Potatoes and solar tech in brief science notes
A compact science brief covers a potato cooking equation T=r squared divided by C and a query to Keay Davidson. It also highlights a DOE grant of 1.8 million for flexible film solar cells by ARDI and Argonne, plus UC Berkeley Wellness bytes on pretzels versus chips and an amber DNA study linked to Jurassic Park authorial context.
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Peter Barham
Omni
San Francisco Examiner
Keay Davidson
Fifth St
San Francisco
Calif
Isaac Asimov
T. Asimov
U.S. Department of Energy
DOE
Advanced Research Development Inc
Athol
Mass
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
University of California At Berkeley
School of Public Health
George
Roberta Poinar
Poinars
University of California-Berkeley
George Poinar
Michael Crichton
Sid
Jesus Christ
Spine Research Center tests spinal implants at U of I
At the University of Iowa a biomechanics lab is fatigue testing spinal implants using human cadaver segments to improve back surgery outcomes. Malcolm Pope leads an international team from Sweden Switzerland Korea and Bulgaria with Danek Corp funding and NIH support to develop an artificial disc and safer implants while linking studies to vehicle vibration and whole body dynamics.
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University of Iowa
U of I College of Engineering
U of I
Spine Research Center
State Board of Regents
U.S
Malcolm Pope
United States
Pope
University of Vermont
Sweden
Vermont
I T
Danek Corp
National Institutes of Health
College of Engineering
Danek
Switzerland
Korea
Bulgaria
James Weinstein
V.K. Goel
Iowa
U of I’s Center For Computer-Aided Design
University Hospitals
Iowa River
Pomerantz Family Pavilion
Melrose Avenue
Hawkins Drive
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