World AIDS Day, sponsored by the United Nations, the World Health Organization and various other government and civil associations, was commemorated Dec. 1. Instituted 1988 by the World Health Organization and then held as a campaign by the United Nations in 1997, it aims to raise awareness about the disease, celebrate achievements made in battling the disease and focus on the work still remaining to be done.
Triangle Photographs by Shyunti Das
Since the 1980s, when AIDS first came to the forefront of public health consciousness, a vaccine has been considered the best solution for reigning in the disease. However, because HIV, the virus responsible for AIDS, attacks immune cells within the body, the task is a difficult one.
Michael Turner, of the University of Chicago and the National Science Foundation, gave the 2004 Kaczmarczik lecture "The Dark Side of the Universe: Beyond Stars and the Starstuff We Are Made Of," Dec. 1 in the Main Auditorium. Turner discussed dark matter and dark energy, focusing on specific physicists, such as Vera Rubin and Albert Einstein, and their breakthroughs, which consisted of convincing evidence that dark matter and energy exist.
The Cypus-flagged Athos I tanker began leaking crude oil into the Delaware River around 9:15 p.m. Nov. 26 as it prepared to make a delivery to the Citgo refinery in Paulsboro, NJ. Immediately, all water traffic was stopped. The leak was stopped within an hour.
Philadelphia's goal to become the world's number one wireless city has avoided a major setback - possibly at the expense of other cities in the state. Early in Sept. 2004, the city announced a plan to offer wireless internet access city wide ("Wireless City Proposed", p.
I've written about some pretty ridiculous things in this column. Some pretty ridiculous, stupid, and downright bizarre things, to be exact, but I've done it because they make interesting stories. As long as one does not believe in them too much, that is.
The Daniel Baugh Institute for functional genomics and computational biology at Thomas Jefferson University organizes Computational Biology Afternoon Tea Seminar Series, at which people in the field of computational biology present their work. As the Web site states, topics include "data analysis, modeling and simulation, bioinformatics, functional genomics, and system biology.
It's that time of year again. Best Buy has installed a maze in front of the checkout, and credit card debt is going through the roof. Finding the right holiday gifts for all the important and semi-important people in one's life can be a frustrating, expensive, and time-consuming task.
