AAAS gathering explores animals, aliens, and atoms

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One research report at the 1996 AAAS meeting described the mechanism of the retardation effect in the electromagnetic fields of atoms in a molecule. Other reports concerned the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and research on lemur fossils.

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Pacific Basin gathering in Hawaii fills with chemists

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One report at the Pacific Rim chemical meeting discussed a project to engineer a tobacco plant to express an insect-killing virus. Another paper described the development of square chiral molecules that may have applications in drug synthesis.

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Atomic landscapes beckon chip makers and chemists

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Topics at the 1996 American Vacuum Society meeting included the development of an array of 144 scanning probe microscope tips and research on porphyrins that showed individual molecules changing shape.

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