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Quantum Computing

By Guest PostMarch 5, 2018Technology19th century, austrian cat, quantum computing, Technology

Quantum computing is many things: important, revolutionary and confusing. Who better to explain this monumental technology in understandable terms than a 19th Century Austrian cat? (more…)

A Norwegian defense

By Guest PostJanuary 10, 2014Education, Science19th century, atlantic, brain cancer, characterization, christopher columbus, deni galileo, egil johnson, finland, glioblastoma cells, glioblastoma multiforme, iver langmoen, joel glover, juha jaaskelainen, kuopio university, mrinal joel, newark, norway, norwegian capital, norwegian defense, norwegians discovered america, oslo, ph d defense, small viking ships, stem cell, university of delaware, viking ship museum, xenotypic tissue environments

Brain cancer researcher travels to Oslo for dissertation defense

As winter weather hit Newark, Del., on Sunday, Dec. 8, a University of Delaware brain cancer researcher escaped the storm by traveling to Oslo, Norway, of all places.

The Norwegian capital also received its first snow of the season that day, but it only accumulated to about three inches, according to Deni Galileo, associate professor of biological sciences at UD. He traveled to Oslo to take part in the Ph.D. defense of Mrinal Joel, a University of Oslo doctoral student who, like Galileo, is working on the most lethal type of brain cancer, Glioblastoma multiforme. (more…)

For many who work in his lab, Robert Crabtree is the quintessential mentor

By Guest PostSeptember 7, 2013Education19th century, british literature, cnrs, England, everybody happy, joseph chatt, malcolm green, oana luca, oxford university, professor, robert crabtree, scientific knowledge, ulrich hintermair, university of sussex, yale chemistry

Periodically, Yale chemistry professor Robert Crabtree strolls through his laboratory, sometimes whistling, and pauses to ask the students who work with him: “Everybody happy?”

According to Ulrich Hintermair, who conducted research in his lab as a postdoctoral fellow for the past two-and-a-half years, Crabtree’s concern with his research team’s wellbeing is just one of many qualities that distinguish him as a mentor at Yale. (more…)

New book by UCLA historian traces role of gender in 1992 Los Angeles riots

By Guest PostJuly 24, 2013Culture, Politics1992, 19th century, american history, american society, asian immigrants, black and white, black male rioters, black man, brenda stevenson, charlotte forten grimke, economic hardship, empire liquor market, free black woman, hot potato case, jewish american judge, joyce karlin, korean black conflict, korean shopkeeper, lapd beating, latasha harlins, life in black, los angeles riots, new book, philadelphia, policemen, rodney king, role of gender, russia, soon ja du, south korea, southern history, total property damage, ucla historian, united states, us race riots, westchester high school

White policemen pulling a black man from a car and viciously beating him. Black male rioters erupting after the officers are acquitted of assault and excessive force charges. Black male rioters pulling a white man from his truck and viciously beating him. Men of color looting stores. Gun-toting male shopkeepers poised on rooftops to protect their businesses.

So many of the indelible images of the 1992 Los Angeles riots feature men, especially black and white men. But there was also a women’s story behind the so-called Rodney King riots, and it is considerably more important and ethnically nuanced than the one that lingers in the public imagination, a UCLA historian argues in a new book. (more…)

Evolutionary study shows bridge species drive tropical engine of biodiversity

By Guest PostJune 12, 2013Environment19th century, biodiversity, biodiversity on earth, biological patterns, christina l belanger, david jablonski, dynamic, equator, evolutionary analysis, evolutionary study, fossil record, fossil species, hurricanes, living organisms, overexploitation, pattern, poles, pollution, present day patterns, sarah k berke, shan huang, temperate zones, temperature differences, tropical cradle, tropical engine, tropical species, university of chicago

Although scientists have known since the middle of the 19th century that the tropics are teeming with species while the poles harbor relatively few, the origin of the most dramatic and pervasive biodiversity on Earth has never been clear.

New research sheds light on how that pattern came about. Furthermore, it confirms that the tropics have been and continue to be the Earth’s engine of biodiversity. (more…)

Poetic Extravaganza

By Guest PostMarch 1, 2013Culture19th century, african american writers, anne spencer, Bible, black american studies, black culture, black history month, black student union, bob carpenter center, book of genesis, brooklynn hitchens, caged bird sings, canaan baptist choir, center, civil rights activist, clouds, famous poems, female poet, god, harlem sweeties, kasandra moye, langston hughes, maya angelou, new castle, nkosi oates, paul laurence dunbar, poetic extravaganza, president, rainbow, renaissance woman, still i rise, university of delaware

Angelou encourages University community to be ‘a rainbow in the clouds’

Maya Angelou had a special message for the enthusiastic audience that came to hear the renowned Renaissance woman and civil rights activist speak during a sold-out event held Friday evening, Feb. 22, in the University of Delaware’s Bob Carpenter Center.

“I’m going to remind you that you have already been paid for,” Angelou said. “Whether you are white or black or of Asian or Spanish ancestry, gay or straight, you don’t have to apologize to history for anything.” (more…)

IBM Social Sentiment Index Predicts New Retail Trend in the Making

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2013Technology19th century, advanced analytics, analysis, birth, blogs, convention, cultural domains, cultural meme, Facebook, fantasy, fashion, fiction, gothic machinery, hg wells, ibm, ibm predict, industrialized civilization, jules verne, message boards, national, news sources, nikola tesla, project, retail federation, retail industry, retro futuristic style, science fiction, sentiment analysis, social media sites, social sentiment index, steampunk, sub genre, trend, trevor davis, Twitter, us department stores, victorian society, visual arts

Analytics points to the “Birth of a Trend,” steampunk aesthetic to pervade pop culture in 2013

ARMONK, N.Y. – 14 Jan 2013: National Retail Federation Convention – Based on an analysis of more than a half million public posts on message boards, blogs, social media sites and news sources, IBM predicts that ‘steampunk,’ a sub-genre inspired by the clothing, technology and social mores of Victorian society, will be a major trend to bubble up, and take hold, of the retail industry. Major fashion labels, accessories providers and jewelry makers are expected to integrate a steampunk aesthetic into their designs in the coming year.

Measuring public sentiment can help retail chief marketing officers customize incentives and services to be more in tune with what customers are asking for, using data to tailor their offerings to address fast-moving trends and real-time customer needs. (more…)

Behind the Surface: 19th-Century Haitian Paintings Provide Link to Past

By Guest PostNovember 6, 2012Culture19th century, african diaspora art, art historian, caribbean collection, haitian artist, haitian paintings, haitian revolution, repair artwork

Behind the surface of a painting lies the history of its making. Scholars now know more about the histories of some 19th-century Haitian paintings held in Yale’s collections, thanks to the collaborative efforts of colleagues from Yale, the Smithsonian Institution, and Haiti. (more…)

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