Article Watch: July 2016

Photonics Research Highlights – July 2016

My current research portfolio consists of work ranging from nanoscale electro‐optic modulators to 40 square meter hybrid solar energy systems. A common theme that cuts across this 10 order of magnitude change in length scale is the coupling of fundamental optical materials and device physics to emerging applications with significant impact. The Photonic Materials and Device Lab (PMDL) is consta...

AIDSFree Prevention Update: July 2016

U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Cooperative Agreement Strengthening High Impact Interventions for an AIDS-free Generation (AIDSFree), number AID-OAA-A-1400046. AIDSFree is implemented by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. with partners Abt Associates Inc., Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS F...

SJOVS, July 2016, Vol. 9, No. 1

Knowledge of measurability of vision and its impact on safe driving have been proven to be important to secure a safe traffic system. Several different approaches to measuring visual function in order to improve road safety have been identified around the world. A trend seen in the literature is that traditional vision tests are increasingly supplemented by cognitive tests. The purpose of this ...

The HIndu Science Article Updates March 2016

In Friday’s edition of the journal Science, researchers J. Craig Venter and Clyde Hutchinson and colleagues at the Venter Institute, California, report the making of a living, replicating and stable cell that uses the minimum number of genes — 437 — to be considered biologically ‘alive.’ In the natural world, no living organism is ever known to possess fewer than 1000 genes. The knowledge gaine...

Sixteenth Annual Gatherings in Biosemiotics July 4 to July 8 , 2016 Prague