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Frontiers
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The Best of Frontiers
1995-1997
March/April 1998
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The Best of Frontiers 1995-1997
Highligting some of the exciting articles from the newsletter's first three years.
NSF Helps Two-Year Colleges Train Tomorrow's Technicians
[1995]
A report from the Department of Labor highlights the important role of two-year
high-tech training programs.
A New Way to Learn: Students Argue about Physics
[1996]
A Harvard professor encourages his students to learn by engaging in active
debate over concepts in physics.
Small Miracles at Nanotechnology Hubs [1996]
Advanced machinery enables scientists to work with atoms.
A Renaissance in Robotics: Engineers Abandon
Human Models [1995]
A minimalist movement in robotics yields economically viable robots that perform
a broad range of tasks with little maintenance.
Taking Apart the Body's Clock [1996]
Research with fruit flies has generated important information about
the human biological clock and how to manipulate it.
Tracking Tornadoes: Nature's Most Powerful Winds
[1997]
New radars provide a close-up view of the whirlwinds and offer hope that meteorologists
will be able to accurately predict the winds' movements.
Study Pulls the Plug on Arctic's Carbon Sink [1997]
Researchers find the arctic tundra releases as much carbon as it takes in.
Engineering Sight: Advances in Artificial Retina Development
[1997]
A new computer chip may help blind patients see again.
SRS
Highlights of important SRS research results from 1995-1997.
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