Producing Propane from E. Coli
In an attempt to develop and produce new renewable biofuels, researchers from the University of Turku and Imperial College have found a way to make Escherichia coli (E. coli) produce propane through modifying its metabolism. These researchers created a synthetic metabolic pathway in E. Coli B21 (DE3) by altering a natural biological process that turns […]
The Strength of Weak Ties in Crime
I am very interested in the “strength of weak ties” concept, explained in ‘Granovetter, 1973’, ‘Granovetter, 1974’ and ‘Granovetter, 1983’, in the context of using social interactions in searching for jobs. However, I wanted to explore further implications of this theory in society and came upon a very fascinating study by Eleonora Patacchini and Yves […]
FIFA – Using Networks Principle to Build the Ultimate Team
Source: http://www.fifauteam.com/chemistry-guide-fifa-14-ultimate-team/ FIFA is a series of annually released soccer simulation games under Electronic Arts currently reigning as the best-selling sports video game franchise of all time. The series has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide and also generated hundreds of millions in revenue for EA. The most popular game mode in the FIFA […]
ISIS operational network
ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) is currently one of the richest terrorist organizations in the world. The largest contributor to their wealth is oil, which is earning the group up to $2million dollars a day. Islamic State controls about 60% of Syria’s oil fields, and many more in Iraq. IS took control of […]
Startups embrace Neo4j graph database
Much of the world around us can be intuitively modeled by graphs. Our friends and family members are nodes in a vast social network. The routes we take to get from point A to point B are a series of edges in a geographical graph. Even our behavior can be modeled by graphs. Fraud rings […]
Managing Markets: Auctioning Real Estate
Australian capital cities were almost subject to an rumored economic crash as their real estate market became slow and stagnant (quite reminiscent of our own housing market). However, recent developments have shown Sydney and Melbourne’s real estate market explode in an upward spike – primarily due to their recent increase in the number of auctions. […]
Game Theory in Fantasy Football
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-use-game-theory-to-your-benefit-2012-4?op=1 Fantasy football is a game played both for the fun of winning, and often for a cash prize given to the winner of the season. Here, Business Insider discusses the game theory of how to best draft at fantasy football. The author argues that the game theory behind this game calls for the […]
Piazza Network Growing and Extended
Lots of us have been using Piazza since we started school at Cornell. The Question and Answer forum brought ideas of social network and education together, where people in same course could “exchange resources and ideas, brainstorm and ask questions of each other”. Piazza made life easier for both students and course staff. This “education-focused […]
Applications of Game Theory in Aviation Manufacturing
In his paper,”Game Theory Analysis of Aircraft Manufacturer Innovation Strategies in the Face of Increasing Airline Fuel Costs,” MIT graduate student James Morrison applies a game theory framework to advise strategies that single-aisle aircraft manufacturers can employ to navigate a variety of market conditions. Treating the two major airline manufacturers, Boeing and Airbus, as players, he […]
App connects food banks to unsellable produce
Food Cowboy Food Cowboy is a web and app system that functions as a bulletin board to connect produce that’s about to be thrown away to food banks. Anyone in the food supply chain, from farmers to supermarket to restaurants, can post if they have a cache of food they can’t use, such as tomatoes […]
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