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Fall 2001, Volume 11, Number 3, Circulation 12,000, Subscribe Free

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particle accelerator computer simulation SciDAC Awards: Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing—The Department of Energy's Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research announced its first awards under the new SciDAC program.
hominid fossils of Ardipithecus ramidus kadabbaEarliest Hominid Discovery Not the Missing Link—But Close—An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of fossil bones and teeth belonging to the earliest human ancestors yet discovered.
acrylic phantom and gamma-ray lensNew Lens Could Help Find Cancer Tumors Earlier—A new approach to cancer detection developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory uses a copper crystal lens that is expected to find tumors no larger than a grain of rice.
pi symbolAre the Digits of Pi Random?—Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Reed College have taken a major step toward answering this age-old question.
doubly strange nuclei Working Science: Doubly Strange Nuclei—Physicists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory report the first large-scale production of nuclei containing two strange quarks.

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