Q: How long w i l l i t be before this rou nd o f dow nsiz ing is completed? A: What you arc seeing now is the be g inn ing 'o f the second wave o f downsizing, w h ich really was formalized by the revo lt in Iran. We already had started on the downsiz­ ing. The j cars had already been en­ gineered. We increased the capacity o f those cars — we changed all the plans at that point. W e'll start ...

Single heavy atoms supported on thin carbon film were first imaged by Crewe, Wall and Langmore with their dark-field STEM. This glimpse into a hitherto invisible world we owe undeniably to Crewe's vision and determination, and to his gift to electrify, engage and encourage talented students. Since this successful event happened during my sabbatical stay in Crewe's group, the editors of this mem...

R I reviewed the minutes for the Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors (ALIMD) for 1889. These recorded the original organizational meeting of the group. Life insurance or assurance had started in this country in the early 1840s. Initially, the companies were mutual companies, owned by the policy holders and often dedicated to serving a specific clientele. The major risk in insuring t...

theory simply because no test tubes are involved: most computational biology, including most of the things my group does, is really computational experiment. Genuine theory, where theoretical models are built and pitted against observations, is on the rise too, but I do not think it will ever be as important in biology as it is in physics. This is because many crucial aspects of biological syst...

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