Geoff Brumfiel appears in the following:
Tiny DNA Switches Aim To Revolutionize 'Cellular' Computing
Friday, March 29, 2013
If you think programming a clock radio is hard, try reprogramming life itself. That's the goal of Drew Endy, a synthetic biologist at Stanford University.
Endy has been working with a laboratory strain of E. coli bacteria. He sees the microbes as more than just single-cell organisms. They're little computers.
...Mosh Pit Math: Physicists Analyze Rowdy Crowd
Friday, March 22, 2013
Physics and heavy metal don't seem to have a lot in common, but Matt Bierbaum and Jesse Silverberg have found a connection. Both are graduate students at Cornell University. They're also metal heads who enjoy going to concerts and hurling themselves into mosh pits full of like-minded fans.
About five ...
Depression And Anxiety Could Be Fukushima's Lasting Legacy
Monday, March 11, 2013
Two years ago today, an earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Hundreds of thousands of people living near the plant were forced to flee. The World Health Organization recently predicted a very small rise in cancer risk from radioactive material that ...