Today is our final day of preparation. The amount of laptops in the room is taunting me. The clicks of the keyboard are maddening. My eyes are glazed over. For the past three hours, I haven’t talked to a soul… unless you count my curses directed to the laptop in front of me. My mind […]
Last night, Sci | Art students walked restlessly into Westwood to watch the midnight premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter series. I own all of the books, watched all of the movies, and even own dolls of Harry, Ron, and Hermione (my mom bought […]
In our first lab, we made a ferrofluid. In this lab, we combined chemicals such as iron (II) chloride, iron (III) chloride, and ammonium hydroxide in order to create a black precipitate. The resulting solid is magnetite. The rest of the lab dealt with the manipulation of this solid using a magnet. If done correctly, […]
Today’s lectures dealt with the shapes of atoms, structures, and music. While atoms are generally represented as spheres, their actual shapes are much more complex. An atom may exist as a dumbbell or a cross, as well as a sphere. A crystal is an example of an atom that has a fixed repeating structure. The […]
In our very first lesson, we learned about visualization in art and science and how this helps us to “see the impossible.” In art, different mediums may be used in order to convey a specific mood or to support the subject of the piece. Some of these mediums are gelatin silver print, oil on canvas, […]
After learning about nanotechnology and its applications, students formed groups of three to five and brainstormed about new, unique, and somewhat “impossible” projects for the future. All projects utilized the science of nanotechnology. My project, with Sophia, Dylan, Emma, and Zack dealt with a futuristic musical instrument. Our project is a culmination of art and […]
Today the Sci | Art Nanolab received Giacomo Chiari, Chief Scientist of the Getty Museum. Being a student mostly interested in the sciences, it was a privilege to be able to hear him speak. We are nearly halfway with our program. For me, the line between science and art has been blurred. This is a […]
The field of nanotechnology is a new and exciting branch of study that has become the most prominent focus of science in our modern society. In today’s lectures, we were exposed to a new aspect of nanotechnology regarding quantum dots. These tiny dots are composed of gold and release fluorescent light as they jump from […]