Science? in Florida?
Mar 11th 2008nerd alert
A while back Scripps decided to set up a branch in Florida. Specifically, in the county due south of where I grew up.
Whew!
Jul 31st 2005General & nerd alert
Busy week… it’s now about four and a half months (and counting) until I defend, and I’ve finally gotten
“Fundamental discovery” overblown
Jul 18th 2005nerd alert
“Sacrificial bonds and hidden length dissipate energy as mineralized fibrils separate during bone fracture” — Nature Materials (online July 17 2005, doi:10.1038/nmat1428) (Technical stuff in the full article…)
Calcium and Vitamin D
Apr 27th 2005nerd alert
From a study in “Lancet”: Prof Adrian Grant of the Health Services Research Unit at the University of Aberdeen and the study’s lead author, said: “We have found no evidence to suggest that calcium and vitamin supplements have a medical role to play as the only treatment in the prevention of secondary bone fractures. Problem [...]
3 Seminars, 1 afternoon
Nov 17th 2004nerd alert
Three seminars in one day, after an aimless morning. And then we had decent cider and average donuts at the department mixer. Caramel apples, too, although I’ve never been partial to those. And then my mens’ group did a little party for our “sister” women’s group. With miniature quiche. From a box of frozen ones. [...]
Now that was a good day.
Aug 7th 2004heart & nerd alert
Been a long week, but the end was worth it…. finished up the last of the [boring fluoride