, 2002 - Rivers of Hot Gas Could Harbor Dark Matter
  2. August 1, 2002 - Astronomers detect the Universal web
  3. August 1, 2002 - Chandra Discovers "Rivers Of Gravity" That Define Cosmic Landscape
  4. August 1, 2002 - Clues to missing matter
Background

Limit on neutrino mass

References:
  1. August 1, 2002 - New Cosmological Upper Limit on Neutrino Mass
Background

Black hole mergers

References:
  1. August 1, 2002 - X marks spot for black hole mergers
  2. August 1, 2004 - Study Supports Idea that Giant Black Holes Merge
  3. August 1, 2002 - Black Holes Flip When Galaxies Crash
  4. August 2, 2002 - New Model Suggests X-Shaped Galaxies Mark Black Hole Mergers
  5. August 2, 2002 - When two black holes come together
  6. August 5, 2002 - Australian-American Duo Shows Black Holes In Collision
Background

Cancer

References:
  1. August 1, 2002 - Anti-cancer compound looking good
Background

Cancer genes

References:
  1. August 2, 2002 - Investigators Use Guilt-By-Association Strategy To Track Potential Cancer Causing Genes
Background

Obesity and heart failure risk

References:
  1. August 2, 2002 - Framingham Heart Study Finds Strong Link Between Overweight/Obesity And Risk For Heart Failure
Background

Human endogenous retroviruses

References:
  1. August 2, 2002 - Retroviruses Shows That Human-Specific Variety Developed When Humans, Chimps Diverged
Background

Semiconductor technology

References:
  1. August 2, 2002 - Semiconductors stride ahead
Background, Background, Background, Background

Metameterials

References:
  1. August 2, 2002 - Negative reaction to negative refraction
Background

Obesity and cancer

References:
  1. August 3, 2002 - Obesity (and Inactivity) Can Spur Cancers
Background, Background

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