Why cookies crumble studied by laser physics at Loughborough
A doctoral student and colleagues used a laser to watch moisture-driven expansion and center drying in cookies as they cool. They mapped surface strains that crack biscuits and propose adjusting humidity and temperature on production lines to reduce cracking.
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London
Britain
Qasim Saleem
Loughborough University
Leicestershire
Measurement Science and Technology
Institute of Physics
Saleem
Richard Wildman
Wildman
WHO lowers Taiwan SARS toll and revises deaths
The World Health Organization says Taiwan nearly halved its SARS infection figures and reclassified many deaths to other causes, dropping the global SARS death total to 774 from 916 in August. WHO spokesman Dick Thompson notes the data change allows more scrutiny and time. In Afghanistan, seven civilians die and six are wounded when an explosive device goes off inside a home near Bagram, caused by locals handling military debris.
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Taiwan
U.N. Health Agency
World Health Organization
WHO
Dick Thompson
U.S
Bagram Air Base
Afghanistan
Mohammed Nazeer
David Long
Canadians exempted from new border plans
Canada and the United States agreed that Canadian citizens would not be subject to the VISIT program under current policy. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Canadian Deputy Prime Minister John Manley stressed exemptions while noting plans could change as implementation solidifies. The system aims to tighten security at airports seaports and land crossings without hindering trade valued at over 1 billion dollars daily.
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Toronto
U.S
Homeland Security
Tom Ridge
Ridge
John Manley
Congress
Manley
Canada
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