The number of challenges the design team had to over come is staggering! How does one: 1. place sensors miles below the seafloor without being damaged by the environment? 2. get a tool to stay in the ocean floor and seal it off in a way that prevents ocean water  contaminate yet allows the data to be collected? 3. keep the sensors working for years? read more

We no longer have to wonder what self-awareness looks like, says neuroscientist Daniel Bor – now we can see for ourselves (full text available to subscribers)    

Tweet Healthcare reform discussions frequently center on the changes anticipated for the general population. But people with disabilities — about 56 million in the United States — are generally left out of the healthcare reform picture. That absence is not … Continue reading →

Theory tackles how glass remembers earlier forces. Alterations to the usual glass production process, such as putting the material under stress, can introduce effects that linger even after the material hardens. While manufacturers have long exploited this phenomenon to strengthen glass, a new theory aims to get closer to understanding why it happens. Glass is not as well understood as most materials, because it straddles the line between liquid and solid. In typical […]

This just in from Dr. Blake Layton.  Spotted Wing Drosophila may be a problem for blueberry growers, so a special local need label was pursued for Malathion 8 Flowable.  More details below: “Mississippi now has a 24c Special Local Need Label to allow use of Gowan Malathion 8 Flowable at rates up to 2.5 pints/acre … Keep reading →