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01. Why are Hybrids Sterile?
Daniel A. Barbash, Molecular Biology and Genetics
02. Ready, Set, Activate Nano-Keys!
Barbara A. Baird, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
03. Turbulence: An Unsolved Problem in Classical Physics
Eberhard Bodenschatz, Physics
04. A Dynamic Place
Joseph A. Burns, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics/Astronomy
05. Do We Discount or Not?
Linda Canina and Cathy A. Enz, Hotel Management
06. Body Mass vs. Body Fat
John H. Cawley and Richard V. Burkhauser, Policy Analysis and Management
07. Small Business Culture
Christopher J. Collins, Industrial and Labor Relations
08. How to Tune Nanostrings
Harold G. Craighead, Applied and Engineering Physics, Jeevak M. Parpia, Physics
09. A Bacterium’s Cooperative Lattice
Brian Crane and Jack H. Freed, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
10. The Social Behavior of Sweat Bees and Global Warming
Bryan N. Danforth, Entomology
11. The Way I Want to See It
David A. Dunning, Psychology
12. The Split-Second Answer
Melissa J. Ferguson, Psychology
13. A Biodegradable Wipe
Margaret W. Frey, Fiber Science and Apparel Design
14. Strange Fruit
Salah M. Hassan, Africana Studies and Research Center, Brett de Bary, Asian Studies, and Cheryl Finley, History of Art
15. Smokers, Former Smokers, Women Smokers, and Lung Cancer
Claudia I. Henschke, Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College
16. A Defendant’s Blackness and a Death Sentence
Sheri Lynn Johnson, Law
17. Solar Flares
Paul M. Kintner Jr., Electrical and Computer Engineering
18. Hearts with a Glow
Michael I. Kotlikoff, Biomedical Sciences
19. Predicting Alzheimer’s
Kelvin H. Lee, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Norman R. Relkin, Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medical College
20. Hydrogels from Synthetic DNA
Dan Luo, Biological and Environmental Engineering
21. It’s Photovoltaic
George G. Malliaras, Materials Science and Engineering
22. One Hundred Years Sooner for This Volcano!
Sturt W. Manning, Classics
23. Two Clusters of Rubble Near Earth
Jean-Luc Margot, Astronomy
24. An Alzheimer’s Preventive Enzyme
Linda K. Nicholson, Molecular Biology and Genetics
25. CHF Risk in Hypertensive Patients
Peter M. Okin, Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
26. Daughters as Caregivers
Karl A. Pillemer, Human Development
27. Top 2006 Science Story
Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Nutritional Sciences
28. Noiret™, Corot Noir™, and Valvin Muscat™
Bruce I. Reisch, Horticultural Sciences, Geneva Campus
29. A Mutant Mouse and Breast Cancer
John C. Schimenti, Biomedical Sciences
30. A Device at the Cutting Edge
Keith C. Schwab, Physics
31. Swarm Smarts
Thomas D. Seeley, Neurobiology and Behavior
32. Seeing Atoms Individually
John Silcox, Applied and Engineering Physics
33. A “C” of Scholarship
Buzz Spector, Art
34. Clean Hotel Rooms
Michael C. Sturman, Hotel Administration
35. Tunes of the Loons
Charles Walcott, Neurobiology and Behavior
36. TV Viewing in Early Childhood
Michael Waldman, Johnson Graduate School of Management, and Sean Nicholson, Policy Analysis and Management

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