Did you spend some class time filling out your bracket for the school competition? If you missed out on a little education, you’ve got company in the business world. This Wired Blog post describes some scientific and statistical analysis of how to pick the winners. Notice that I didn’t post this until after the brackets [...]
Entries from March 19th, 2008
Ultra-fast Lasers Have Great Potential
March 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Chemistry, Physics
How fast is a femtosecond? Try one-quadrillionth of a second. New ultra-fast, ultra intense lasers have lots of applications in medicine and in the production of new materials. Since the duration of the laser is so brief, almost no heat spreads to surrounding areas of materials or tissue. Cancer treatments and revolutionary materials may be [...]
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Design Flaw Keeps Space Addition in the Dark
March 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Physics
An apparent design flaw in an electrical component is preventing the new Kibo laboratory module of the International Space Station from being powered up. The problem needs to be fixed soon or irreparable damage could occur to the lab from the temperature extremes in space. Is sounds like the type of problem someone should have [...]
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Salmon Collapse in California
March 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Biology
With the numbers of pacific coast salmon dropping to all time lows, the National Marine Fisheries Service may recommend the suspension of all salmon fishing from Oregon to Baja California. This article in the New York Times does not make clear the reason for the decline, though the overuse of the Sacramento River watershed for [...]
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Initial Post
March 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Biology, Chemistry, Physics
This is the first of what will hopefully be many posts. After experimenting with a variety of different formats over the years, we may have found the best possible solution. WordPress is perhaps the best blogging platform right now. Edublogs has done the educational world a wonderful service by providing and hosting this platform. Thank [...]
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