Category Archives: Technology

Eclipse: Protect Your Eyes for The Big One

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Juliette Wipf

Miguel Crespo Summer is here and again sun, humidity, and mosquitos will relentlessly plague our days. But the firmament reserves something unique for us: a celestial spectacle we do not get to witness every day. On Monday August 21, 2017, … Continue reading →

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This month Natural Selections interviews Jazz Weisman of the Scientific Computing Users Group

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Juliette Wipf

Juliette Wipf Picture: Jason Banfelder, Director of the RU High Performance Computing Systems, talking about the most commonly used computing tools at the inaugural meeting of the SciComp group. On April 12, Scientific Computing Users Group (SciComp) of The Rockefeller … Continue reading →

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Renewable Energy

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Juliette Wipf

Yvette Chin When Sheikhs invest in solar, you know a paradigm change has arrived. A slew of sun-drenched Middle Eastern states, prompted by the now-favorable economics of renewable energy, and a concomitant cloudy outlook for fossil fuels, are looking to … Continue reading →

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Growing vegetables in small spaces

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Qiong Wang

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 … Continue reading →

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