A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet with Carlos Ortiz de Solorzano, PhD, staff scientist in the Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. His research involves doing three-dimensional quantitative analysis of cellular and structural changes in breast tissue, as it progresses from normal to malignant conditions. His lab site reads: The main goal of my lab ...

InfoWorld: Tech CEOs defend offshore outsourcing: October 22, 2003: By Tom Sullivan: Platforms “U.S. domination of the IT era has ended … and the prosperity enjoyed by developed nations is cascading down to developing nations, at least those that embrace the information age.”

Experts say new biotech age looms Biotech a tsunami? Interesting comment: Juan Enriquez, director of Harvard University Business School’s Life Science Project, promised a tsunami wave. Enriquez proclaimed the 21st century as Biological Century. Indeed, biotechnology has surpassed IT as the leading source of U.S. patents. “You can get off the boat [ignore progress] or you can accept what is ...

Taipei Times – archives Mega cities–more that 10 million residents–are rapidly appearing in many parts of the world, and the population of citizens in cities is expected to pass populations is rural areas for the first time in 2007.