by Christy Haynes Anyone who has watched CSI, Bones, or Breaking Bad on television has had the opportunity to see how chemistry can be important in solving (or committing) a crime. The popularity of forensics …
Month: March 2014
Un niño y su átomo: La película más pequeña del mundo. Video de los viernes.
Blog original en ingles por Lee Bishop Traducido por Mercedes Ruiz. Corregido por Elvin A. Morales. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLr4rt4HaGA&w=560&h=315] Esta asombrosa película se hizo utilizando un microscopio que puede observar átomos, logrando una magnificación de 100 millones …
Fungus Amongus – the Nanoparticle Producers
by Jared Bozich Recent discoveries continue to highlight the many uses of that wonderful kingdom of life, fungus. Penicillin, a group of antibiotics that changed medicine forever, is derived from the Penicillium fungi (taken from …
Turning Plastic Bags into Carbon Nanotubes
by Merve Dogangun I was surprised to learn recently that plastic bags can be turned into a new material called carbon nanotubes. Prior to this, all I had heard about plastic bags was about the …