Issue 2036 | Magazine cover date: 29 June 1996

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29 June 1996

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Features

Treasure hunters of the deep

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Technology : Tiny rubber stamp succeeds where chip makers fail

Opinion

Editorial: No more bloody whaling

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Treasure hunters of the deep

Features

High & dry in Colombia

Features

Invasion of the micromachines

Features

You've all got it wrong

Features

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Technology

Technology : Tiny rubber stamp succeeds where chip makers fail

MICROSCOPIC patterns can be embossed on a variety of surfaces using a technique similar to a simple rubber stamp, say researchers at Harvard University. The tiny patterns could be the key to cheaper computer chips and other electronic components, as well as a step towards a "lab on a chip" for handling minute samples. George …

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Technology

Technology : Early warning for sore udders

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Technology

Technology : Top down building big in Japan

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Technology

Technology : Ion beams reveal vital surface impressions

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Science : Star caught having a quiet smoke

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Technology

Technology : Digital TV faces fragmented future

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Science : Take heart from the jelly that wobbles for ever

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Science : Lake life thrived at the South Pole

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Science : Volcanoes take their cue from changing climate?

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Science : Evolution is driven by jerks

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Science : Exchange rates go with the flow

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Science : Elephants swam in two by two

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Science : Mat munchers cleared ancient algae

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Science : Tornado chasers see into the eye of the storm

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Why even chewing the fat is bad for you

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X-ray vision provides brain scans for bees

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Rising yen

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Frozen fertility

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Promised land

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Africa online

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Space 2000

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Falling on deaf ears – A new French law will curb the volume of personal stereos to protect

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Falklands tempted by black gold

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Particle beams hit the bottle

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Biotech firm `embarrassed' by leaked plant deal

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West won't cough up cash to save vanishing crops

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Measles trial broke consent rules

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Sparks fly over `dead wood' logging

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Sun worshippers baffled by star ratings

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Crops and cockatoos upset a delicate balance

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Did ancient Athenians catch Ebola?

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Shuttle landing goes live on the Net

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Crisis looms over whaling ban

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Demob dolphins back in the ranks

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Technology

Netropolitan :

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Technology

Technology : Muscle transplant brings relief from incontinence

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Technology

Patents : Back in the good old days

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Technology

Patents : Bath time

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Technology

Patents : Eye, eye

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Technology

Patents : Shock treatment

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Technology

Patents : Glowing diagnosis

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Technology

Patents : Stunning tuna

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Opinion

Editorial: No more bloody whaling

FOR YEARS, delegates and scientific advisers to the International Whaling Commission have been less than honest. The stated goal of the IWC is to protect all species of whales from overexploitation. The reasoning is simple: "Increases in the size of whale stocks will permit increases in the number of whales which may be captured." It …

Opinion

Features

Treasure hunters of the deep

Lured by rich rewards, salvage experts are equipping themselves to recover thousands of tonnes of sunken cargo from the ocean floor. Tara Patel reports

Features

High & dry in Colombia

Features

Invasion of the micromachines

Features

You've all got it wrong

Features

Forum : Gold from the Gorbals

HUMANKIND has long sought gold, often with great diligence, and nearly always with greed and ferocity. But even by the late 19th century, the processes available for separating the metal from its ores could at best retrieve only about 45 per cent of it. By the 1870s, one of the biggest financiers of the gold-extracting …

Forum

Review : Collected works

Books & Arts

Enigma 881 : Up, up and away

Forum

AustralAsian : Taiwan and Australia strike multimedia deals - Bob Johnstone looks behind the headlines

Forum

Washington diary : Take control, fix the blame and act promptly - Andreas Frew reports from the heady heights of Capitol Hill

Forum

Forum : Picking up the pieces after Ariane

Forum

Review : Animal magic

Books & Arts

Review : Beijing revisited

Books & Arts

Review : Designer death

Books & Arts

Review : Sex, anybody?

Books & Arts

Review : Of mayflies and Minds

Books & Arts

Review : A patient approach

Books & Arts

Review : BESTSELLERS from San Francisco

Books & Arts

Review : Gene teach-in

Books & Arts

Review : Head case

Books & Arts

Review : Dickens of a book

Books & Arts

Review : A la recherche du temps

Books & Arts

Review : Engineering a nation

Books & Arts

Regulars

Feedback

EARLIER this month, US Vice-President Al Gore addressed two thousand students on their graduation day at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unbeknown to Gore, the Boston Globe tells us, the students were handed "Al Gore Buzzword Bingo" cards as they entered the hall. On each card of 25 squares was a different set of Information …

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This week's magazine

29 June 1996

On the cover

Treasure hunters of the deep

High & dry in Colombia

Invasion of the micromachines

You've all got it wrong

Table of contents

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Technology

Technology : Tiny rubber stamp succeeds where chip makers fail

Technology

Technology : Early warning for sore udders

Technology

Technology : Top down building big in Japan

Technology

Technology : Ion beams reveal vital surface impressions

Science : Star caught having a quiet smoke

Technology

Technology : Digital TV faces fragmented future

Science : Take heart from the jelly that wobbles for ever

Science : Lake life thrived at the South Pole

Science : Volcanoes take their cue from changing climate?

Science : Evolution is driven by jerks

Science : Exchange rates go with the flow

Science : Elephants swam in two by two

Science : Mat munchers cleared ancient algae

Science : Tornado chasers see into the eye of the storm

Why even chewing the fat is bad for you

X-ray vision provides brain scans for bees

Rising yen

Frozen fertility

Promised land

Africa online

Space 2000

Falling on deaf ears – A new French law will curb the volume of personal stereos to protect

Falklands tempted by black gold

Particle beams hit the bottle

Biotech firm `embarrassed' by leaked plant deal

West won't cough up cash to save vanishing crops

Measles trial broke consent rules

Sparks fly over `dead wood' logging

Sun worshippers baffled by star ratings

Crops and cockatoos upset a delicate balance

Did ancient Athenians catch Ebola?

Shuttle landing goes live on the Net

Crisis looms over whaling ban

Demob dolphins back in the ranks

Technology

Netropolitan :

Technology

Technology : Muscle transplant brings relief from incontinence

Technology

Patents : Back in the good old days

Technology

Patents : Bath time

Technology

Patents : Eye, eye

Technology

Patents : Shock treatment

Technology

Patents : Glowing diagnosis

Technology

Patents : Stunning tuna

Opinion

Editorial: No more bloody whaling

Features

Treasure hunters of the deep

High & dry in Colombia

Invasion of the micromachines

You've all got it wrong

More

Forum : Gold from the Gorbals

Review : Collected works

Enigma 881 : Up, up and away

AustralAsian : Taiwan and Australia strike multimedia deals - Bob Johnstone looks behind the headlines

Washington diary : Take control, fix the blame and act promptly - Andreas Frew reports from the heady heights of Capitol Hill

Forum : Picking up the pieces after Ariane

Review : Animal magic

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