Science is art
Winners from this year’s The Materials Research Society’s Science as Art contest includes ice crystal-like nanowires and flower-like fractals. The photos submitted are of various materials imaged using different microscopes […]
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Mars @ MaRS: From ‘Curiosity’ to Innovation
Monday night’s “Mars @ MaRS: From ‘Curiosity’ to Innovation” was a great science communications event. The panel of experts were engaging and spoke passionately about their research. I left feeling […]
Misconceptions about mining engineering research
What comes to mind when you think about mining ? Pollution? Exploitation? Cave-ins? Yes, those issues do exist but that’s not the whole story. I think people often overlook the […]
What is science to you?
Here’s a quick round up of the news coverage I came across last week on the public perception of science: Why is science important? –a film by Alom Shaha Alom Shaha, […]
Sustainable venues of the London 2012 Olympics
The start of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games is just under a week away. Aside from the athletes, sustainability will be the focus of the Games. Following the Towards […]
