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Physics Buzz: GATTACA Rises: building structures out of DNA
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012. GATTACA Rises: building structures out of DNA. As the 1940's became the 50's, scientists identified the structure. And function of DNA as the basic building block of life. Scientists today are using the fundamental ability of DNA to self-organize to engineer nanostructures from IBM microchips. It's the age of DNA origami and with it comes new possibilities for drug delivery. Program can identify how DNA strands will selectively bind at certain positions. Phys Rev. E 86,. Betwe...
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Physics Buzz: In Quest for Speed, Olympic Swimmers Use Physics.
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Monday, August 11, 2008. In Quest for Speed, Olympic Swimmers Use Physics. In light of the recent, thrilling accomplishments. Of the U.S. men's Olympic swim team. I thought it proper to focus on just how much physics goes into every aspect of Olympic swimming- from training and pool design right down to those tiny swim suits. Comes in: to help swimmers measure the flow and force generated in a natural, seemingly unpredictable environment. Pinpoint the movement of the water, and determine how much energy.
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Physics Buzz: Solar Bottle SuperHero
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Thursday, September 15, 2011. Solar Demi is a man who travels around installing solar bottles in order to bring light into homes in some of the poorest neighborhoods in the Philippines. It's amazing to me that there are places where even minimal lighting is a luxury. I'm glad to see that basic physics principles are bringing a little sunlight into the dark days of some impoverished Filipinos. (Of course, if you feel like sending a donation to the cause. And total internal reflection. When light moving th...
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Physics Buzz: August 2015
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Monday, August 31, 2015. More Than a Statistic: Social Science and "Physics Envy". In a recent think piece. From Drexel Universitys The Smart Set, author Michael Lund boldly proclaims that its time for western academia to throw in the towel on a decades-long failed experiment: hard social science. Read the rest of the post . . . At 8/31/2015 01:59:00 PM. Friday, August 28, 2015. Yes, astronauts landed on the moon. But that doesnt mean NASA has been completely honest. Read the rest of the post . . . At 8/...
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Physics Buzz: Standing at the Wavefront of Scientific Discovery: A leadup to the Nobel Prize in Physics
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Monday, October 08, 2012. Standing at the Wavefront of Scientific Discovery: A leadup to the Nobel Prize in Physics. Across the globe, a handful of individuals will be woken from sleep or stopped in their tracks while crossing a busy street as they are interrupted from their otherwise ordinary day with a phone call from the Nobel Prize committee. Over the next week, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will announce this year's Nobel Prize winners. Awarded in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel,.
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Physics Buzz: String Theory (No, not that kind!)
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Tuesday, August 04, 2015. String Theory (No, not that kind! Creating a slow-motion effect in real life takes some creativity, but with the help of a few strobe lights and a frequency generator, the folks at Pasco. Put together one that’s truly mesmerizing, on top of being educational. Watch the video of it below, and then read on to find out how it’s done! The odd volume fluctuations you hear when two musicians playing the same note are just slightly out of tune with one another. At 8/04/2015 04:49:00 PM.
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Physics Buzz: July 2015
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Friday, July 31, 2015. Allotropy: Why Winter Spells Trouble for the Tin Man. Read the rest of the post . . . At 7/31/2015 03:44:00 PM. Thursday, July 30, 2015. How Insects' Legs Can Improve Man-Made Materials. These null results provide fresh insight into the surprising ways that nature works. But the new understanding also has the potential to contribute to applications of engineering materials shaped like the insects’ legs. That provides an obvious benefit for designers of aircraft parts and hospital e...
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Physics Buzz: Allotropy: Why Winter Spells Trouble for the Tin Man
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Friday, July 31, 2015. Allotropy: Why Winter Spells Trouble for the Tin Man. At room temperature, tin exists in its “beta” form. This is the everyday, shiny type that was long used in metal smithing and plating, and to create the rust-resistant coating on steel cans of food. But when the temperature drops below 55.8°F, pure tin transitions to its “alpha” form, a dull gray material which is brittle and non-conductive. At 7/31/2015 03:44:00 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Dark Side of Ghost Ima...
