-
Join 34 other subscribers
Categories
Top Posts
Blogroll
Author Archives: Alexander Szewczak
First Color Movies of Pluto and Charon
First color movie of Pluto and Charon, courtesy of NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Pluto has a distinct reddish tint, while Charon is more grey.
Tutorial: Measuring the Efficiency of Equipment Utilization
There are two common Lean metrics for determining just how efficiently equipment is being utilized, and both are relevant for scientific research operations. Equipment covers a wide variety of capital items, including automation platforms (liquid handlers, integrated robotics, etc.), scientific instruments (e.g. microscopes, … Continue reading
Management Lessons on an Aircraft Carrier at Sea
Bill Reichert’s top ten management lessons from the US Navy. h/t Stacie Sherwood & Jeff Griffin via LinkedIn.
Takeda Joins the R&D Migration to Boston
From Fierce Biotech, news that the “unending game of global reorganization in biopharma R&D is continuing” with a new move by Takeda to close several vaccine operations around the U.S. in order to concentrate R&D in “the hot Boston/Cambridge, MA hub“
Posted in Biotech, Boston-Cambridge, Pharmaceutical Industry
Tagged biotech hub, Boston, Cambridge, Takeda
Leave a comment
Every Virus a Person Has Ever Been Exposed to Can be Detected in a Drop of Blood
A team of scientists has developed a new blood test that simultaneously detects the presence of circulating antibodies to more than 1000 strains of 206 known human viruses. In essence, the test profiles an individual’s lifetime history of viral infections. Published in Science, the … Continue reading
Posted in Biotech, Healthcare
Tagged Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, innovation, viral infection
Leave a comment
The Brain is Connected to the Immune System
A striking paper published in Nature shows that the lymphatic system is in fact connected to the brain. This has huge implications for diseases that are linked to dysfunctional immunological responses, like multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, and autism. The authors were “searching … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Leave a comment
More surface details apparent as New Horizons draws closer to Pluto
The New Horizons space probe is seeing more as it approaches Pluto. The spacecraft is closing in at the rate of 750,000 miles per day, increasing image clarity at an accelerating rate: “By late June the image resolution will be four times … Continue reading
Amazing photo of attempted landing of SpaceX rocket
From space.com, a nice post recapping the last attempt to land a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster on an ocean-going drone platform: Over at io9.com there are some other interesting comments, too.
Lots More Space Exploration News This Week
In keeping with this week’s space theme, three other noteworthy events: Today NASA’s Messenger probe orbiting Mercury finally ran out of propellant and, as planned, crashed into the planet surface, ending its historic 11 year mission. From NASA.gov: The spacecraft traveled more than … Continue reading
Posted in Space & Astronomy
Tagged Blue Origin, Mercury, Messenger, New Sheppard, Progress 59
Leave a comment
NASA’s New Horizons Probe Detects Surface Features & Possible Polar Cap on Pluto
For the first time, images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft are revealing bright and dark regions on the surface of faraway Pluto – the primary target of the New Horizons close flyby in mid-July. The images were captured in early … Continue reading
MechanizedIntelligence 