Archive for the ‘Science’ Category

Lord Rutherford about statistics

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Original post by jmgs

WORLD SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Original post by jmgs

Someone as to decide…

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Deve o criacionismo ser leccionado numa aula de biologia do ensino secundario?
Acho que este cartoon faz uma boa análise da situação.

Cartoon originally posted in : http://nebioq-up.blogspot.com/2007/10/ciencia-vs-criacionismo-porque-nao.html

Original post by jmgs

Someone has to decide…

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Deve o criacionismo ser leccionado numa aula de biologia do ensino secundário?
Acho que este cartoon faz uma boa análise da situação.

Cartoon originally posted in : http://nebioq-up.blogspot.com/2007/10/ciencia-vs-criacionismo-porque-nao.html

Original post by jmgs

the brain and our perception of the world

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

What can I say… A friend sent me an
email and this image followed by the following question:
Is the image rotating clockwise or counter-clockwise? 
Three persons were in the room and we couldn’t agree with the answer!!
The reason is that : If you see it rotating clockwise than you are using the right side of the brain […]

Original post by jmgs

ECIS 2008

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

22nd Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society
31 August - 5 September 2008 Cracow, Poland
http://www.ecis2008.pl
Scope and Topics of ECIS 2008
The Conference traditionally covers a broad spectrum of colloid and interface science, ranging from fundamentals such as: interactions, stability, aggregation, phase transitions, electrokinetics, rheology, to applications, e.g., drug delivery systems, biosensors, biocompatible coatings, […]

Original post by jmgs

ECIS 2008 Conference

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

22nd Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society
31 August - 5 September 2008 Cracow, Poland
http://www.ecis2008.pl
Scope and Topics of ECIS 2008
The Conference traditionally covers a broad spectrum of colloid and interface science, ranging from fundamentals such as: interactions, stability, aggregation, phase transitions, electrokinetics, rheology, to applications, e.g., drug delivery systems, biosensors, biocompatible coatings, […]

Original post by jmgs

sometimes it’s not easy naming molecules…

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Someone had the idea of searching up molecules which have “stange” names that somewhat resemble other things. For instance, did you know that there is a molecule called “arsole”? Or that there is another one called “megaphone”? or even a “pterodactyladiene”?
The list is quite extensive. Here is the site Enjoy and learn . […]

Original post by jmgs

paramagnetism of liquid oxygen

Friday, September 21st, 2007

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IsϱIEnR4bw

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Azulejos que ensinam

Friday, September 21st, 2007

A exposição “Azulejos que ensinam” estará aberta ao público de 17 de Maio a 28 de Setembro na biblioteca Geralda Universidade de Coimbra.
A exposição é composta por um conjunto de azulejos baseados em “Os Elementos” de Euclides e datados do século XVII (ou posterior), e ilustram os teoremas geométricos deste matemático.
Aconselha-se a visita.
nota: ver também […]

Original post by jmgs

Solar cycle effects on the whole atmosphere.

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

NCAR’s Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM)is being used to study the atmospheric response from the surface to the lower thermosphere to changes in solar and geomagnetic forcing over the 11 year solar cycle. WACCM is a new general […]

Original post by pgomes

Alliance of Opposites: Electrons and positrons make new molecule

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

By soaking a silica sponge with antimatter, physicists have made the first matter-antimatter molecules. With further refinement, the technique might be used to briefly condense antimatter into fluid or solid states or even to create the first gamma-ray laser.
About 10 years ago, researchers created atoms of antihydrogen by combining antiprotons and positrons, the antimatter equivalents […]

Original post by pgomes

square shaped nebula

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

I found this picture while browsing. http://www.sciam.com/gallery_directory.cfm

Original post by jmgs

Taxol bristle ball: a wrench in the works for cancer.

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Dozens of cancer-clogging drug molecules loaded onto tiny gold sphere.
HOUSTON, Sept. 12, 2007 – Rice University chemists have discovered a way to load dozens of molecules of the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel onto tiny gold spheres. The result is a tiny ball, many times smaller than a living cell that literally bristles with the drug.
Paclitaxel, which […]

Original post by pgomes

Discover8 : a new scientific communications database

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Discover8 is a new scientific communications database where registered users can suggest, comment and rate scientific communications. Its also possible to recommend any article with a valid web link (for instance your own articles  ).
A large number of topics related to life sciences are present.
Take a look at it at http://www.discover8.com/ 

Original post by jmgs