Blog original en inglés por Rebecca Klaper Traducido por Ulises Rangel ¿Puedes imaginar comiendo un puño de hojas de cualquier árbol o planta cuando tengas hambre? ¿En realidad no empuñamos cualquier planta y la ponemos …
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All Natural Chemicals
by Rebecca Klaper “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.” …
Teamwork Wins! Why Science Is Not an Individual Sport.
by Laura Olenick When you think about a scientist, what picture pops into your head? I’ll bet you’re picturing a lone scientist with wild hair, toiling away on some world-changing problem in lab. You know …
Nanotechnology Through History: Carbon-based Nanoparticles from Prehistory to Today
by Joel Pederson Since our early ancestors first learned to make fires, humans have been producing carbon-based nanoparticles. The smoke and soot from their campfires contained nanoparticles known as fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, along with …
The Canary in the Coal Mine and a Whole Lot More: The Reproductive Habits and Scientific Utility of the Water Flea
by Devrah Arndt Asexual and sexual reproduction are two ways that plants and animals can reproduce, and there are advantages and disadvantages to each of these methods of reproduction. Scientists have harnessed the asexual reproduction …
What Are Science Conferences Like?
by Lee Bishop Firstly, there are lots of scientists and very few lab coats or safety goggles — as they come to talk science instead of do science. There are lots of seminars — from …
What Does Sustainable Have To Do With Nano?
by Ian Gonsolus Sustainability is a hot topic these days, even making its way into advertisements for one of the world’s biggest companies (see below). I would guess that on this very day, you have …
Un gigante en Nanotecnología cae – Heinrich Rohrer
Blog original en inglés por Robert Hamers Traducido por Ulises Rangel Heinrich (“Heini”) Rohrer, un pionero de la nanotecnología, ganador del Premio Nobel, y mentor personal para mí y muchos otros científicos ha fallecido. El …
A Giant of Nanotechnology Falls – Heinrich Rohrer
by Bob Hamers Heinrich (“Heini”) Rohrer, a nanotechnology pioneer, Nobel Prize winner, and personal mentor to me and many other scientists, has died. The field of nanotechnology was largely enabled by Heini’s co-invention of the …
Kids Learn About Nanodiamonds and I Learn About Kids
by Arielle Mensch “Hey do you guys want to see some fluorescent nanodiamond water?!” I eagerly yelled out as two little boys walked by. Honestly, they probably had no idea what I was talking about, …