Long-Sought Benzenelike Molecule Created
Chemical & Engineering News – Jan. 5
…For decades, chemists have been trying to synthesize 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborine, a carbon-boron-nitrogen compound with a structure that is intermediate between benzene and borazine…Now, this synthesis has been achieved by synthetic organic-organometallic chemist Shih-Yuan Liu of the University of Oregon, Eugene; computational chemist David A. Dixon of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; and their coworkers (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., DOI: 10.1002/anie.200805554)…
Program helps senior drivers stay sharp
KGO-TV (San Francisco, Calif) – Jan. 5
…The Insight program is made by a San Francisco company called Posit Science. It’s based in part on technology developed by the University of Alabama. Published studies indicate using insight significantly reduces the risk of a car accident…
Historians and the Great Depression
Reason Online – Jan. 5
David Beito, professor of history at the University of Alabama and author of the superb “From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State,” has published an open letter to the journalist Daniel Gross, taking issue with Gross’ assertion that “one would be very hard-pressed to find a serious professional historian who believes that the New Deal prolonged the Depression.” Here’s Beito: “Off the top of my head, I can name “several serious professional historians” who would probably argue (and argue strongly) “that the New Deal prolonged the Depression.” In addition to myself, they include Jonathan Bean of Southern Illinois University, Brad Birzer of Hillsdale College, Brad Thompson of Clemson University, Jeffrey Hummel at San Jose State University, Larry Schweikart of the University of Dayton, Michael Allen of the University of Washington at Tacoma, Ralph Raico of Buffalo State College, Burton Folsom of Hillsdale College, David Mayer of Capital University in Columbus, John Moser of Ashland University in Ohio, and Paul Moreno of Hillsdale. All have doctorates in history from top-ranked universities….