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Fun Science: The Backyard Cricket Thermometer
The loud crickets chirping in unison tonight reminded me of A. E. Dolbear’s observation that crickets can tell you the current temperature. According to his classic 1881 communication: T = 50 + (N-40)/4 where N is the number of field cricket chirps per … Continue reading
iPads for 6th grade
More updates at ipadsfor6thgrade.wordpress.com, for those who are interested in the ongoing story of one Massachusetts school district’s mandatory adoption of individual iPads for 6th graders.
The Art of Thinking Clearly
Rolf Dobelli has published a great book that will help you think more clearly about life, work. government — just about everything. The Art of Thinking Clearly is a collection of short three-page chapters describing 99 different cognitive biases that we humans suffer … Continue reading
Self-assembling robots that fold themselves and then walk away
Harvard researchers interested in creating self-assembling electromechanical systems are building miniature robots from a few motors, polystyrene sheets, and some paper. Inspired by origami and copying some of the properties of the kid’s toy Shrinky Dinks, the team created robots that start … Continue reading
Minnesota man prints 3-D castle in his back yard
In Minnesota, a contractor with an engineering background is almost finished printing a castle out of concrete, using a device he invented himself. Read the whole thing on 3dprint.com.
Infographic: Total and per capita NIH award funding by state
Mid-way through 2014, California currently leads the nation with $2.1 billion in National Institutes of Health (NIH) award funding, while Massachusetts and New York are ranked 2nd and 3rd, with about $1.4B each. Not surprisingly, Massachusetts — much smaller in … Continue reading
Posted in Biotech, Pharmaceutical Industry, Research
Tagged National Institutes of Health, NIH Funding
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Why isn’t New York City a Biotech Hub?
An article in the Wall Street Journal says that high rents are the problem: It also underscores a wider problem for the city as it tries to attract biotech away from thriving centers like San Francisco and Boston—an inability to … Continue reading
Posted in Biotech, Pharmaceutical Industry
Tagged biopharmaceutical research, Biotech cluster, biotech hub, Boston, New York City
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Sam Altman of Y Combinator thinks biotech is one of the next hot areas for investing
In a recent interview Sam Altman (the current president of Y Combinator, the famous Silicon Valley startup incubator) was asked which areas of investing did he thing were really hot, yet under appreciated. Altman immediately brought up biotech — an area that he … Continue reading
Posted in Biotech, Innovation
Tagged Biotech, Sam Altman, Venture capital, Y Combinator
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Broad Institute Receives $650M for Psychiatric Research
The Broad Institute, a biomedical research powerhouse in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has received the biggest gift ever for psychiatric research, totaling $650 million. The commitment from Ted Stanley (already a large donor) coincides with publication of the largest genomic study of … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Broad Institute, genetic research, schizophrenia, Ted Stanley
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