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To: E. Charters who wrote (69931)	5/22/2001 6:01:05 AM
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E. Gray Charterstone is Chuca MarshMello. (more, lots more off-topics) With a Mighty Squeeze nytimes.com With a Mighty Squeeze, Nitrogen Is Transformed Squeeze carbon graphite hard enough, it becomes diamond. In the May 10 issue of the journal Nature, researchers at the Carnegie Institution of Washington describe similar alchemy with nitrogen, the... The new form of nitrogen stores large quantities of energy, leading to speculation that it could be used as rocket fuel or explosives. Before the Big Bang nytimes.com Before the Big Bang, There Was . . . What? What was God doing before he created the world? The philosopher and writer (and later saint) Augustine posed the question in his... ... before God created the world there was no time and thus no "before." To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, there was no "then" then. Revolutionary Jet nytimes.com Test of Revolutionary Jet Promises to Transform Flight ... four decades of promise and speculation, a new type of jet engine is about to power a small experimental plane at speeds previously reserved for rockets... Caterpillar riding high on soaring demand for diesel generators. nytimes.com Cashing In on the World's Energy Hunger A Caterpillar electric power generator... Birds & Worms nytimes.com Early Birds and Worms Massachusetts Institute of Technology nytimes.com Researchers: Coating Kills Germs A new polymer coating holds the promise of guarding against infections commonly spread by bacteria lurking on things... ... kills bacteria by a powerful chemical-electrical action. ... a polymer with permanent positive charge... ... positive charge destroys bacteria cell walls and membranes. ... the kill mechanism probably would not allow bacteria to develop a resistance, as can happen with antibiotics ... is chemically attached so that it cannot be washed away." a gutless creature nytimes.com Symbiosis à Trois lavius algarvensis is a gutless creature. Harsh words but true...