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Alzheimer’s Vaccine

April 27, 2001

A vaccine for Alzheimer's disease is beginning the first phase of human trials.

April 25, 2001

Using a bamboo-like plant called elephant grass as a filler for biodegradeable plastics

April 24, 2001

Using mathematics to analyze juggling patterns

April 20, 2001

A more accurate method of calculating life expectancy

April 19, 2001

MRI scans show the parts of the brain stimulated by different types of jokes.

April 18, 2001

A synthetic material can heal itself when it's cracked or broken.

April 16, 2001

Software that can identify a person by his or her handwriting

April 12, 2001

Are calories in food counted with a calorimeter? (not really, conversion factors are used)

April 11, 2001

Using an eye-tracking device to learn how children process spoken language

April 9, 2001

Calculating the dose fraction for thousands of pollutants to assess how harmful they are to humans

April 6, 2001

Ethical issues prevent human embryonic stem cells from being studied widely as a treatment for …

April 5, 2001

Why don't the different gases in atmosphere separate into layers? (wind keeps them mixed)