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OpenScience / Science
FooCamp? BarCamp?
One of the more interesting aspects of the New Communication Channels workshop was something called the “SciBarCamp” that was organized by Jen Dodd. I’d never been at a meeting which used this format before, and I was a bit dubious … Continue reading
Cool finds at the NCCB2008 workshop
Some of the cooler online resources that have been discussed at the NCCB2008 workshop: OpenWetWare The international genetically engineered machines competition (IGEM) Registry of Standard Biological Parts Nature Precedings Proteopedia The Open Protein Structure Annotation Network (TOPSAN) SciVee.tv FriendFeed
New Communication Channels for Biology Workshop
I’m going to be giving a talk at the “New Communication Channels for Biology” Workshop run by the CalIT2 folks at UCSD. The workshop is Thursday and Friday, and there are going to be some interesting folks like Michael Nielsen, … Continue reading
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Cool new software
A whole bunch of new software to highlight today: In our Engineering section, we have two new packages: OOFEM is an object oriented, parallel, multiphysics finite element code system for solving mechanical, transport and fluid mechanics problems, and ASCEND is … Continue reading
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Heat Capacity of Water
It is no secret to my students, family and friends that I’m now completely obsessed by the odd properties of water, including the anomalously high heat capacity. Here’s a neat parlor trick involving this water anomaly that is masterfully explained … Continue reading
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A physics teacher begs for his subject back
I used to think that math and physics education in US secondary schools was worse than in any other industrialized country. Expectations and standards seem to have fallen so low that some of our best students are showing up at … Continue reading
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New Software Links
Some cool new user-submitted software links today: SAGE is math software that supports research and teaching in algebra, geometry, number theory, cryptography, numerical computation, and related areas. It looks very useful. CAE Linux is an entire Linux distribution designed specifically … Continue reading
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New Software Links
We’ve been completely swamped lately with duties relating to Freshman chemistry. There’s been a backlog of new OpenSource scientific software, so without further ado: In our Partial Differential Equation section, we’ve got a new link to FEniCS, which appears to … Continue reading
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Engineering Science Blog
Our friends Geoff Davis and Peter Fiske over at PhDs.org have started a new blog called Engineering Science. The first few posts have been very good, including these excellent posts on writing effective grant proposals and the stereotype threat. Go … Continue reading
Scientific Expert or Not. Does it matter?
Slate Magazine is running an article about a Sociologist who posed as a physicist. Harry Collins (the sociologist) studies “expertise” in his day job, but has a strong interest in experiments for detecting gravitational waves. He and his colleagues collected … Continue reading
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