Advance 2010 Contents

Serious About Security
by Chrystal Houston

How secure is your company’s information about customers,
accounts and product plans? The answer may depend... (more)

 

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No-no to the Yo-yo Effect
by Kara Sutton-Jones

How many Americans have struggled to lose weight,
only to gain it back and then some? (more)

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Tissue Is the Issue
by Chris Jarvis

Fibrotic diseases kill more people each year than cancer.
The cure? To control a routine process... (more)

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The Family from 2 Million B.C.
by Kelli Levey

Call these fossilized humanoids mysterious. Call them mesmerizing.
But don’t call them the missing link... (more)

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Mismatched SOX
by Chrystal Houston

When a public company’s external audit firm also assists with
internal auditing, the risk of fraud actually falls. (more)
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Crude Awakening
by Robert Burns

Green algae have worked to produce crude oil for millions of years.
With a little help from biochemists... (more)
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Desert Harvest
by Brady Creel

The oil-abundant emirate of Qatar depends on trade and
technology for its water and food. Texas A&M... (more)


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Tiny Funnels, Huge Advances
by John Holder

Nanochannels could lead to medical treatments much tougher
on cancer yet far easier on the human body. (more)

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Danger in the Deep Dark Sea
by Keith Randall

Hundreds of feet below the waves, an extreme cave diver
confronts perils to discover... (more)

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Shock to the System
by Roma Subramanian

Can traumatic events—such as auto accidents and divorce—trigger
multiple sclerosis? A new study suggests... (more)

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Light at the End of the Tunnel
by Richard Niro

Even the darkest rooms of any building may soon receive
sunlight thanks to a new device under development... (more)



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Spawning Opportunities
by Karen Riedel

Belize transformed its fishing economy into an ecotourism boom.
But a Texas A&M researcher wondered... (more)

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Lost and Found
by Kara Bounds Socol

A Texas A&M–led institute focuses some of the world’s top
researchers on one problem... (more)


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Village Voices
by Karen Riedel

NGOs send female field workers to villages in northwest India
to improve local water systems, but... (more)

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Earth, Wind and... Water
compiled by Blair Fannin, Kay Ledbetter and Paul Schattenberg

Why the Edwards Plateau is not in as much distress as you might
have heard. (more)

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Learning From the Real World
by Kara Bounds Socol

Capstone experiences challenge Bush students in their final
semesters to find real solutions... (more)


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Book Reviews


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