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IPMB Science Features
Focusing on blogging personality, driven life and perspectives |
| IPMB science features are a platform that allow our colleagues and readers to post their thoughts on recent developments and ideas in their corner of their sciences. As a new site feature, these will grow and develop into living, breathing areas for the exchange of links, thoughts, and information. As time goes on, we'll be adding new features, blogs, and authors/bloggers, so come back often to find out what our bloggers are up to! |
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| Biofuels: at what cost? |
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| Despite the explosion of investments in the world biofuels industry, a recent 93-page report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) claimed that the promise of biofuels boom Is overrated. "There is an urgent need to examine the claimed benefits from biofuel subsidies, and to compare them with the costs of meeting the same goals in other ways."¡@» read more |
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What I've learned at 27th IHC 2006 - part 2
by Wei-chin Chang (10-09-2006)
Part two? Do I really need to write more on the events and oral presentations of the IHC 2006 (27th International Horticultural Congress)? No way. Instead I am telling you (especially young colleagues) a healthy story that happened, which is plus for IPMB.¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@» read more |
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What I've learned at 27th IHC 2006 - part 1 by Wei-chin Chang (9-5-2006)
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Tissue culture geek W.C. Chang reflects on the International Horticulture Congress and explains why such events are worth attending. Over 2500 people attended this scientific meeting and exhibition: an event that was stimulating, convivial and fantastic value for money. Attendees talked a lot on biotechnology, but not on Arabidopsis.
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| Who was Hsing-Wen Li |
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..... People never fail to remember scandals than to know who Hsing-Wen Li, the founder of our institute, was. I even heard a joke about one of our formal directors who failed to point out Li posed among several scholars in an aged photograph.
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Art meets science somewhere sometime
by Wei-chin Chang (4-21-2006) |
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Science is boring, art is stupid, prove me wrong. For us, art is much less important than SCI, but what a poor life without it. Art and science have from time to time been intertwined but are often regarded as being in opposition. Recently, in our hallways, we see how our colleagues seek to eliminate the inter-disciplinary barriers between art and science, creating a synergy between artistic expression and scientific concepts.
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