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In Silicon Valley, a rebound
San Jose, Calif. - There's a place in the United States where factories are thriving under global free trade, pay is scaling record highs, and the housing market is sturdy as brick.
Nations:U.S. India China Germany Japan
2008-07-10
Canada's Margaret Atwood wins Spain's top literature prize
MADRID (AFP) - Canadian author Margaret Atwood was on Wednesday awarded Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize for literature as "one of the most outstanding voices of contemporary fiction," the jury announced.
Nations:U.K. Venezuela People:Ian McEwan Robert Duvall Source:(AFP)
2008-06-26
Plastics expert wins $500K Lemelson-MIT award
BOSTON - Consumers have environmentally friendlier plastics, patients in clinical trials have a new device to treat clogged arteries and we all might get disease-treating nanoparticles inside our bodies thanks in part to the work of one man, the winner of this year's Lemelson-MIT Prize.
Nations:U.S.
2008-06-25
Tiny science tests Russia's hi-tech ambitions
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) - In the world's largest country, tiny objects measured in billionths of a metre are the future of the economy -- or so the government claims.
Nations:Russia People:Vladimir Putin Source:(AFP)
2008-06-15
Nano-fibres lead to pre-cancer symptoms in mice: study
Scientists delivered a warning Tuesday about nanotechnology after tests on lab rodents found that microscopic, needle-like fibres that are already in commercial use led to lesions similar to those caused by asbestos.
2008-05-20
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