McGraw-Hill yearbook of science and technology 2005

Intended for non-specialists, this collection of articles provides information on the various advances in science and technology. It offers coverage of topics, such as bioterrorism, earth simulator, electric power systems, extreme programming, HIV vaccines, human impact on vertebrate extinction, polymers for micro-electronics, and more. Content: Acoustic viscometer -- Active thermochemical tables -- Adaptive wings -- Adoptive tumor immunotherapy -- Advanced wireless technology -- Atmospheric modeling, isentropic -- Atom economy -- Atomic-scale imaging of dynamic surfaces -- Autoimmunity to platelets -- Aviation security -- Biological pest control -- Bioterrorism -- Brain size (genetics) -- Catalytic hydroamination -- Cell membrane sealing -- Change blindness (psychology) -- Chimpanzee behavior -- Chinese space program -- Cirrus clouds and climate -- Clinical yeast identification -- Cloning -- Collective flux pinning -- Combinatorial materials science -- Comparative bacterial genome sequencing -- Computational intelligence -- CT scanning (vertebrate paleontology) -- Denali earthquake -- Dinosaur growth -- Directed evolution -- Display manufacturing by inkjet printing -- Distributed generation (electric power systems) --Document scanning -- Earth Simulator -- Electrospinning -- Environmental sensors -- Evolutionary developmental biology (vertebrate) -- Exchange bias -- Experience and the developing brain -- Extensible markup language (SML) database -- Extreme programming and agile methods -- Firefly communication -- Flapping-wing propulsion -- Forensic botany -- Fossil microbial reefs -- Genetically modified crops -- Glaciology -- GPS modernization -- Harmonics in electric power systems -- Hearing disorders -- Helper and regulatory T cells -- High-altitude atmospheric observation -- HIV vaccines -- Home erectus -- Human/machine differentiation -- Human-powered submarines -- Humans and automation -- Hurricane-related pollution -- Intelligent transportation systems -- Ionic liquids -- Killer whales -- Lake hydrodynamics -- Language and the brain -- Lignin-degrading fungi -- Lipidomics -- Location-based security -- Low-speed aircraft -- Macromolecular engineering -- Madagascan primates -- Magnetorheological finishing (optics) -- Mantle transition-zone water filter -- Mass extinctions -- Mass spectrometry (carbohydrate analysis) -- Medicinal mushrooms -- Menopause -- Micro hydropower -- Microcombustion -- Mississippi River degradation -- Mobile satellite services with an ancillary terrestrial component -- Modern traditional sailing ships -- Moisture-resistant housing -- Molecular motors -- Multiple ionization (strong fields) -- Natural optical fibers -- Neoproterozoic predator-prey dynamics -- Network security and quality of service -- Neurotrophic factors -- Neutral-atom storage ring -- Nobel prizes -- Olfactory system coding -- Optical coherence tomography -- Origin of vertebrates -- Orographic precipitation (meteorology) -- Pentaquarks -- Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants -- Pharmaceutical crops -- Phosphoinositides -- Photonic crystal devices -- Protoprotection in plants -- Polymer recycling and degradation -- Polymer solar cells -- Probiotics -- Protein networks -- Quorum sensing in bacteria -- Radiation-curable inks and coatings -- Radio-echo sounding -- Radio-frequency spectrum management -- Red yeast rice -- Resveratrol -- Ridge -- Ridge-flank hydrothermal circulation -- Satellite climatology -- Segmentation and somitogenesis in vertebrates -- Self-cleaning surfaces -- Serial data transmission -- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) -- Shape memory alloys -- Sloan digital sky survey -- Small warship design -- Smart card -- SMART 1 -- Solar storms -- Space flight -- Space shuttle -- Spherical microphone arrays -- Spitzer space telescope -- Stereoscopic displays -- Submarine hydrodynamics -- Superconducting motors -- Superheavy elements -- Surface plasmon resonance -- Systematics in forensic science -- Systems architecting -- Tetraquarks -- Thermoacoustic mixture separation -- Transits of Venus -- Transportation system security -- Two-photon emission -- Ultrasonic aerosol concentration and positioning -- Visual illusions and perception -- Vitamin D -- Voice over IP -- West Nile fever (encephalitis) -- Wide-band-gap III-nitride semiconductors -- Wireless sensors -- Xenoturbella (invertebrate systematics). -- McGraw-Hill's annual publication continues its tradition of making information on the latest advances in science and technology accessible to non-specialists through concise, well-illustrated articles-- 170 entries from 200 leaders in their respective fields cover topics from Advances in NMR to X-ray astronomy-- Up-to-date coverage in such exciting forefront areas as: Ancient DNA, Astrobiology, Cancer Detection, Climate Change, Forensic Engineering, Natural Fission Reactors, Schizophrenia, Wearable Computers, and much more-- 250 images and two-color graphics enhance the text and illuminate key concepts-- Features numerous cross-references to the Encyclopedia and bibliographies of key literature after each article for background reading-- An extensive subject index makes finding information a snap Covers over 90 disciplines of science and technology, including biomedical science, chemistry, cosmology, information science, environmental science, and nanotechnology