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...sees his biggest accomplishment as elucidating the creation of carbon fluorine bonds from transition metals. He continues his work in transition metal-mediated transformations with the hope of having “an immediate impact on human health.” He explains, “There are certain problems in medical areas that may have their solutions in chemistry. One example of that is a very powerful imaging technology, PET. Positron emission tomography.” The technology is limited at a chemical level, creating a boundary for hospitals, and Ritter’s goal is to overcome this...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Faculty Hot Shots: Tobias Ritter | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...This is about curiosity and wonder, wizardry and sorcery,” Tatar said of her work. “I am exploring what it is about certain books that children find engrossing, what relationship parents have in reading with children, and the effect these stories have...

Author: By Huma N. Shah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Books Leave An Early Mark | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...limit an overwhelming number of applicants, are proving effective. Adoptions of Chinese children by U.S. citizens have dropped 50% in three years, from 7,906 children in 2005 to 3,909 in 2008, according to the U.S. State Department. Among the new regulations, adoptive parents are required to meet certain educational and financial requirements, and must be married, be under 50, not be clinically obese, not have taken antidepressant medication in the past two years and not have any facial deformities. (See pictures of American children up for adoption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Americans Are Adopting Fewer Kids from China | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...return the government also made certain the billions that flowed in the form of foreign investments and corporate taxes was plowed into public housing, health care and public education. "Now the government is using some of its enormous wealth to mitigate the pain for its citizens," says Daiwa's Basu. Welcome news to everyone in Singapore, no doubt, except for those hoping for shorter lines into the city's hottest bars and restaurants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Riding Out the Economic Storm in Singapore | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...sense that something serious had befallen the entire country - not just Mexico City, Oaxaca and San Luis Potosi which originally reported outbreaks - has finally taken hold. When the weekend started, no one was certain what was happening or how they had to react. Indeed, the tourist mecca of Acapulco was partying on. I live in Mexico City and when I flew in for a wedding on Saturday, there were no health personnel at the airport, no pamphlets, no nurses, no questions except "where to?" (Read the five things you need to know about the swine flu outbreak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swine Flu: Mexico's Lost Weekend | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

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