Names of New World cypresses (Cupressus)

A New Genus, Hesperocyparis, for the Cypresses of the Western Hemisphere (cupressaceae)

Phylogenetic comparisons of three nuclear DNA gene regions (nrDNA(ITS), 4-coumarate: CoA ligase, abscisic acid-insensitive 3) and a chloroplast region (petN-psbM) show that the Western Hemisphere cypresses (Hesperocyparis) is a well-supported clade quite separated from the Eastern Hemisphere cypresses (Cupressus). Based on these new data and previous data, a new genus, Hesperocyparis, is erecte...

Diseases of Cypresses

New Mineral Names

The new mineral, the iron analogue of monticellite, occurs in melilite-nephelinite Iava from Mt. Shaheru, Belgian Congo, associated with melilite, nepheline, clinopyroxene, kalsilite, gdtzenite, combeite, sodalite, magnetite, perovskite, apatite, hornblende, biotite, and an unident i f ied mineral . Analysis gave SiO2 32.77,TiO20.23, AIzOa0.26, Fe2Oa 0.66, FeO 29 34, MnO 1.65, MgO 4.95, CaO 29....

New Mineral Names

1Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di degli Studi di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso, 35-10125 Torino, Italy 2Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Botticelli, 23-20133 Milano, Italy 3Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia 4Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University ...

O Brave New World: The Dark Side of Cyberspace

This article focuses on some of the negative aspects of cyberspace andcyberculture. First, it offers an examination of the impact of our use ofsocial media, and Facebook in particular, on our psyches, pointing out thatusers of social media can be thought of as audiences. These audiencesand information about them can be sold to marketers and advertisers.Next, it offers a case study of a widespre...