Despite Stormy Seas, Ocean Power Still Afloat
Ocean Power Technology, a Reed Road-based alternative energy company, is changing course after 20 years of never turning a profit. As its most recent...
How Wave Power Can Be Harnessed
Ocean Power Technologies has spent its entire existence developing its power buoy technology designed to capture the energy of rolling ocean waves and turn...
Marilyn Monroe Still Alive in Galleries, Streets, and Minds
She seems to have risen from the earth and shaken off the snow that has covered her bare shoulders, arms, and ankles over the...
Planning a Drug Trial? First You Need a Review
It’s rare that a company comes out of nowhere to dominate an established industry, but WIRB Copernicus Group, a company with a 30-person headquarters...
What It’s Like to Be on an Institutional Review Board
When institutional review boards meet to discuss the ethics of human subjects in studies, they rely on the perspective of non-scientists to make sure...
Sara Plans Her Wedding – Postscript
On the first night of my honeymoon my husband of 24 hours and I were welcomed to our hotel room with a plate of...