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today's news: medicine: Antibiotic resistance switched off New genes weaken drug-defying bacteria in the lab brain: Seeing is a hearing aid The direction of our gaze affects what we hear

Monday 19 March 2001 APS Special from Seattle: physics: Researchers have the bosanova blues A technique that brings the quantum world up to everyday sizes has physicists scratching their heads.
Friday 16 March 2001 technology: Cold chips shrink horizons Miniature refrigerators chill microelectronics.
chemistry: NMR lifts lid on life inside cells An old technique opens a new window into living cells.

Thursday 15 March 2001 APS Special from Seattle: physics: New SQUIDS on the block Super-sensitive magnetic detectors are finding new applications from aeronautics to pathology. relics: Fall put leaves on trees Leaves may have evolved in response to a massive drop in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
brain: Some choose to lose memory We can consciously block out bits of the past.
evolution:Hungry primates see red A taste for red leaves may have given us full colour vision
Wednesday 14 March 2001 technology: Memories are made of glass A new material brings the 3D compact disc closer.
brain: Shock tactics for new neurons Electricity may trigger nerve growth

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