Last year the president signed legislation granting all agencies broad authority to conduct prize competitions in an effort to engage large numbers of people outside government in problem solving aligned with governing objectives, and to identify and spread solutions already on the ground.
Bloomberg hopes to spread solutions like this elsewhere.
The digital communications revolution is primed to spread solutions without borders at texting speed.
I'm seeing this first-hand here in London, where I'm moderating a panel at CityLab, an event put together by Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Aspen Institute, and The Atlantic that brings together mayors from around the world to share ideas and spread solutions.
The zona pellucida was removed by brief treatment in acid Tyrode's solution and oocytes transferred to 5 μL of chromosome spreading solution (1% paraformaldehyde, 0.15% triton X100, 3 mM DTT, in water) on a glass slide.
Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) imaging of the A/W interface showed that the polymer assembly was not uniform and that large domains formed, either isolated grains or pearl necklaces, depending on the polymer structure, the concentration of the spreading solution and the subphase temperature.
A spreading solution of stearic acid (Sigma-Aldrich, Palo Alto, CA, USA) was prepared by dissolving it in analytical grade chloroform (Merck, Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA).
After a sonication of 10 min, some volumes of GO-SH spreading solution (0.504 mg/mL, different mixed solvent ratios and volumes) were dropwise spread onto pure water surface or DA subphase solution (0.500 g/L) using a glass syringe.
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