Safety fears over falling pears A council has cordoned off pear trees in a public park over fears falling fruit could land on someone’s head. Two black pear trees in Cripplegate Park in Worcester have been sealed off with a safety barrier and tape and a sign warns people of falling fruit. A city council […]
Year: 2006
Paper tape finds little evidence
The ICMR [Indian Council of Medical Research] had requested Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi to devise ways to measure an erect penis. “We had devised an automated system in which an image of the penis would be taken and the computer would interpret different dimensions,” said professor of biomedical engineering, IIT Kharagpur Sujoy Guha, […]
Maarten L?ffler joins the LFHCfS
Maarten L?ffler has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. He says: I am a PhD student in computational geometry at Utrecht University, and I feel that the posession of my luxuriant flowing scalp has definitely boosted my scientific career. The geometric properties of my hair never fail to amaze and inspire me. I […]
Reyna Favis joins LFHCfS
Reyna Favis has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists. She says: I am a broadly trained geneticist currently working in the field of pharmacogenomics. Reyna Favis, Ph.D., LFHCfS Principal Scientist Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development Department of Pharmacogenomics Raritan, New Jersey, USA (Click on the photo to see more detail.)