by Ariane Vartanian Not too long ago, a team of frustrated scientists glanced up from their computer screens and saw the untapped potential beyond their lab doors. They had spent years trying to unravel the …
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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 …
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 …
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, …
How Do Scientists in Four Different States Work Together?
by Lee Bishop Science doesn’t always look like this: Sometimes it looks like this! We have scientists in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and even Washington! Every week we get together for a videoconference to coordinate all …
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 …
How do Black Lights Work, Why do Highlighters Look So Bright, and How Can You Impress Your Significant Other with Science?
by Tom Keuch Prepare to embark on a colorful and illuminating journey. Before we begin: Did you know that there is a secret world that exists right in front of your eyes? Did you know …