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GMOs down to the chromosome level

If don't like the concept of 'Frankenfoods,' I have bad news for you. U.S. researchers have developed an artificial chromosome for corn plants. The Chicago Tribune reports that researchers can now make chromosomes to order. These artificial chromosomes are accepted as natural by the plants and passed through generations. As...

Tags: Gene, University Of Chicago, Chromosome, Cell, Preuss, C/C++, Biotechnology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-20

Evaluating Wireless Carrier Consolidation Using Semiparametric Demand Estimation

The US mobile phone service industry has dramatically consolidated over the last two decades. One justification for consolidation is that merged firms can provide consumers with larger coverage areas at lower costs. This paper estimates the willingness to pay for national coverage to evaluate this motivation for past consolidation. As...

Tags: Consolidation, University Of Chicago, Wireless

White papers 2007-03-01

Even air bubbles can be amnesic

When scientists do experiments, they obviously pay attention to the initial conditions involved. But in experiments on how fluids break up from underwater nozzles, physicists from the University of Chicago have discovered that the initial conditions didnt matter. Its even appropriate to talk about amnesia of air bubbles. As they...

Tags: nozzle, University of Chicago

Blog posts 2006-10-06

NeTS-NOSS: Algorithms & System Support for Data Integrity in Wireless Sensor Networks

Wireless sensor networks are becoming increasingly important in the observation of physical phenomena. Indeed, they offer no less than a new type of instrument with the potential of advancing knowledge by monitoring the world at unprecedented scales and resolutions to reveal previously unobservable details. However, for this to happen, it...

Tags: Algorithm, Integrity, Network, University Of Chicago, Sensor, Engineering, Wi-Fi, Wireless

White papers 2006-04-03

A Repository Service for Grid Workflow Components

As part of the Java CoG Kit the authors' have defined a sophisticated workflow framework. This workflow framework projects an integrated approach towards executing tasks in Grid and non-Grid environments. One of the services needed is a convenient service to store, retrieve, and modify workflow components defined by the community...

Tags: University Of Chicago, Programming Languages, Process Improvement, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Quality, Business Operations, Web Development

White papers 2005-05-26

Cisco Medical-Grade Network Helps University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System Lay a Foundation for the Future

The University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System UCHHS is one of the most prestigious healthcare systems in the Midwest. Affiliated with the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, UCHHS encompasses three major hospitals (including a new children's hospital opening in 2005), a large outpatient care facility, and physician...

Tags: Hospital, University Of Chicago, Health Care, Cisco Systems Inc., Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

Case studies 2005-02-01

Wireless Internet the Future Is Here

Two wireless technologies have evolved: Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11b. Each is a method that allows portable devices to access the network as well as talk with one another wirelessly. IEEE 802.11b is an 11 Mbps wireless standard designed to provide full network services to a user with a notebook or...

Tags: IEEE 802.11, Internet, Wireless Internet, University Of Chicago, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Wireless LANs, Bluetooth

White papers 2004-09-01

Grid Computing: Enabling a Vision for Collaborative Research

This paper provides a motivation for Grid computing based on a vision to enable a collaborative research environment. The vision goes beyond the connection of hardware resources. It is argued that with an infrastructure such as the Grid, new modalities for collaborative research are enabled. The paper provides an overview...

Tags: University Of Chicago, Vision, Grid Computing, Strategy, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, Management, It service Management, Networking

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Taking Advantage of Usage Service Level Agreements in Grid Resource Scheduling

Challenging issues concerning resource usage can arise within Virtual Organizations VOs that integrate participants and resources spanning multiple physical institutions. Participants may wish to delegate to one or more VOs the right to use certain resources subject to local policy and service level agreements; each VO then wishes to use...

Tags: SLA, University Of Chicago, Service Level Management, It Operations, It service Management

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Additional Resources

The future of tech IPOs

At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, Frank Quattrone, co-founder of Qatalyst, talks about the dismal condition of the current IPO market, why venture capitalist backed companies are not going public right now, and what the future holds.

Tags: IPO, Financial Planning, Investment, Venture Capital, Financial Services, Finance, Financing Startups, Tech IPOs

Videos 2008-07-25

10 essential gadgets for students

I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...

Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-25

10 essential gadgets for students

Showing you some of the gadgets college and university students really shouldn't live without. by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Student, Zack Whittaker, Gadgets, University, Pen drive, Cell phone, Laptop, Computer

Image galleries 2008-07-25

Government, markets and regulation

Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...

Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Is open source hurt by piracy?

Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...

Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

NASA used cadavers to test Orion moonship

NASA officials recognized last week that dead bodies were used to develop Orion landing systems. According to NASA, 'three human bodies were used in the tests at Ohio State University Medical Center' in 2007. Even if the results of the experiments helped NASA, one of its spokesman said that the...

Tags: NASA, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines

In a direct challenge to the popular Wikipedia, Google opened Knol, an encyclopedia-like wiki site that requires writers to post their names and expertise. SAN FRANCISCO--Google opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a...

Tags: Google Inc., DuPont Co., Web Site, Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Reuters, Google, encyclopedia

News items 2008-07-24

Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875

Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875 is a thoroughly average, entry-level laptop. It wasn't too long ago that an average, entry-level laptop meant one that was underpowered and shabbily...

Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875, laptop computer

Product reviews 2008-07-23

75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws

In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...

Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Is this the New Apple?

PowerPage podcaster Youngmoo Kim relays his experience with trying to get an iPhone 3G and on being an "IRU" Individual Responsible User. Apple just doesn't want me to have an iPhone 3G.  After a few half-hearted attempts bailing at the sight of long lines, I spent about two hours...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., IRU, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-22

10 hard drive disasters

Deaths at the hands of bananas, smelly socks and WD-40 are some of the unusual fates to have befallen innocent hard drives, according to a data recovery company. Deaths at the hands of bananas, smelly socks and WD-40 are some of the unusual fates to have befallen innocent hard...

Tags: Hard Drive, hard drives, data recovery, Dan Ilett, Silicon.com

News items 2008-07-22