Dixon, Frank James
American immunologist (b. March 9, 1920, St. Paul, Minn.—d. Feb. 8, 2008, San Diego, Calif.), was the founding director (1961) of the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., where he developed...
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Wallace, David Foster
American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist (b. Feb. 21, 1961, Ithaca, N.Y.—found dead Sept. 12, 2008, Claremont, Calif.), produced dense works that provide a dark, often satiric analysis of...
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GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY
The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly 6,000...
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Astronomy
Solar System: A trio of spacecraft made a multitude of new discoveries about the planets Mercury, Mars, and Saturn in 2008. On January 14 and again on October 6, the NASA Messenger spacecraft flew...
View ArticleMEMS Electromagnetic Modeling
The electromagnetic modeling step, familiar to most RF/microwave engineers, involves the electromagnetic analysis of the structure using a 3-D fullwave solver tool. It begins by transferring the solid...
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