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Category Archives: Spring 2009
DUJS Science News
Physics and Astronomy Errors corrected in quantum computing Post-doctoral fellow Kaveh Khodjasteh and physics and astronomy professor Lorenza Viola have developed a new method for correcting errors in quantum computers, as reported in Physical Review Letters. In the future, quantum computing may be incredibly fast and powerful. But for now, the individual units, known … Continue reading
A Twist to Tumors: Overzealous Cancer Screening
Among all the battles we fight with cancer, one has gained the most public attention is breast cancer. Yet, after after years of research and millions of dollars in funding, one in eight women will still be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime (1). The best defense we have … Continue reading
Interview with Dean Wilcox
Dean Wilcox is a Dartmouth professor of chemistry who has been a part of the Dartmouth College faculty since 1984. Wilcox has long been highly involved with chemistry. He received his BS and MS degrees in Chemistry from the University of California, after which he did graduate research at MIT … Continue reading
Retracing the Descent of Man
In 1871, English naturalist Charles Darwin published The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex as a follow up to his renowned 1859 work on evolutionary theory, The Origin of Species. In the introduction of The Descent of Man, Darwin states that “the homological structure, embryological development, and … Continue reading