Can this truly be the entire story behind Professor Danford W. Middlemiss‘s decision to end his academic career? CBC News reports: Dalhousie prof quits over parking A professor at Dalhousie University says a severe shortage of parking spaces at the Halifax school has forced him to quit. Dan Middlemiss [pictured here] and hundreds of other […]
Month: August 2011
Engineering: Taking Advantage of the Promiscuous One
Promiscuity appeals to chemical engineers, under certain circumstances. One set of those circumstances is described in the paper: “Engineering Sialidase Specificity: Taking Advantage of the Promiscuous One,” J.N. Watson, A.J. Bennet, presented at the 23rd International Carboyhdrate Symposium, held in Whistler, BC, Canada, July 23-28, 2006. The authors are at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.
Running Speeds of Crippled Coyotes
Running Speeds of Crippled Coyotes introduced itself in 1976, in a journal called Northwest Science. You’ll find few scientific studies that tell their story so clearly and efficiently. Bruce C Thompson, of the department of fisheries and wildlife at Oregon State University, wrote everything he had to say in a plain two pages. It contains little […]
Taking advantage of promiscuous reactions
One of the highlights of the American Chemical Society’s meeting in Denver is this presentation by Milton R. Smith III [pictured here, at right] of Michigan State University; “Taking advantage of promiscuous reactions.” The photo below shows part of the sign board outside the ballroom in which this research was revealed to an eager public: