July 13, 2009 Today I went to the Basic Plasma Science Facility which performs frontier-level research of the plasma state of matter. It is a misconception that the space in between the Sun and the planets is a vacuum devoid of matter. However space is actually not empty, for the big, hot Sun constantly emits […]
The summer sun had set and the incandescent glow of the big screen of Mann Theater lit up. For two hours, the limitations of reality were replaced by the possibilities of magic and all that defies the laws of known science. However, there will always be a few parts that perplex me. The […]
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07.14.09 UCLA – Harry Potter, a very highly regarded popular movie series, was premiering another movie again. And being at a nanotechnology camp we were asked to find ways and relations that us muggles (those who do not have magic capabilities) have with these wizards through innovative technology. One of the more interesting relations the […]
Today we made this really cool ferrofluid. A ferrofluid is a liquid that becomes strongly polarized in a magnetic field. The word itself is sort of explainable; ‘ferrum’ is latin for iron and that word is combined with ‘fluid’. We made this black liquid stuff by mixing some iron stuff with some ammonia stuff and […]
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 […]
On Tuesday night – well, technically on Wednesday morning – our whole Sci/Art Nanotech group walked to Westwood to see the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. We each paid our counselor nine dollars for a ticket and went around eleven o’clock at night to wait in line to get descent seats. […]
Today is one of the big days, today is our midterm. After another great beginning lecture we separated off into our groups to finalize the ideas for our final projects. Anticipation was sweating out of every pour. After trying our hardest to make our idea the best it could possibly be and having all of us run […]
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Today started with another extremely stimulating discussion delivered to us by our instructors. It addressed the concept of shape and how its was applied in art and science. The examples that they showed us helped show me that the line the world has drawn between art and science is even more transparent than I was […]