Oct

9

h-Index for Non-Prominent Scientists: A Case Study by Michael Schreiber

October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

A case study of the Hirsch index for 26 non-prominent physicists, Michael Schreiber, 10.1002/andp.200710252. Abstract: ‘The h index was introduced by Hirsch to quantify an individual’s scientific research output. It has been widely used in different fields to show the relevance of the research work of prominent scientists. I have worked out 26 practical cases [...]

Oct

1

Cellulosic Ethanol on Wired Magazine

October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Cellulosic Ethanol: One Molecule Could Cure Our Addiction to Oil. ‘On a blackboard, it looks so simple: Take a plant and extract the cellulose. Add some enzymes and convert the cellulose molecules into sugars. Ferment the sugar into alcohol. Then distill the alcohol into fuel. One, two, three, four — and we’re powering our cars [...]

Sep

28

Economist Article on Biofuels

September 28, 2007 | 1 Comment

Economist: Ethanol, schmethanol. ‘Everyone seems to think that ethanol is a good way to make cars greener. Everyone is wrong. SOMETIMES you do things simply because you know how to. People have known how to make ethanol since the dawn of civilisation, if not before. Take some sugary liquid. Add yeast. Wait. They have also [...]

Sep

4

Peer Review: Old Problems, Novel Approaches

September 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

Help wanted. ‘A pall of gloom lies over the vital system of peer review. But the British Academy has some bright ideas. The Guardian’s Jessica Shepherd reports. No fewer than three academic journals dismissed the economist George Akerlof’s paper The Market for Lemons as “trivial” and “too generic” when it was submitted in the late [...]

Aug

22

SciVee: YouTube for Scientists

August 22, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Scientists Get a YouTube of Their Own. ‘The National Science Foundation, the Public Library of Science, and the San Diego Supercomputing Center are hoping that their new Web site — billed as a YouTube for scientists — will help demystify important research papers. The site, called SciVee, will allow scientists [...]

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