February 2008 - Posts

What makes Scoble cry: Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope?
15 February 08 03:45 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

In case you didn't see the blog entry on ZDNet about WWT What makes Scoble cry: Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope? , I can tell you the work that Curtis and Jonathan have done is amazing...stay tuned. Robert Scoble posted about a Microsoft product that Read More...

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[Paper] Statistical Resolution of Ambiguous HLA Typing Data
08 February 08 12:28 AM | eScience | 1 Comments   

A MSR Tech Report is now available on Statistical Resolution of Ambiguous HLA Typing Data - Here's the non-technical summary of the paper: At the core of the human adaptive immune response is the train-to-kill mechanism in which specialized immune cells Read More...

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TechREACH - Middle School program to increase interest in STEM
06 February 08 02:49 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

It's great to see programs like TechREACH reaching out to middle school students to get them interested in STEM subjects.  TechREACH , a Washington State program, increases middle school students’ interest in science, technology, engineering, Read More...

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