Author: Qiong Wang

  • Twenty-four visits to Stockholm: a concise history of the Rockefeller Nobel Prizes.

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    Part XVIII: Robert Bruce Merrifield, 1984 Prize in Chemistry By Joseph Luna By the time Bruce Merrifield sat down to write in his lab notebook in May 1959, a scientific puzzle had been twirling in his head for quite some time. What he wrote next summarized a Nobel-worthy problem and offered a bold but totally…

  • Searching the Nobel Prize

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    By Susan Russo There is a wealth of enjoyment in exploring Nobel Prize information online. There are videos, such as a documentary of the four 2012 Laureates’ discoveries in medical research; Mother Teresa’s and Elie Wiesel’s speeches after their awards of their Peace Prizes; and a 1994 interview with John Nash (prize in Economic Sciences),…

  • Culture Corner

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    Six Perfect Songs By Bernie Langs I enjoy listening to music of all genres and styles and truly appreciate the efforts of not only good composition and musicianship, but of superlative production in the recording studio. On a visceral, emotional, tactile and maybe even soulful level, I have many favorite tunes that I deem perfect.…

  • New York State of the Mind

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    This month Natural Selections interviews Raquel Hernandez-Solis Research Assistant, Gilbert Laboratory Interview by Guadalupe Astorga How long have you been living in the New York area?  Two years, and I also lived here for three months during the Rockefeller SURF program (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship). Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? I live in…

  • For Your Consideration

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    By Jim Keller As we begin our fifth year of uncovering and examining the content that will eventually form the enigma that is the Academy Awards race, I thought it would be interesting to switch things up and break down my films of interest list by release date, festival appearance and production status. After all,…

  • Purple Reign

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    By DEANE MORRISON AND GEORGE BARANY George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) currently on the Chemistry faculty of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Deane Morrison, a distinguished science writer, is his U of M colleague. For more about this specific puzzle, including a link to the answer, visit here. More Barany and Friends crosswords…

  • “The Answers My Friend …”

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    By ROBERT MARK AND GEORGE BARANY George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) currently on the Chemistry faculty of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Robert Mark is a native New Yorker currently teaching in Thailand, and a long-time admirer of this puzzle’s theme.  For more information, including a link to the answer, visit here. More…

  • Quotable quote

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    Commonplace miracle: that so many commonplace miracles happen… A miracle, just take a look around: the world is everywhere. An additional miracle, as everything is additional: the unthinkable is thinkable. Maria Wislawa Anna Szymborska, 1923 – 2012, Nobel Prize for Literature 1996

  • Life on a Roll

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    By Qiong Wang Rome is a living open museum. Every road leads there. It is impossible to tell stories about an ancient city like Rome. You just don’t know where to start. The squares, the fountains, the statues, the cathedrals, the ruins and the monuments… It is “La Grande Bellezza”, the great beauty. Rome wasn’t…

  • Growing vegetables in small spaces

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    By Guadalupe Astorga One of today’s global issues concerns the supply of fresh food to people in cities. While the carbon footprint for transporting fruits and vegetables from the areas where they are produced, to the consumers’ tables can reach high levels for longer distances, local production and consumption have several advantages. A number of…