Magazine: January 1997 - Technology Review

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Technology Review: January 1997

A Practical Road to Lightweight Cars

Sure, we could make the leap to a plastic "supercar" but who could afford to buy it? The auto industry can get just as far, and achieve lower costs, by taking one step at a time.

Winning Through Cooperation

The head of Sematech, the pioneering joint venture created to bolster the U.S. semiconductor industry, talks about the direction of U.S. research and development and the power of collaborative thinking.

Ehrlichs´ Fables

The public hears fantastic tales that all is well with the environment and government regulations stifle economic growth. Two prominent environmental scientists argue that promoters of this "don´t worry be happy" point of view have their heads in the sand

Oral Ecology

Dental researchers are making significant strides in identifying the microorganisms that colonize the mouth. To head off serious decay and disease, scientists are developing tools that prevent these microbes from gaining a foothold.

First Line

Something to Sing About

TR's home page on the World Wide Web does what others don´t

MIT Reporter

Putting a Rush on Identifying Genes

Business Lessons from Darwin

Trends

Detecting Stowaways

Placentas in the Courtroom

Phantom Limbs and Rewired Brains

In Praise of Superfly

Forum

Getting Into the Swing

Companies hoping to combine environmental good deeds with sensible business practice need predictable, consistent, and timely signals from regulators.