This is mindblowing technology.
Sketch2Photo: Internet Image Montage from Tao Chen on Vimeo.
{ 0 comments }
Posts tagged as:
science
The results of my doctoral dissertation have been published in Nucleic Acids Research, at long last!
You’ve probably been wondering for months about the images in the right column of this blog. My doctoral dissertation described the effects of torsional stress on the structure of DNA. It is well known that DNA is slightly underwound inside [...]
{ 2 comments }
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve had the chance to see and critique a lot of early-stage company presentations. One criticism that comes up again and again is that scientist-entrepreneurs waste too much time talking about the details of their discovery and not enough time on the business opportunity.
When you’re pitching to investors, [...]
{ 0 comments }
photo credit: incarnate
Newt Gingrich recently wrote an editorial in the WSJ [subscription required] calling for greater use of prizes to solve the world’s problems. Regardless of what you think about Newt’s politics, it’s difficult to deny that the current grants-based process of funding science isn’t meeting our needs. Grants are too risk-averse and too [...]
{ 1 comment }
The National Research Council has released a report calling for for more professional masters degrees in scientific disciplines. They cited an increasing need for people in non-profits, business, and government who have a combination of scientific, business, and communication skills.
I’d argue that these same skills are needed by all doctoral students in the sciences. Referring [...]
{ 1 comment }
