A Research on Coming Back Home

Coming home to research in Mexico

In 1973, after completing my first course of physiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), I decided I wanted to become a physiologist. I applied and was accepted to work in a laboratory of neurophysiology. Although the laboratory was fairly well equipped and investigators were reasonably well paid for their work, I realised that I must work in a ...

Coming Home from a MOOC

In recent years, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been in the public discussion in Europe, as much as in the United States. I had kept myself a safe distance from the debate until, about a year ago, École normale supérieure (ENS) asked me to participate in a pilot project to set up and teach a masters-level MOOC in statistical/computational physics. The ENS project also included a cours...

Asimov ’ s Coming Back

Evolutionary Genetics: No Coming Back from Neverland

Host-plant specialization plays a key role in insect evolution, but little is known about its molecular basis. A new paper shows that a cactus-feeding fly became restricted to its host by changes in an enzyme that converts dietary sterols into essential hormones.

IEEE 802.11: Wireless Is Coming Home

can hardly wait. Yet another IEEE standard is on its way to my home. Please don't tell my wife—I want to surprise her. With her newly minted BA in business, she now has a much greater need for computer access than before, so I'm getting ready to buy her an iMac portable with AirPort wireless networking. This will let her work anywhere in the house anytime she wants. Somehow our windowless basem...