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Social Networking: From Fantasy to Facebook
17 August 2009, Michael D. Maffie, Guest Author
Social networking via websites such as Myspace, Facebook and Twitter is one of the most significant recent changes in social communication. Individuals can now mobilize …
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The Oldest of the Still Existing U.S. Containment Policies
17 August 2009, Sarah Backhaus, Truman State University
For approximately half of a century, the United States has maintained a limited interaction with the Cuban state, but has the time come to repeal …
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Civilization and Mass Destruction
17 August 2009, Mira Patel, Cornell University
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The Financial Crisis: Predicting the Unpredictable
17 August 2009, Shivani Hajela, Cornell University
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Cyberlaw - Evolution, Revolution or Retrofit?
17 August 2009, Christopher V. Langone, Guest Author, J.D. Northwestern
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The Great Grid Prodigy (and its glitches)
17 August 2009, Daniel Porter, Cornell University
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University of Chicago Chapter Wins Award
26 May 2008
The University of Chicago chapter's journal won the award for "Best Publication on Campus" from its university.
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Can Starvation Make You Younger? Calorie restriction mimetics and the fight against aging
6 April 2008, Laura Sexton, University of Chicago
Researchers are exploring methods of mimicking calorie restriction, which is known to increase the lifespan of certain animals.
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Fermilab: Advancing our understanding of energy
2 April 2008, Melissa Tan, University of Chicago
Despite impending federal budget cuts and the approaching closure of the world’s current largest particle accelerator, researchers at Fermilab are still hard at work trying …
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Light-switch magic in the brain
27 December 2007, Louise Whiteley, University College London
A new ‘light switch’ technique opens up a wide range of experiments that would have been impossible before, allowing scientists to answer fundamental questions about …