There is nothing new under the sun. Here, William Burroughs—adding machine fortune heir, junkie, killer of his wife, most challenging and complex of the Beat writers—describes a technique itself based on earlier experiments of the surrealists, which in turn had their origins centuries before, in techniques of very literal “cut and paste” editing. It is quite fitting that Burroughs invoked compu...

Shannon’s information theory states that there is a maximum rate for transmitting data reliably, implying almost always inevitably leak. Although has been advancement in protection technologies, lack of understanding about leaks and human error persists.

Chrysanthemum is one of the ornamental plants that cultivated widely in worldwide. This flower is one of the most important cut and pot flowers in the world due to its high diversity of colors and shapes. The creation of mutation is an important method for the production of new cultivars, and many cultivars have been produced through spontaneous and induced mutations. In this study, explants of...

A barrier (seal) must form at the cut ends of a severed axon if a neuron is to survive and eventually regenerate. Following severance of crayfish medial giant axons in physiological saline, vesicles accumulate at the cut end and form a barrier (seal) to ion and dye diffusion. In contrast, squid giant axons do not seal, even though injury-induced vesicles form after axonal transection and accumu...