There they were. No more different from a capsule suspended on screen, yet the intricate mosaic in which the alpha helix and beta pleated proteins molecules were arranged, implied a more complex story. And yet, the largest intrigue was that there was no complexity in its function. In fact, It is completely hollow (albeit an […]
Over the past few days we have been talking about the relationship between science and art. For one thing, we learned that the relationship between science and art is inclusive. In fact, during the renaissance period, people often held talents in both art and science. Back then the notion of left brain and right brain […]
Today we did an introduction into nanotechnology. I came to UCLA with extremely limited knowledge on the topic so I am glad that we had this lecture to start of the program. We also had a lecture about the correlation between art and science and even though I am beginning to see similarities between the […]
Wednesday was another busy day with ArtSci with activities ranging from lectures on nanomedicine, cancer, and vaults to manipulating the Buckminster Balls at the zero@wave gallery. It was also pretty crazy that we actually saw cancer cells (they belonged to a woman who had breast cancer) when we visited one of the labs. It was […]
Basic knowledge of scientific processes can be very useful to possess. However, one can only glean so much from such rudimentary “textbook’ learning. In the case of many sciences, particularly those pertaining to the medical field, such knowledge needs to be applied in the real world. The scientific world’s response to this necessity has […]
Today’s lecture greatly changed my interpretation of the collaboration between science and art. Though art has always been in collaboration with various forms of technology, the lecture opened my eyes to the complementary relationship that science and art share. By completing projects such as stained glass, artists and scientists present their collaborations to the rest […]
Nanotechnology is one of today’s fastest growing fields. It has enormous potential. Nanotechnology can either revolutionize our world in ways that no one can possibly predict or it can lead to our destruction if it is not properly controlled and regulated. Nanotechnology is powerful because of it’s small size, but that size, thousands of times […]
There was a time when nanotechnology was a term that nobody knew. Some people even today think the iPod nano is nanotechnology. However there is an observable pattern that nanotechnology is becoming more and more part of pop culture. Now days, nanotechnology is being used in everyday objects that make people’s lives convenient such as […]
Just when scientists thought they explored the whole world, numerous more arrived. During the Renaissance, the light microscope was developed which was the first instrument that enabled the human eye to observe enlarged images of infinitesimal objects. This incredible invention brought fascinating detail of the tiny worlds invisible to the naked eye. About 1950, Dutch […]
As I found out today, more than 250,000 people die of cancer every year in the US. This is a grim statistic, a statistic which doubtlessly inspired countless people to engage in the battle with tis frequently fatal disease. Progressive research in the area of nanotechnology as it relates to targeted medicinal delivery is quickly […]