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OCSiAl becomes largest European supplier of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
It’s time I posted news about OCSiAl as it’s been about five years since they were last mentioned here. An April 24, 2020 news item on AzoNano proclaims a new status for the company, As from [sic] April 2020, OCSiAl is able to commercialize up to 100 tonnes annually of its TUBALL single wall carbon nanotubes [single-walled carbon nanotubes or SWCNTs] in Europe thanks to the company’s upgraded dossier under the EU’s [European Union’s] “Registration,…

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Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative needs an intern (paid position) for summer 2020

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Conservation Initiative has a paid internship position for a Videographer and Digital Storyteller. The submission deadline is May 18, 2020. Before getting to the internship, here’s a description of the organization from its Wikipedia entry (Note: Links have been removed), The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative or Y2Y is a joint Canada–United States not-for-profit organization and the only organization dedicated to securing the long-term ecological health of the region from Yellowstone…

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New design directions to increase variety, efficiency, selectivity and reliability for memristive devices

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
A May 11, 2020 news item on ScienceDaily provides a description of the current ‘memristor scene’ along with an announcement about a piece of recent research, Scientists around the world are intensively working on memristive devices, which are capable in extremely low power operation and behave similarly to neurons in the brain. Researchers from the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA) and the German technology group Heraeus have now discovered how to systematically control the functional…

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Writing At A Distance

Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
At the best of times academic writing can be a challenge, particularly for graduate students who are just learning the ropes. However, our system is one in which many academics and academics-in-training conflate the idea of independent work with being alone. So it’s no surprise that graduate students might feel isolated or anxious when theyContinue reading "Writing At A Distance"

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Gas nanomedicine

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
This study comes from China and it offers an overview of the state-of-the-art of gas nanomedicine and a roadmap for future research. A May 6, 2020 news item on Nanowerk announces the study, Cancer is deadly, but available cancer treatment methods are quite limited. The use of therapeutic gas molecules such as H2 [hydrogen gas], NO [nitrogen oxide], CO [carbon monoxide] and H2S [hydrogn sulfide] for cancer treatment is promising owing to their unique properties…

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STEM Fellowship: Undergraduate Big Data Challenge

Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
I am excited to announce that I have been selected as a mentor for the STEM Fellowship Undergraduate Big Data Challenge (BDC). The BDC runs May 22-31 (online), with a final event happening sometime in July. The BDC is open to undergraduate students who are interested in data science, statistics, computer science, and more. IfContinue reading "STEM Fellowship: Undergraduate Big Data Challenge"

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COVID-19: A Changing Curve

Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
As was the case a few weeks ago, we’ve recently made some changes to the Monitoring COVID-19 In Canada Dashboard. At the time, the changes provided more functionality. Today, we’ve updated the dashboard to better represent the current state of the pandemic. CLICK HERE TO LAUNCH THE DASHBOARD What exactly does that mean? During theContinue reading "COVID-19: A Changing Curve"

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You need a quantum mechanic for an atom-sized machine

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
This news comes from the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies according to a May 4, 2020 news item on Nanowerk (Note: A link has been removed), Here’s a new chapter in the story of the miniaturisation of machines: researchers in a laboratory in Singapore have shown that a single atom can function as either an engine or a fridge. Such a device could be engineered into future computers and fuel cells to…

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An artificial tongue, gold, and maple syrup

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
I have always imagined the love of maple syrup to be a universal love. A friend who moved to Canada from somewhere else in the world disillusioned me on that subject. She claims to be unable to grasp why anyone would love maple syrup. Should you recognize yourself in those words you may not find this post all that interesting. However, maple syrup lovers may find this May 5, 2020 news item on Nanowerk a…

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A mathematical sculptor, a live webcast (May 6, 2020) with theoretical cosmologist and author Katie Mack, & uniting quantum theory with Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity in a drawing

Maryse de la Giroday Science in Society, Technology and Engineering
I’ve bookended information about the talk with physicist Katie Mack at Canada’s Perimeter Institute on May 6, 2020 with two items on visual art and mathematics and the sciences. Mathematical sculpting Robert Fathauer’s Three-Fold Hyperbolic Form exhibits negative curvature, a concept in geometry and topology that describes a surface curving in two directions at every point. Hemp crochet by Marla Peterson. Image courtesy of Robert Fathauer. [downloaded from https://www.pnas.org/content/114/26/6643.full] You’ll find this image and a…

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