Daily Archives: 5 January 2012

What is Blog? [28]

Posted on 5 January 2012 by Richard Wintle

I can still remember the first time I found out what a “blog” was. In the early part of this century, in a fit of pique at a former employer, I typed the word “twat” into Google, for want of … Continue reading →

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How are your tweetations? [8]

Posted on 5 January 2012 by Frank Norman

A contentious paper came out towards the end of last year in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. That is a reasonably respectable title in its niche field and the author, Gunther Eysenbach, is a respected medical informaticist and e-health … Continue reading →

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A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated

Posted on 5 January 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The Western blot – an assay that allows you to separate all the proteins in a sample by size using gel electrophoresis and then detect the presence of a particular protein using an antibody that (hopefully) binds specifically to it … Continue reading →

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