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2004:
Hour Two: Genesis Update / Nanotech News
This hour, we'll get an update on NASA's 'Genesis' mission and on efforts to extract useful data from the crashed probe. NASA officials say that they're optimistic, and that it may be possible to achieve the most important portions of the mission's science objectives.
Plus, we'll talk about the latest in nanotechnology -- tiny tubes and tiny wires that could have a big impact. We'll find out why scientists are excited about a vibrating tube of carbon, and how nanowires could be used to detect and identify viruses.
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Guests:
David Lindstrom
'Genesis' Program Scientist
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington, DC
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Paul McEuen
Professor of Physics
Laboratory of Atomic and Solid
State Physics
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
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Charles Lieber
Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Chemical
Biology
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This segment produced by Charles Bergquist
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