Category Archives: Science

Now that's what I call self correcting

Posted on December 21, 2011 by sflammia

Apparently this is the year for breakthroughs in self-correcting computer hardware. After hearing about Jeongwan Haah’s new self-correcting topological quantum memory at QIP, I just learned, via BBC news, about a new type of (classical) self correcting circuit: one which … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Technology | 1 Comment

Why medicine needs scirate.com

Posted on September 13, 2011 by aram

Defenders of the traditional publishing model for medicine say that health-related claims need to be vetted by a referee process. But there are heavy costs. In quantum information, one might know the proof of a theorem (e.g. the Quantum Reverse … Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Health, Open Science, Science, Science 2.0, Scientific Publishing, scirate | 10 Comments

How people in science see each other

Posted on August 15, 2011 by sflammia

via.

Posted in Funny Ha Ha, Science, The Loony Bin Called Academia | 2 Comments

TEDxCaltech Streaming Link

Posted on January 14, 2011 by dabacon

TEDxCaltech streaming

Posted in Caltech, Go Ahead, Waste Your Time, Physics, Science | Leave a comment

Balancing the Budget, One NSF Grant at a Time

Posted on December 8, 2010 by dabacon

Now THIS is the kind of idea we pay our Republican house representatives to come up with. A website where we can go through NSF grants and identify the ones we think should not be funded, balancing the budget, one … Continue reading →

Posted in Off The Deep End, Politics, Science | 4 Comments

Beyond Postdocalypse

Posted on September 8, 2010 by dabacon

Even more postdocs 🙂 Peter Love from Haverford College has postdocs for quantum simulation, the most important, yet with apologies to those who have made major progress in this field, still least understood portion of quantum algorithms.  Which is why … Continue reading →

Posted in Physics, Quantum Computing, Science | 3 Comments

TEDxCaltech

Posted on September 8, 2010 by dabacon

Oh wow, very cool.  TEDxCaltech (http://tedxcaltech.com/): On Friday, 14 January 2011, Caltech is hosting TEDxCaltech, an exciting one-day event to honor Richard Feynman—Nobel Laureate, Caltech physics professor, iconoclast, visionary, and all-around “curious character.” You won’t want to miss a minute. … Continue reading →

Posted in Caltech, Science | 3 Comments

Missed This: New John Baez Blog

Posted on July 29, 2010 by dabacon

Hmm, I’m totally out of it as I missed that John Baez, who “blogged” before blogging was the incredibly hip thing to do (which lasted for exactly 2 seconds in 2006?) has a new blog, a new two year visiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Physics, Science, Society | 4 Comments

Book: The Myths of Innovation

Posted on July 25, 2010 by dabacon

Last week I picked up a copy of The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun. It’s a short little book, clocking in at 256 pages, paperback. The subject is, well, read the damn title of the book, silly! Berkun picks … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Technology | 12 Comments

Reimagining Science Networks

Posted on July 20, 2010 by dabacon

Scienceblogs, the science network that was my old (where “old” = “a few days ago”) haunt, is in revolt.  Okay, well maybe the network is not in revolt, but there is at least a minor insurgency.  Yesterday, the amazing force … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Science, Science 2.0, Self: Meet Center. Center: Meet Self. | 8 Comments