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SPIE Advanced Lithography 2012

February 12, 2012 - February 16, 2012

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February 14, 2012 - February 15, 2012

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February 19, 2012 - February 24, 2012

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Stephen Schneider
19 July 2010
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

David H. Blackwell
24 April 1919 - 08 July 2010
University of California
Berkeley, CA

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In the Magazine June 2011

Beside the Sea (1962), painting by Robert Motherwell, copyright Dedalus Foundation Inc/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.

Painting with drops, jets, and sheets

A fluid dynamics analysis of Jackson Pollock’s technique opens his and other artists’ work to quantitative exploration

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MRI scan of head, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons License.

Listening in on the listening brain

The measured response of the auditory brainstem to complex aural stimuli does more than reveal hearing acumen. It also gives insight into how experience molds the perception of sound

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Mars. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Martian icecap hosts a massive CO2 deposit

Radar data reveal a solid reservoir that contains almost as much carbon dioxide as the planet’s entire atmosphere.

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Fusionopolis, a complex consisting of two towers, Connexis and Symbiosis. Image courtesy of the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research.

Singapore applies itself to science

Despite its small size, the Lion City has become an influential exemplar of investing in science to promote industry.

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Solar panel on a residental roof in Granada. Image courtresy of Grenada Solar Power Ltd.

Caribbean Science Foundation sets sail

Initial investment for the funding agency will come largely from the region’s diaspora scientists, from corporate sponsors, and from development banks.

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