A Harvard Crimson sums up recent experiments in slowing, stopping and manipulating light. Recently published results by the Lukin group are discussed, with earlier work by Hau and Walsworth mentioned.
Archive for December, 2003
First, There Was Light—Until Harvard Physicists Stopped It
Friday, December 12th, 2003Patenting Air or Protecting Property?
Thursday, December 11th, 2003A Washington post article casts a skpetical eye on dubious patents … It’s been mentioned elsewhere that along with genes people are patenting what might otherwise be considered techniques or business practices, on the level of going out on the street to sell newspapers … and not nescessarily inventing a new technology. (Source: Slashdot
If the library were like Amazon…
Wednesday, December 10th, 2003Eight drawings show Amazonation of the library; a good response to many articles that suggest libraries become more like the online bookstore. Of course, Amazon has a lot to teach us, especially now with its entry into full-text searching. One of my best memories of the public library in my hometown, however, was no one coming to bother you. (Source: The Shifted Librarian)
Grants.gov
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2003The federal government now offers” one-stop shopping” for grant and funding opportunities. You can search by agency, or choose from a number of subject categories. (Source: NSF Sci-Tech Library Newsletter
Harvard plans new ‘science hub’
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2003An article from BioMedCentral discusses Harvard’s plans for a “science hub,” one of the prongs for its Allston strategy. Dean Venky of DEAS comments on new linkages between engineering and the life sciences resulting from this proposed new geography and infrastructure. Some faculty objections are chronicled, even more in-depth in Monday’s Crimson.
Fingerprinting the literature
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2003an interview with the director of the e-biosci project on how to make life sciences literature accessible, stable and searchable… (Source: Open Access News)