Libraries are going broke paying for subscriptions to science journals. Electronic publishing may solve the problem but there are concerns about fraud, security and the future of peer review. U.S. doctors perform first experimental baboon bone marrow to human transplant on a San Francisco Aids patient. The patient is reported doing well after the operation.
Minnows have a clever survival strategy.
When bitten by a pike they release chemicals that warn other minnows but at the same time attract more pike, who fight with each other, allowing the minnow to escape. In 1991 we spoke about a Canadian project using turbines to produce electricity from the Bay of Fundy tidal flows. Now four years later, the company continues to develop its product, attracting international markets but little Canadian interest. Prof. Mark Brigham, Dept. of Biology. A cold, sweet liquid helps put out the fire.