Imagine this: you walk into your closet in the morning and a device on the wall notifies you that the weather is a bit blustery outside. So you put back the T-shirt you were planning […]
Category: Science & Technology
Drexel Snapshot: A New Way to Look at Research
This is an enhanced dual-overlay map showing more than 18,000 publications by 3,790 authors at Drexel University and the 68,263 references from which they draw information (click on the image to take a closer look). […]
Putting the Brook Trout Back in Brooktrout Lake
Once teeming with enough fish to earn its name, Brooktrout Lake – when surveyed in the 1980s – was found to be fishless. The lake, described in 1894 as a place where “crystal depths swarm […]
Quick Take: Facebook Adding ‘Dislike’ Button—Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
“I doubt it will cause [Facebook users] to start wantonly disliking pictures of their friends’ babies, dogs, cats and cooking experiments. I suspect it will mainly be used to express mild disapproval, or to express […]
Staying Ahead of the Hackers
“The size of the cybersecurity challenge out there is staggering. Given all of the threats out there right now, I’d say there is a very high demand for people with knowledge who can understand these attacks and develop technology […]
Hi-Res Cancer Surgery: Materials That Make TV Pictures Pop Also Guide Tumor Removal
When cancer surgeons remove tumors from the body, the difference between success and failure is often just a few cells. Any lingering malignancy could lead to a recurrence of the cancer, so it is vital […]
Quick Take: A Paleontologist’s View of the New Horizons Pluto Flyby
“This is a moment for every scientist to be reminded of and to share the passion for discovery that drives each of us to explore.” Drexel University Professor of Paleontology and Geology Kenneth Lacovara shared […]
Drexel Snapshot: Walking Fossil Fish Tiktaalik Hits the Road
Nunavut fossils packed up in the Subaru and heading back to Canada today. #tiktaalik #acadnatsci #drexelcoas A photo posted by Ted Daeschler (@teddaeschler) on Jun 22, 2015 at 9:17am PDT Paleontologists Ted Daeschler, of the […]
Quick Take: What Jurassic World Got Wrong (and Right) About Dinosaurs
“Jurassic World,” the long-awaited sequel to the movie “Jurassic Park,” shattered box office records in its opening weekend. But has it had comparable gargantuan success in improving viewers’ knowledge about what dinosaurs were really like? […]
Building a Digital Library Over a Dial-Up Connection
Slow connections, limited bandwidth, intermittent power and the occasional monsoon are just a few of the obstacles to overcome while you’re trying to build a digital health information repository for clinics in rural Uganda. Right […]