by Sam Lohse You’re looking at an electron micrograph of gold nanoparticles; a snap shot of tiny gold crystals that are 1/10,000th the diameter of a human hair. Nanoparticles just these like may soon transform …
Month: March 2013
Drama entre disciplinas científicas – Pasado y presente.
Blog original en inglés por Ben Meyer Traducido por Elvin A. Morales. Editado por Mercedes Ruiz. “Un biólogo y un químico entran a un laboratorio…luego tienen que compartir espacio y herramientas para trabajar juntos… (¿Pensaste …
Science Discipline Drama – past and present
by Ben Meyer A Biologist and a Chemist Walk into a Lab…then they have to share space and tools and work together…(you thought that was going to be a joke, right?) Let me preface my …
¿Por qué todo el mundo habla de nano? ¿Las nano partículas se enamoran?
Blog Original en inglés por Steph Traducido por Mercedes Ruiz Hoy les voy a hablar de algunas cosas muy importantes. No me refiero a por qué o cómo estamos en este planeta, ni si los …
“Why all the nano-hype?” or “Do nanoparticles fall in love?”
by Stephanie Walter Today we’ve got some important things to talk about. I’m not talking about the how or why we’re here on this planet, or settling the great cake vs. pie debate (because clearly …
“How do Lasers Work?” or “Not your father’s lightsaber”
by Franz Geiger When Luke Skywalker receives his father’s lightsaber from Obi Wan in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, he learns that it is “not as random or clumsy as a blaster; an …