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Is Web Business Good Business
In an effort to lure Web-savy customers, more and more companies are setting up shop online. Profits are elusive, though, as pioneers attempt to discover how best to tap the medium´s potential.
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August/September 1997
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How the Chess Was Won
The principle designer of the IBM program that beat Gary Kasparov asserts that the win was a plus for humanity and comments on how such software can help do other jobs.
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Penetrating the Riddle of Heart Attack
Many people who are vulnerable to heart attack don´t know it. Researchers are now pinning down new risk factors—and some suggest preventive measures.
Howard L. Lewis
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Brother, Can You Spare a Cyclotron?
Federal research support during the Depression produced key findings and famous scientists. The experience sheds light on the pursuit of R&D during lean times.
Sidney Perkowitz
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Winning the War Against Malaria
It´s been a losing battle for half a century. We have many of the weapons we need to save the lives of millions of children, but to turn the tide we will have to marshal all of them.
Dyan F. Wirth and Jacqueline Cattani
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Deregulated Power: Cheaper but Dirtier
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