Benson elected fellow for science, technology studies related to law
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:17:33 -0700
An area district judge is one of three in Minnesota recently elected fellows in the national Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center, or ASTAR.
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Desperately seeking math and science majors
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:32:04 -0700
Applied Materials had to fly in 100 interviewers just to screen all the job applicants for its new Solar Technology Center in Xi'an, China, last year. The company wanted to fill 260 high-tech jobs. It got 26,000 resumes. A fraction of those applicants were invited to interview. The final selectees, board member Andy Karsner tells me, "were top-of-their-class, English-speaking engineers. They're ...
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Genes from Ebola Virus Family Found in Human Genome
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:03:34 -0700
Viruses do not make good fossils. But advances in genomic technology have allowed scientists to peer into the genetic material of viruses and their hosts to search for clues about their shared evolutionary history. [More]
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