Apr 30, 2010
Posted at 1:00 pm by David Bradley
Science links for this week, including my latest news in Materials Today
Self-powered sensors: Biomaterials – Piezoelectric arrays could provide the power for a lab-on-a-chip device
Pushing droplets around: Surface science – Pushing droplets around a surface
A safe reaction: Nuclear – Self-healing materials could make nuclear power plants safer
Atheist sex – So…which students are having the most sex?
Imaging cells with soft X-rays – Soft X-rays can be focused on cells without using …
Apr 28, 2010
Posted at 1:00 pm by David Bradley
Individuals now have the autonomy to make their own learning choices and in recent years there has been an emphasis on the “self made learner”, especially in adult education and ongoing professional development. As such, online communities and other so-called web 2.0 tools have come to the fore as potentially useful for educators and students alike to become connected more effectively, without time pressures or location mattering as much as it …
Apr 27, 2010
Posted at 7:20 am by David Bradley
These are a few of the science stories that caught my eye this past week:
Hubble’s 20th anniversary treat – A stupendous image of a distant region of space, colour enhanced (of course) but amazing nevertheless.
Draft White Paper – Researcher identifiers – How about a "SciID", like OpenID or a DOI but for identifying individual researchers? A barcode tattoo would get you into conferences you'd paid for too…or maybe not…
Norway: brainwashed science on TV …
Apr 21, 2010
Posted at 1:00 pm by David Bradley
The numbers of international students taking on graduate degrees is on the increase, partly due to the advent of rapid communication and information tools and partly due to the recognition that globalisation is taking over the world. Hah!
Supervisors I’ve spoken to over the years have always seen the mix of cultures in their laboratories as being an entirely positive aspect of their science. But, …
Apr 20, 2010
Posted at 1:39 pm by David Bradley
This week’s Alchemist chemistry news and more…
Catching electrons in the act – Scientists are getting close to being able to study chemical reactions and complex materials with individual attosecond pulses of laser light (that's a quintillionth of a second). Here's how Berkeley scientists are doing it…
Alchemical happenings from around the web – The Alchemist could not fail to mention the nuclear highlight of the year as an international team fills the gap between …
Apr 16, 2010
Posted at 9:56 am by David Bradley
Latest science news including this week’s round up from my SpectroscopyNOW column:
Smoking out cadmium problem – A statistical analysis of spectroscopic data is helping scientists home in on the problem of decreased fruit and vegetable consumption being associated with an elevated concentration of cadmium in the blood of male smokers.
Short, sharp outburst – A new approach to generating ultra-short, high-density electron pulses for the production of advanced X-ray sources has been developed. The …
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