Scientific American Magazine Vol 284 Issue 5

Scientific American

Volume 284, Issue 5

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Features

3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of natural (partial) cavitation over a cylindrical body

The Artic Oil & Wildlife Refuge

Rising Resistance 1999

The Semantic Web: What Is the Killer App?

Seeking to overcome vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Cavitation videotape

Assessment Results: Abstract

Elephant Seal Colony

Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of natural (partial) cavitating flow over a cylindrical body

Warp Drive Underwater

By traveling inside drag-cutting gas pockets, new subsea systems can move much faster underwater than their conventional counterparts on the same amount of energy

Glossary

The Semantic Web: Glossary

Web Searches Today

Rip Van Twinkle

THE OLDEST STARS HAVE BEEN GROWING YOUNGER

CCD SCANNERS 1999

PROBOSCIS

The Arctic Oil & Wildlife Refuge

THE LAST GREAT ONSHORE OIL FIELD IN AMERICA MAY LIE BENEATH THE NATION'S LAST GREAT COASTAL WILDERNESS PRESERVE. SCIENCE CAN CLARIFYTHE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND THE ECOLOGICAL RISKS OF DRILLING INTO IT

What's Wrong with this Picture?

PSYCHOLOGISTS OFTEN USE THE FAMOUS RORSCHACH INKBLOT TEST AND RELATED TOOLS TO ASSESS PERSONALITY AND MENTAL ILLNESS. BUT RESEARCH SAYS THE INSTRUMENTS ARE FREQUENTLY INEFFECTIVE FOR THOSE PURPOSES

The Semantic Web

A new form of Web content that is meaningful to computers will unleash a revolution of new possibilities

Compounds in the chemist's workspace

The Semantic Web: Overview / Semantic Web

Economic Analysis: Abstract

Behind Enemy Lines

A close look at the inner workings of microbes in this era of escalating antibiotic resistance is offering new strategies for designing drugs

Departments

Letters
Letters to the Editors, May 2001
The Mail
Clarifications
By the Numbers
Rewriting History
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Ill-Fated Viruses, Accepted Electrons and As the World Turns
50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
Advances
Taken to Heart
Microscopic Maelstrom
Shape Shifters
Otherworldly Ocean
Mad Cow's Human Toll
Troubles at the Edge
Deeper Impact
Fat into Cartilage
Hack Job
Bright Sky, Dirty City?
Fetal Cell Setback
Holier Than Thou
Shape-Shifters
Reviews
A Case Study for Global Warming
Anti Gravity
Drink and Be Merry
Working Knowledge
Quick Scan
From the Editor
From the Editors
In Brief
Data Points "The Not so Sheltering Sky", May 2001
Brief Bits, May 2001
IN BRIEF
Perspectives
Save Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Profile
A Host with Infectious Ideas
Innovations
Project Skyhook
Departments
End Points, May 2001
Staking Claims
Antimicrobe Marinade
Voyages
War and Peace among the Pinnipeds
Puzzling Adventures
Something Fishy
Skeptic
The Erotic-Fierce People