Capturing a killer flu virus
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The study aims on determining what made the 1981 influenza so virulent, to guide development of influenza treatments and preventive measures, and establishing the origin of the pandemic virus, to better target possible future pandemic strains. It suggested that the pandemic virus was the common ancestor of both subsequent human and swine H1N1 lineages, rather than having emerged from swine.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2005
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What is a planet?
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The modified official definition of a planet has resulted in the elimination of Pluto from the status of a planet. It is argued that the demotion of Pluto is correct, since astronomical objects are classified by their intrinsic properties such as shape, size and composition, location and dynamical context and Pluto does not meet all these criteria.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2007
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Winner takes all: Are tech prices the best way to the cutting edge?
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Economists calls the technology prizes as 'ex ante awards' as they are designed to spur innovation, challenging entrepreneurs to do something that outstrips the state-of-the-art in return for a sizable payoff. They have yielded a wealth a wealth of advances, including precision timepieces, unpickable locks and private suborbital joyrides.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2006
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