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Pauling and Sickle Cell Anemia
A summary of the research of Linus Pauling's Team in 1949 which led to his coining the term "Molecular Disease"
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Best Universities in the World
What is the best university in the world? One clue lies in the THES's annual ranking of the world's best universities. Here's the 2007 top ten for all subjects.
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Best Universities in the World - 2008
What is the best university in the world? Each year the Higher (formerly the THES or Times Higher) publishes a list claiming to identify the world's best universities.
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Ahmed Zewail - Femtochemistry and Laser Spectroscopy
Ahmed Zewail won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1999 for his groundbreaking work in femtochemistry. Using his technology, scientists are able to see "pictures" of chemical reactions as they happen.
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Selective Colleges of the West
The most selective colleges in the United States are located on the east coast. The following article names the top five selective colleges in the Western United States.
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How to Lower Textbook Costs
College textbook prices have climbed 240% since 1986, says U.S. Bureau of Labor. Here's how Congress, students and professors are trying to slow down the rising costs.
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U.S. News & World Report College Rankings 2010
According to U.S. News & World Report, Harvard and Princeton are the best national universities, while Amherst and Williams are the top liberal arts colleges.
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2007 College Graduation Speeches
What schools have the best graduation speakers this year for the class of 2007? Here's a guide to 2007 commencement speakers at U.S. colleges and universities.
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An Eye on Biomass Use as Future Energy
Meeting future energy needs, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and focusing on green energy supply is the goal of a University of Delaware biomass research center.
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
The impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 showed that the solar system is still a very volatile place.
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Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Feynman physics lectures are the result of an introductory physics course that Nobel prize winning physicist, Richard Feynman, taught at Caltech in the early 1960s.
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Feynman's Rainbow
Richard Feynman was one of our greatest physicists and one of our most entertaining scientists. This book offers an unusual look at a very human master of the art of unique thinking.
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Linus Pauling Double Nobel Prize Winner
Linus Pauling was a genius who described the chemical bond, protein structure and the benefits of Vitamin C and became the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes.
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Linus Pauling: Remembering Oregon's Native Son
When you hear the name, “Linus Pauling,” what do you think? Read about this Oregonian and his accomplishments as one of the most important scientists of the 20th Century.
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American Muslim Awarded Nobel Prize
An Egyptian-American was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
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Best Schools for Financial Aid
In this article learn about which private universities offer the best financial aid packages.
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Biography of Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan
A brief biography of Robert A. Millikan, who won the 1923 Nobel prize in physics for his famous Millikan oil drop experiment.
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Financing an Engineering Education
An engineering education is an investment, and there are many options to pay for engineering school tuition.
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Makemake: The Fourth Dwarf Planet
Makemake is a Pluto-like object lying in our solar system beyond Neptune's orbit.
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Movements of Liberation in Mozambique
Revolutionary acts rip countries apart. For decades Mozambique was a center for civil war and revolution. Two movements, Frelimo and Renamo, fought for freedom.
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Review of Wesley the Owl
Stacey O'Brien's memoir about the nineteen years she shared her life and her home with an unreleasable barn owl is touching, funny, and fascinating.
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Slight Chance of Planetary Collision
Astronomers have calculated that there is a small chance that two neighbouring planets might bump into Earth, but not for a billion years.
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6 Little Known Facts About the Earth
Students' interest in learning science is sometimes based on inquiry into facts that others do not know or learning facts they have no prior knowledge or experiences.
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A Searcher of the Skies - E Margaret Burbidge
Margaret Burbidge is an internationally respected astronomer and astrophysist. The book she co-authored in 1967, <i>Quasi-Stellar Objects</i>, remains a scientific classic in the study of quasars.
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Chester F. Carlson, Inventor of the Photocopier
Employed as an analyzer of patents, Carlson had to make flawless copies of inventors' drawings. He would invent the photocopier because he wanted effortless copying.
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James D Watson, The Double Helix of the DNA Molecule
A short biography of James D Watson, noted biologist and President of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, who, with Francis Crick, discovered the modecular structure of DNA.
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Janet Mondlane: American Made African Formed
Through trials and heartache, Mrs. Mondlane dared to stand up for the rights of her family. Since moving to Mozambique over 30 years ago, she is standing for a nation.
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Jewel Plummer Cobb - Hope against Cancer and for Achievement
Jewel Isadora Plummer Cobb is a remarkable scientist working in the field of cell physiology. As an African-American woman scientist, her contributions also include giving women and minorities a role model for achievement and involvement.
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Snowball Earth
Imagine the Earth gripped in a world-spanning ice age lasting millions of years? Science fiction? Maybe not. A look at the evidence for a "Snowball Earth".
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The Long Beach Earthquake 1933
Poorly constructed buildings, without reinforcement, toppled from Los Angeles to Laguna Beach, resulting in legislation to make structures more earthquake-resistant.
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Arkansas's Living Cave of Mystery
Caves are a natural setting for mysteries within their dark confines. Arkansas has several caverns open for the public to tour. The greatest of these are the Blanchard Springs Caverns. Masked in mystery by artifacts found inside the natural entrance, several attempted and succeeded in exploring these massive stone rooms. Speculate with your imagination the story's that echo throughout those chambers of darkness.
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Barbara McClintock - The Key to Chromosomes
Barbara McClintock was drawn to the study of genetics while an undergraduate at Cornell in the 1920s. She mapped the genetic structure of maize, and went on to make giant contributions to the field of cytogenetics. Her achievements were recognized with a Nobel Prize in 1983.
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Linus Pauling - Molecular Biologist and Orthomolecular Scientist
Linus Pauling was the first person to receive two unshared Nobel Prizes, one in Chemistry for his molecular bonding research, and the Peace Prize for his work protesting atmospheric testing of nuclear bombs.
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MORE ART BASICS - YES, BUT CAN YOU DRAW?
This is another in a series of articles I am writing here on Suite101 regarding the fundamentals of the visual arts. This time I give you links to great drawings, and also discuss some of the excellent books I have on teaching oneself to draw. Of course, it's always best to take a real live class from a real art instructor, with other live art students, for critiques, if nothing else. Nevertheless, these books are good resources, and very useful even if you do already know how to look and to draw.
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Canadian Nobel Winners
Canada has contributed enough to get some nobels prizes. Here is a little view at these either Canadian Born or Canadian Citizens who have won the Nobel Prizes.
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The Adolescent Brain and Decision Making Skills
The prefrontal cortex, known as the "thinking brain" plays a big role in decision making skills but the limbic system may be responsible for high risk taking in teens.
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Scientist Linus Pauling Biography
Brief biography of chemist Linus Pauling, so far the only Nobel laureate of two unshared Nobel Prizes, Chemistry and Peace, and known for The Nature of the Chemical Bond.
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