Nanotechnology for the Masses -No, We’re NOT Kidding
January 30th, 2010 // 1:31 am @ admin
Unless you have been living on a deserted island for the past few years you have no doubt heard the media report on the impending promise that lies in the realm of nanotechnology. The problem is if you are like most people, you probably don’t really understand what that means exactly. A [...]
Category : Blog & Science Kits
Wired.com: “What’s That Stuff? The Chemistry Behind Everyday Products”
January 26th, 2010 // 5:08 pm @ admin
I found this fascinating quote today:
As we discovered, the kind of hand warmers we were investigating contained iron powder, which quickly began to rust when exposed to air. Ignoring the warning (!) and opening the packet lets in more oxygen and speeds up the reaction, creating so much heat that your iron mixture will start [...]
Category : Around the Web & Blog
Get Students Mesmerized With Photonic Crystals & Self Assembly
January 25th, 2010 // 10:01 am @ admin
Self-assembly alone is by no means a novel idea. Human beings are self-assembled for starters. That’s right, back when you were still in the womb your body, in a quite miraculous manner, simply knew how to assemble itself. And it doesn’t stop there. The earth is self-assembled. The universe is [...]
Category : Blog & Nanotechnology
What Is Scilica
January 20th, 2010 // 3:52 pm @ admin
Imagine a robot so small it can be intravenously introduced into the human body to detect and destroy foreign invaders; or a battery small enough to be used for a cell phone but powerful enough to start an automobile. Imagine a microprocessor that uses photons to carry information instead of electrons and doing it [...]
Category : Blog & Nanotechnology