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Nanotechnology researchers at Denmark Technical University have spent some years developing techniques for handling biological samples on very small scales, and report their findings here. They cover
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This anthology presents selections from the literature of colonial America with an emphasis on the American Revolutionary period and writings by women. Genres include, for example, travel accounts, le
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