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ChemistryComputational ChemistryHistory Of ScienceMathematicsModelsChemical Sciences
Published in Dr. Joaquin Barroso's Blog

2025 was declared by UNESCO as the International Year of Quantum Sciences, bringing a lot of celebrations, however much of the discourse is dominated by physicists and quantum technologists, some of which proclaim the dawn of the new “quantum revolution”. Yet, amid the excitement, I can’t help but notice that quantum chemistry remains underrepresented, despite […]

RBiological Sciences
Published in Getting Genetics Done

Reposted from the original at https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/construct-objects-with-idiomatic-r-code --- Today I discovered the constructive package and the construct() function for creating R objects with idiomatic R code to make human-readable reproducible examples. CRAN: https://cran.r-project.org/package=constructive Source: https://github.com/cynkra/constructive/ Docs &

Rogue ScholarComputer and Information Sciences
Published in Front Matter

This is the September issue of the monthly newsletter from the Rogue Scholar science blog archive. The newsletter reports on new blogs that have joined the platform, important technical updates in Rogue Scholar infrastructure, community updates, and other news relevant to Rogue Scholar users. Blogs added to Rogue Scholar One blog was added in September. Welcome!

NewsMPubPublishing CoursesSFU PublishingSocial Science
Published in Public Knowledge Project
Author Famira Racy

Registration is now open for the Open Publishing Series — three online courses from SFU’s MPub program, with start dates in January and May, 2026. Join us for a webinar on October 30 to meet the instructors and learn more. In an era of disinformation, polarization, and growing mistrust of academic institutions, scholarly publishing is […] The post Register Now for PKP + SFU Open Publishing Courses! appeared first on Public Knowledge Project.

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Published in BLOG ATARRAYA
Author Atarraya

Arturo Souto , DR © Tinta y acuarelas sobre papel Esta es una reproducción digital, con fines de divulgación, de una obra original, todos los derechos de autor y reproducción están reservados por el coleccionista.

Appalachian HistoryWythe County VAHistory and Archaeology
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History Series Why the cove mattered In the spring of 1864 Ulysses S. Grant pushed on all fronts in Virginia. One prong sent Brigadier General George Crook to wreck the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at Dublin Depot and to burn the big railroad bridge over the New River at Central Depot, today’s Radford.

Appalachian HistorySmyth County VAHistory and Archaeology
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History Series Why Marion mattered In the last winter of the war, southwestern Virginia still fed the Confederacy’s armies with salt from Saltville and lead from the mines along the upper New River. Those resources moved over the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad through Wytheville and Marion. Any serious Federal raid into the mountains would try to break that industrial chain.

Appalachian HistoryCullman County ALHistory and Archaeology
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History What happened At daybreak on April 30, 1863, Union Col. Abel D. Streight’s provisional brigade was pushing east along Sand Mountain when Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s pursuing cavalry struck the column’s rear at Day’s Gap in present-day Cullman County. The Federals stood, repulsed the first assaults, and kept moving.

Appalachian HistoryHaywood County NCHistory and Archaeology
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History Setting the stage in Western North Carolina By the spring of 1865, war in North Carolina had fractured into scattered columns, couriers, and rumors. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston had agreed to surrender terms to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman on April 26 at Bennett Place, yet in the mountains the situation remained fluid. Confederate forces in the Western District under Brig. Gen.

Appalachian HistoryHarlan County KYHistory and Archaeology
Published in Appalachianhistorian.org
Author Alex Hall

Appalachian History Series Evarts High School stood at the heart of Clover Fork for most of the twentieth century, first as the community’s own secondary school, then as one of three high schools in the Harlan County district. The Wildcats carried blue and gold in halls filled with class banners, pep club signs, and KHSAA schedules.