Douglas B. Clark
Douglas Clark is a copywriter and speechwriter with a healthy appetite for all things digital. He has more than 15 years' agency and independent experience in corporate and marketing communication, and his clients come from diverse industries, specializing in anything from financial products and toothpaste to software for the visualization of computational fluid dynamics data. Among his clients are Accenture, American Express, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Hewlett-Packard, and Panasonic.
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Lady Gaga's "Telephone" Meets the Chromosome!
This week we were introduced to this Lady Gaga parody, thanks to the people at NPR's Science Friday and Talking Science. According to Talking Science, the star of the video is Josephine Coburn, a freshman from from UC Berkeley. As Lady Gallium, she transforms Lady Gaga's song "Telephone" into a great lesson on genetics, titled "Chromosome."
Online: AIChE President Dr. Maria Burka Speaks on Research and Innovation – Thursday 9:00PM ET
2011 AIChE President Dr. Maria Burka will speak about two passions of hers, research and innovation, at the Inaugural Virtual Section Meeting. Dr. Maria K. Burka is the program director of the Process and Reaction Engineering (PRE) program in the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) Division of the National Science Foundation.
Newly Engineered Yeast Overcomes Major Biofuel Hurdle
Researchers have engineered a strain of yeast that can be used to produce ethanol far more efficiently than previously possible. The new yeast's potential lies in its ability to simultaneously consume two types of sugar—glucose and xylose—from biomass.
10 Front-runners in Water-Related Research
Is turning waste and inefficiency into profit and opportunity too much to wish for? Not if you're one of finalists competing for the Imagine H2O Prize. The competition will award the most innovative and effective water-related startups that save natural resources, particularly in the areas of sourcing, distributing, treating, and disposing of water.
EPA Gives Access to Chemical Health and Safety Databases
The EPA is now granting access to its new Chemical Data Access Tool, which will allow anyone to search health and safety data held by the Agency.
Earth’s H2O Status Report
While 1.8 billion people have Internet access, nearly one billion people lack access to adequate amounts of fresh water, according to a comprehensive new Living Planet report by the WWF and Global Footprint.