02/28/2014
Dr. Bortrum
Foul Weather, Fond Memories anf Flies
Memories of Mondale and Kiner; fruit flies in the fight against a variety of maladies.
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02/02/2014
Dr. Bortrum
More on Mars Rovers
A tough schedule controlling Curiosity; Opportunity still going strong after ten years - finds more evidence Mars could have been habitable.
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01/03/2014
Dr. Bortrum
Selected Stuff from 2013
Curiosity on Mars, immunotherapy fights cancer, and monarch butterflies in trouble.
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12/01/2013
Dr. Bortrum
Belated Recognitions
Bell Labs colleagues Basu and Tanenbaum get awards for lithium battery and silicon transistor inventions
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11/01/2013
Dr. Bortrum
More on Light-emitting Diodes
Bortrum finds an old co-worker; UV LEDs save turtles.
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10/01/2013
Dr. Bortrum
Off With Their Heads
Decapitated worms re-grow their heads and seem to remember stuff they learned prior to ther beheadings.
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09/01/2013
Dr. Bortrum
A Different Kind of Thermostat
Compounds that melt and freeze control temperatures in various situations.
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08/01/2013
Dr. Bortrum
Sharing Genes but Not a Room
Bortrum's anterior hip surgery; what do we have in common with a grain of rice?
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06/30/2013
Dr. Bortrum
Cicadas and Megamergers
Our cicadas are gone; galaxies collide; medical stuff
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05/31/2013
Dr. Bortrum
Insects Galore
The cicadas are back; the monarchs are on their way.
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05/01/2013
Dr. Bortrum
Nurturing and Chemistry
Rat behavior and methyl groups; has Kepler found a planet with life?; dig out that unused silverware?
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04/02/2013
Dr. Bortrum
Past and Present Space Milestones
Passing of Apollo and Sputnik Contributors; new data on cosmic background radiation updates our universe
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03/01/2013
Dr. Bortrum
Miscellany
Cold batteries, beetles' travels, vultures' revival?, NASA discovers small planets
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02/01/2013
Dr. Bortrum
Toads, MRSA and Grounded Airliners
Migrating toads in Australia; genome sequencing stops MRSA outbreak; safety of lithium-ion batteries in airliners
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01/02/2013
Dr. Bortrum
Rivers Overhead
Atmospheric rivers and humongous flooding
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