Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Thursday, January 16, 2003

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Grid Computing Good for Business: "Corporations are starting to salivate over grid computing's potential for massive storage and processing power. Its creators -- tech and science geeks -- look forward to a new era. Randy Dotinga reports from San Diego." [Wired News]


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Worm Genome Survey Reveals Fat-Regulating Genes: "Gary Ruvkun and Kaveh Ashrafi of Massachusetts General Hospital and their colleagues have surveyed an entire genome?that of the microscopic worm Caenorhabditis elegans (right)? to identify the full panoply of genes involved in regulating fat storage. The work, described today in the journal Nature, may help pinpoint breakdowns in communication between the brain and fat cells in a variety of animals." [Scientific American]