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Hi tech solutions for building demolition/renovation

Posted on 12 April 2013 by Steve Caplan

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I just hope they left the right people alone in the correct room!

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New meanings for protein structures-combining art and science

Posted on 12 April 2013 by Steve Caplan

I have been blogging on and off these past couple years about science and art, art and science. And all of the sudden I came across this phenomenal art form by Ph.D. student, Maja Klevanski, as depicted in a feature story in the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s Today magazine (see page 12 of the PDF).

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T*ts

Posted on 11 April 2013 by Henry Gee

There’s nothing like a picture of a comely young woman in her underwear to perk up one’s sagging spirits of an evening, but when I was alerted to the following story on the FB page of my friend Ms L. W. of Glastonbury I immediately smelled a rat.

This lavishly illustrated story (probably best not open this one at work) reports a 15-year Continue reading →

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A proposal for an improved curriculum vitae format

Posted on 11 April 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Let’s face it, the tired old standards of education, employment history, and achievements in each role really just aren’t that helpful during the hiring process. Sure, they’re necessary data points, but they’re by no means sufficient. You and your team are going to be spending a LOT of time with your new colleague, and you r Continue reading →

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Impact Factors — the revised RCUK open access guidelines

Posted on 9 April 2013 by Stephen

It has happened. Yesterday RCUK published the revised guidelines on its new open access policy and, as requested by this blog and everyone who signed up in support, the document (PDF) now includes, on page one no less, a statement that:

“When assessing proposals for research funding RCUK considers that it is the quality of the research propos Continue reading →

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Ferreting (2)

Posted on 9 April 2013 by Frank Norman

Following on from my previous post, my last bit of ferreting around last month was in support of the Strictly Science exhibition, organised by colleagues at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre. This high-profile exhibition is open (free) until 14 April, at the Imperial College foyer in Exhibition Road. It features three laboratories – yesterday, Continue reading →

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Ferreting (1)

Posted on 9 April 2013 by Frank Norman

After commenting on my last post that I am only called on three or four times a year to ferret out interesting old documents, here I am again with more tales of history. It seems to be a boom year for history around my way, perhaps because of the MRC Centenary celebrations this year.

My first historical enquirer, in the weeks leading up to Easter, Continue reading →

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Hockey Pool, Weeks 10 and 11

Posted on 9 April 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I can’t believe the regular season’s almost over! I managed to make it to a game last week, which was awesome, especially because the friend who invited me – an Oilers fan – was convinced the Canucks were going to be crushed. Every time the Canucks scored I leapt to my feet while she stayed in her seat, resulting in some hil Continue reading →

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Off to the other side of the world

Posted on 8 April 2013 by Bob O'H

This is just a brief announcement to explain that as this publishes I should be off on my travels again. This time I’m going further than ever before (no, I’m not travelling by standing on the shoulders of giants). I’m off to…

Australia!!!!

Yay, and I’m doing it without first having to break any laws. Continue reading →

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Broken Teeth

Posted on 7 April 2013 by rpg

M’good friend Dr Gee apparently has a thing about bones. Anything he can do, I can do better, so, in the absence of any biological modelling this week, here’s one for you paleontologists:

Fossil

To me, it looks like a fossilized tooth. Couldn’t tell you what from, though. Continue reading →

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