From Your (pasta-loving) Editor

Your Magazine (From the Editor) - Control Systems Magazine, IEEE

Surely, you’ve read in-flight magazines, even when you’ve had work to do. Articles on fascinating subjects such as the science of laughter and the world’s best concierge are hard to resist. But suppose you’d tucked the magazine you’re now reading into the seat pocket in front of you and then inadvertently abandoned it upon reaching your destination. What chain of events might such an oversight ...

Microstructural Studies of Pasta and Starch Pasta

The processing methods for mung bean starch noodles were used to form “starch pasta” from various isolated wheat starches. The objective of this research was to evaluate the changes in the surface and internal structure of pasta and “starch pasta” made from various flours and wheat starch before and after cooking. Cooked “starch pasta” revealed a honeycomb-like internal structure similar to coo...

The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago (Or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself)

Loving yourself more than your neighbor: ERPs reveal online effects of a self-positivity bias.

A large body of social psychological research suggests that we think quite positively of ourselves, often unrealistically so. Research on this 'self-positivity bias' has relied mainly on self-report and behavioral measures, but these can suffer from a number of problems including confounds that arise from the desire to present oneself well. What has not been clearly assessed is whether the self...

From the Editor-in-Chief: Make Some Time to Share Your Creative Ideas and Best Practices!

Editorial May brings warmer weather, the end of a semester, and the beginning of what I like to call " conference season. " Conferences are an important venue for sharing our work and rejuvenating our teaching. Biology educators will have an opportunity to gather at many interesting meetings and conferences this summer to share new ideas and best practices. Of course, the American Society for M...