Kirk Hartley
Transforming Science – “Petascale Day” – Celebrating “In Silico”
("This illustration depicts DNA molecules (light green), packaged into nanoparticles by using a polymer with two different segments…....
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 12, 2012
- 6 min
Research Data, Transparency and the FDA – Larger Lessons from Contrasting the Approaches of GS
Honesty and trust are keys to relationships of many kinds. A pair of news stories this week highlight practical and important issues...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 11, 2012
- 2 min
Mesothelioma Biomarkers – The Latest Paper Reaches the New England Journal of Medicine
At first it was the PAS antigen test for prostate cancer. Now cancer biomarkers are arriving for more and more other cancers. Their...
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Kirk Hartley
- Oct 9, 2012
- 2 min
Stem Cells and Quantum Computing – Nobel Prizes in Medicine and Physics Bring Together the Pas
Nobel prizes bring together past, present and future by recognizing and honoring transformative findings, regardless of when achieved....
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Kirk Hartley
- Sep 21, 2012
- 2 min
Stripes and Spots Can Change – Thoughts for Lawyers and Parents of Future Teenagers
Remember the old saying about a leopard not being able to change its spots. Well, it looks like that’s going to become an obsolete saying...
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Kirk Hartley
- Sep 18, 2012
- 4 min
Steps Down the Path to Proving How “Toxins” Cause Disease – Researchers Find Diox
Molecular biologists continue to delve into the specifics of how "toxins" cause harm, thus creating information that someday will end up...
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Kirk Hartley
- Sep 3, 2012
- 3 min
Quantum Computing Said to Have Arrived in a Silicon Chip
Remember photon torpedos in Star Trek? Now there’s something new photon-wise, but even better than torpedos. The Financial Times spread...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 31, 2012
- 2 min
Proving Genomic Changes and Evolution
Amazing. One small piece of DNA. Using advanced, repeating gene sequencing techniques, the researchers generated a precise genomic...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 24, 2012
- 3 min
“Benign-by-Design” – A Watchword for Product Liability As We Move into the Age of
Unlike asbestos and silica fibers, nanofibers are created by human designers. All three substances, however, are proven or suspected...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 23, 2012
- 1 min
Identifying Retracted Science Papers on PubMed
Unfortunately, some science papers end up being retracted because of foul-ups or deceit. Retraction Watch keeps an eye on and writes...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 9, 2012
- 1 min
Judge Posner Explains Using Regression Analysis to Calculate Damages in a Contract Case
Judge Posner never lacks for an opinion. In this opinion in ATA v. Federal Express, he explains why an expert opinion on damages should...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 5, 2012
- 3 min
Leading Edge Molecular Biology Lab to be Created from the London Olympics Doping Lab
(Photo courtesy of UK Mirror) A good news story for science from the London Olympic Games. The news is that British scientists and others...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 2, 2012
- 1 min
The Science of Swimming and Olympic Swimming Outcomes
The Olympics highlight the reality that science changes, and it’s a mistake to become complacent about science. To see the impact, here’s...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 29, 2012
- 3 min
In Silico and Bio-CAD – Terms For Future Daubert Hearings
(Image courtesy of Cray Supercomputing – more than 270 Cray supercomputers are now being deployed in the Blue Waters Project ongoing at...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 23, 2012
- 1 min
Ion Torrent to Seek X Prize for Extreme Genomics – 30 Centenarian Genomes in 30 Days for $1,00
The X Prize Foundation seeks to highlight progress and hopes in science and technology through extreme challenges, with prizes. One...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 23, 2012
- 1 min
Biosensors – A Growing Market
Medical monitoring claims came and went because science in the 1980s did not have much to offer as an alternative to the annual check-up....
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 22, 2012
- 4 min
Stems Cell Science Moves Forward as We Begin to Better Understand Creation of Cells in Glands
"This image [of stem cells] shows that ductal and epidermal progenitors (in red) proliferate and repair an epidermal scratch wound; the...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 15, 2012
- 2 min
A Great New Science Tool to Save Lives, Time and Money
(Credit – Image Courtesy of University of California – Los Angeles) ScienceDaily brings news of a multi-disciplinary team developing yet...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jul 8, 2012
- 4 min
Knowledge from Creatures Great and Small, and a Historic Research Lab Known as Cold Spring Harbor
Next time you walk by fish for sale in a pet store, take a look at a tank full of zebrafish. Then, smile about the major contributions...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jun 7, 2012
- 3 min
European Leadership on Fundamental Molecular Biology Research
Another back story to the June 4 post on important new work on proteins that bind to mRNA. The back story is the umbrella research group –...
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