A 36× enlarged triply periodic porous cube of photocured polymer, 60 millimeters in total length, shown refl ected off a pool of uncured resin. Computer-aided design makes it possible to tailor materials with control over porosity, pore size, and mechanical properties. These materials may subsequently fi nd use as scaffolds for tissue engineering and cell-laden hydrogel constructs. See the spec...

Critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP) has long been an area of concern, from its beginnings with the creation of the Internet to recent high-profile distributed denial-of-service attacks against critical systems. Critical systems rely heavily on information infrastructures; a disruption of the information infrastructure can hinder the operation of critical systems. The developed...

The developing countries of the world face many major social challenges, among these challenges is education. It seems that the tendency would be to merely transport current educational pedagogy to these developing nations. But the existing pedagogy primarily fosters the development of ruled-based thinking, which will not suffice given the demands of the current day. Thus a new model for educat...

Environmental Health Perspectives • VOLUME 114 | NUMBER 10 | October 2006 A 603 The NIEHS Strategic Plan for 2006–2011, New Frontiers in Environmental Sciences and Human Health, lays out a vision for establishing a global effort in the environmental health sciences. A central component of that vision is the establishment of enhanced research capacity in developing nations and cooperation betwee...

When a developmental creed emerged in the West, it posited that in order to attain development, a country’s administrative structure should conform to the standards of the most advanced industrial societies. The key issue, then, was the transformation of the existing traditional machinery into the new entity. This was to be accomplished through administrative development: the modernization of t...