China Maglev Progress
While we prefer lateral suspension approach to the German approach, we are pleased to observe China speeding along the learning curve for maglev technology….
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Cool new barcode app
The US Global Positioning System (GPS), consisting of 24 to 32 satellites in medium earth orbit, cost $32 billion to develop and is supported by an annual budget of $1…
Undiscovered species lurking in museum drawers
Four whales stranded on the coast of California in the 1970s were identified as Hector’s beaked whale Mesoplodon hectori (Mead 1981 J Mammalogy 62:430). 20 years later mitochondrial DNA analysis…
Vern Ruttan Article
Jesse’s comment about Vern Ruttan’s article on technologies that might transform the economy appeared in the spring issue of the journal Issues in Science and Technology….
Living Lab radio
WGBH’s Living Lab radio program hosted by Heather Goldstone interviewed Jesse Ausubel for 30 minutes about his views on the global environment. The radio interview was stimulated by Jesse’s lecture…
Grapefruit-sized DNA sequencer in development
With funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, researchers at Reveo, Inc. and the University of Washington are collaborating on developing a grapefruit-sized sequencer. It uses electronic and photonic…
CoML Bermuda Triangle
The Census of Marine Life issued a press release 4 May on a cruise to look at sea bugs deep beneath the Bermuda Triangle….
Another prize for salamander eDNA
Samara Davis’ poster on “Detection of Threatened Pool-Breeding Amphibians with eDNA Analysis” for the Northeast Partners in Reptile and Amphibian Conservation conference won top prize for undergraduate presentation—nice recognition for…
2007 Interview with Jesse cited in WSJ
A 5 Nov 2022 Wall Street Journal article by Holman Jenkins cites JH Ausubel. Renewable and nuclear heresies . Int J Nucl Governance, Econ Ecol 1 (3): 229–243, 2007 and…
Mitochondrial DNA analysis regularly reveals new species, supporting DNA to lead the way
…later based in part on mitochondrial DNA characters (Wada et al. 2003. Nature 426:278) Does this look like 1904? Honeybee mite Varroa jacobsoni described in 1904. In 1970’s, worldwide epidemic…