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Story: Human Metabolism Recreated in Lab - [BBC] US researchers say they have created a "virtual" model of all the biochemical reactions that occur in human cells. They hope the computer model will allow scientists to tinker with metabolic processes to find new treatments for conditions such as high cholesterol.
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TECHNOLOGY
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Story: Scientists Build Nanomachine Envisioned 150 Yrs Ago - [Reuters] Nearly 150 years ago it was no more than a concept by a visionary scientist, but researchers have now created a minuscule motor that could lead to the creation of microscopic nanomachines.
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BUSINESS
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Story: A European Diffusion of Silicon Valley - [International Herald Tribune] A technology and media conference held in Munich provided ample evidence that Silicon Valley's dominance of Internet-style technology innovation was waning.
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SOCIETY
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Story: Europe Faces Labor Shortages as Population Ages - [International Herald Tribune] On a continent accustomed to headlines about chronically high unemployment and fearful of immigrants, European politicians face an unusual task: finding workers for their companies. And executives gathered in Davos are urging a politically unpopular solution: let skilled immigrants fill labor shortages that will continue to grow as the work force in Europe declines sharply amid a slowing in birth rates and a rise in the number of retirees.
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GLOBAL POLITICS
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Story: An African Stance Against China's Advance - [Christian Science Monitor] Chinese President Hu Jintao's current eight-nation tour of Africa should leave no doubt that the "Chinese Century" is in full swing in Africa. But if African states want to be equal partners in the emerging Africa-China relationship, they need, ironically, to rip a page from the European imperialist handbook.
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ENVIRONMENT
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Story: California May Ban Conventional Lightbulbs by 2012 - [Reuters] A California lawmaker wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs as part of California's groundbreaking initiatives to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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THE FUTURE
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Story: Leaping into the Future - [CNN] "I never think of the future" Albert Einstein once said, "It comes soon enough". But at the beginning of the 21st Century even the great scientist might have been taken aback by the pace of scientific and engineering advances of recent times. The construction sites, laboratories and space centers of today are all hammering out cast-iron plans for projects for the future. Some of them are already underway.
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