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Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology
The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time. But it was not nearly as...
Tags: Applied Physics, Electronics, Scientific Invention, Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Pearl S. Buck to publish new novel ... 40 years after her death
A new novel by Pearl S. Buck will be published in October, more than 40 years after her death. Buck, best known for her novel "The Good Earth," won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938. "The Eternal Wonder" was discovered in storage and will be...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Awards and Prizes, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Justice System, Entertainment Events
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Bill Clinton visits Colombia, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Former President Clinton visited Colombia last week, meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos while visiting Cartagena, where Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro showed him around the city in an electric taxi. Then Clinton took time out to visit with Nobel...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Chemotherapy, Colombia, Authors, Entertainment Events
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Scientists create human embryos to make stem cells
For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Diabetes, Science, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology
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Global Voices: Palestinian quest for statehood a moving target
In the 65 years since the creation of Israel and the scattering of millions of Palestinians from their historic homeland, hope of resolving the core crisis of the Middle East has risen to joyous pinnacles like Camp David and crashed into despair with...
Tags: Palestinian National Authority, Movies, Salam Fayyad, United Nations, Fatah
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Friday's TV Highlights: 'Blue Bloods' on CBS
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Undercover Boss The new episode...
Tags: Caves and Caverns, Lyndsy Fonseca, Shane West, Colin Morgan, Politics
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A journalist remembers Mexican architect Pedro Ramirez Vazquez
Architecture and journalism, like politics, sometimes make strange bedfellows. Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, the great Mexican builder who died April 16 at age 94, was responsible for many of the monumental public works that defined the Modernist look and...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Mexico City, Entertainment Events, Architecture, Journalism
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Dr. Christian de Duve dies at 95; Nobel-winning scientist
For the first half of the 20th century, the cell was a mysterious, unfathomable entity. Nutrients went in and hormones, wastes and other products came out. But what happened in between was anybody's guess. Light microscopes could reveal the rough...
Tags: Biology, Colleges and Universities, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Science and Technology, Belgium
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Come to papa: Ernest Hemingway's papers return from Cuba
Records from the estate in Cuba where Ernest Hemingway wrote many of his most famous books have been digitized and brought to the United States, the Associated Press reports. The materials will be held at Boston's John F. Kennedy Library, which holds a...
Tags: U.S. Embassy, Authors, Cuba, John F. Kennedy, Entertainment Events
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Seeing what there is to see, and hearing too much, at Angel Stadium
It's another hymn of an evening down here in Anaheim, the French Riviera of freeways. Took a mere two hours to drive from L.A., which exceeds the capacity of many bladders. Fortunately, the kid in the back seat fell asleep in Azusa of all places, or the...
Tags: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Satellite and Cable Service, Hot Dogs, Mike Trout, Entertainment
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Stop dissing the humanities
If any line item in the state or federal budgets cries out for more resources, or even just a little more respect, it's the arts and humanities. Never mind that many writers, artists and scholars have the fresh ideas that our times so desperately need....
Tags: Land Price, U.S. Congress, University of California, Los Angeles, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology
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The Supreme Court looks at gene patents, worries about biotech
When the Supreme Court took up the question Monday of whether genes could be patented, the justices were clearly concerned about preserving innovation in medicine and biotechnology. But the issue presented by Myriad Genetics' patents on the BRCA genes...
Tags: Symptoms, Science, Biotechnology, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Lawyers
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