Daily Archives: 19 May 2011

More family business

Posted on 19 May 2011 by Austin

Just a quick heads-up that my dad has posted an extended comment (or I’ve posted it for him) on the previous blogpost about his 7th decade of scientific publication. The comment has some links to more early 60s x-ray crystallography … Continue reading →

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In which the truth is out there

Posted on 19 May 2011 by Jennifer Rohn

Crop circles are so last century. In our lab, HeLa cell circles are all the rage: The tissue culture incubator is currently plagued – not with aliens, but a random vibration or resonance that causes our cells to sporadically seed … Continue reading →

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A shocking business

Posted on 19 May 2011 by Steve Caplan

Some recent repairs that we had done on our home, coupled with Henry’s recent post “Build” led me to recall an odd event that occurred in my home some years ago. We were new in the city of Omaha, and … Continue reading →

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