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Food & nutrition

Why a Cut Apple Changes Color: Enzymatic Browning

Enzymatic browning is the reaction in which enzymes in fruits and vegetables use oxygen to oxidize phenolic compounds into brown pigments. This piece covers how polyphenol oxidase

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Library & information science

When Having Information Hurts More: Mooers’ Law

Mooers’ Law is the principle that no matter how good an information retrieval system is, it will not be used where having information is more painful and troublesome than not havin

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Business administration

How to Nearly Eliminate Defects: Six Sigma

Six Sigma is a management improvement method that uses data and statistics to find and remove the causes of defects and reduce variation in work processes. This article covers the

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Information technology

Less Power as They Shrank: Dennard Scaling

Dennard scaling is the semiconductor scaling rule that if transistors are made smaller while voltage is lowered by the same ratio, the power used by a given area of a chip stays th

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Tourism studies

It Starts and Ends at Home: Leiper’s Tourism System

Leiper’s Tourism System views tourism as one connected system of tourists, the region they leave, the route they travel, the destination they stay in, and the tourism industry. Lea

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Economics

Getting Sick from a Flood of Money: Dutch Disease

Dutch Disease is the phenomenon in which a sudden boom in one sector, such as natural resources, causes other export industries like manufacturing and agriculture to decline. This

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Design

Design Connections: Patterns Linking Form and Meaning

In visual design, patterns are elements that play an important role by bringing form and meaning into harmony. Patterns go beyond merely repeating forms and serve an important func