Margaret Smith: An Outstanding Brontë Scholar

Margaret Chase Smith library

PCR: an outstanding method

Scarcely any invention has altered biological science so radically in such a short period as the polyme-rase chain reaction, or PCR. With this technique, minute amounts of DNA can be replicated very rapidly and thereby amplified to such an extent that the DNA becomes easy to detect, study and use for any given purpose. The potential of this technique in medicine has long been known, and ever mo...

An Interactive Smith Chart

Smith is an instructional, interactive, menu driven program that offers the use of Smith Chart on a personal computer. Using the Smith Chart is greatly simplified by providing the user with a “tracking mode” in which the cursor is tracked, showing the normalized resistance and reactance as well as distances from source and load. Also, construction lines such as radius, diameter and circles can ...

An enduring legacy of discovery: Margaret Stirewalt

Margaret A. Stirewalt, PhD (married Lincicome), known as “Peg” to friends and family, was a brilliant female scientist dedicated to the study of tropical medicine. Her seminal research centered on the study of schistosomiasis. Dr. Stirewalt was born on 18 January 1911 in Hickory, North Carolina. She was the eldest of 4 children and her father was a farmer turned banker. She later moved to New M...

An outstanding Journal requires exceptional reviewers.

Journal of Vision is an outstanding journal, in large measure because of the contributions of the reviewers who give so freely of their time and expertise to critically evaluating manuscripts for the journal. We always attempt to ascertain reviewers who not only provide the necessary expertise, but are also fair in their judgment, reflecting the significant responsibilities of reviewers to the ...