DNA barcoding a hardy urban denizen
In 2009, high school students found novel DNA barcode types in American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) in New York City (DNAHouse). Hoping to learn more about this feared and despised yet…
In 2009, high school students found novel DNA barcode types in American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) in New York City (DNAHouse). Hoping to learn more about this feared and despised yet…
…University-Rockefeller University Marine Science and Policy Initiative. We are exploring the marine waters of New York City and New Jersey with eDNA. Some of our work is posted here https://phe.rockefeller.edu/barcode/blog/nycnj-aquatic-vertebrate-edna-project/…
Galatee’s The Seasons, on which Jesse Ausubel served as a science advisor, earns good reviews. Review: The Nature Documentary ‘Seasons’ Looks at Land Animals New York Times ‘Seasons’ takes a…
…hydrocarbons. The recent JET fusion experiment achieved density 10,000,000 times coal with deuterium-tritium fuel. Note: *CANDU is a pressurized heavy water reactor. Sources of data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density and https://euro-fusion.org/eurofusion-news/dte3record/. Figure prepared…
German journalist Heinz Horeis who specializes in energy and environment visited the PHE in late 2007. The Swiss weekly news magazine Weltwoche published in German 6 March 2008 a substantial…
…Finally, English historian of science Simon Mitton, has completed the first history of deep carbon science, Carbon from Crust to Core: A Chronicle of Deep Carbon Science. Mitton’s 400-page book,…
National Fisherman May 14, 2020 Genetic markers reveal Brazilian cownose rays, Gulf kingfish in New Jersey waters Kirk Moore Agencia EFE (via El Diario, Spain) El analísis de ADN medioambiental…
Kate Stoeckle and Louisa Strauss presented “DNA Barcoding reveals mislabeled fish in New York City market” at the AAAS Annual Meeting on February 19 in San Diego, CA. The talk…
…Project (UBP) is a science competition spanning the five boroughs of New York City made possible by funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Just as a unique pattern of…
…Israeli Newspaper Ha’aretz. May 8, 2012 Professor Alexander Keynan Dies Keynan, who was first administrator of the institute for Biology at Nes Tziona and a member of the committee atomic…