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Abstract: Superfluid helium is a peculiar liquid. For instance, it stays liquid even at very low temperatures (below 2K), it flows through narrow capillaries without friction, and temperature gradient makes it move even in the absence of pressure gradient. The usual description of superfluid helium-4 relies on the concept of two fluids, a so called […]

Title: Genetic testing and adverse selection Speaker: Eduardo Azevedo, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at Wharton, John M. Bendheim Professor, Thomas L. Bendheim Professor Abstract: Technology is dramatically driving down the cost of sequencing genetic data and increasing the quality of predictions made with this data. A standard concern is that these predictions […]