September 20, 2001

Doing good science is one thing. Communicating the results to peers and students is another. Eric Mazur wins awards for both. The physics professor has won one of the first Director's Awards for Distinguished Teaching Scholars from the National Science Foundation. Full story

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Harvard wins nanocenter grant
National Science Foundation funding will be used to begin a Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center - which will explore and manipulate items as small as a single atom.

Mazur recognized for teaching
Physicist named 'distinguished teaching scholar' by NSF

Resistance to antibiotics is reversed
Gene therapies being developed to fight growing problem of hospital infections.

Scientists explore antimatter
A lifetime of trillionths of a second

Genes associated with long life pinpointed
Findings may lead to a better understanding of the aging process.

Survey: 80% assent to genetic testing
Approximately 80 percent of adults responding to a random telephone survey would be willing to take a test to determine if they are genetically predisposed to developing Alzheimer's disease.

Women's habits can reduce risk of diabetes
Study shows that women who are not overweight, exercise, and eat a diet rich in fiber and low in glycemic index and trans fat dramatically reduce their risk of Type 2 diabetes.

Scientists to wed at this year's Ig Nobels
Lisa Danielson and Will Stefanov, both geologists at Arizona State University, will be married in a 60-second ceremony as the climax of the science world's goofiest - and perhaps most-beloved - annual event.

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