Usually when I think of shapes, I think of geometry and of circles and triangles and squares and what not. I also think of curves, lines, hyperbolas and parabolas. I remember in Algebra 2 my teacher would make us to “Math Aerobics” in which our arms would mimic the shapes of different quadratic functions. Today’s […]
Today’s labs were quite interesting. We were able to work with magnetite, whose chemical compound is Fe3O4. We formed this by using both Ferric and Ferrous ions combined with three hydroxide ions, forming a FeO(OH) compound which combined with tetramethylammonium hydroxide. This made me realize that nucleation reactions can occur unexpectedly and spontaneously without any […]
Today was a day of results. We presented our midterms and we saw the DSMA kid’s final presentations. My group went through pletny of good ideas to decide on a final point. We decided we would be a little different in our ideas, playing off the theme of ‘imagine the impossible’. Now of course, nanobots […]
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Shapes define our world… I had not really bothered to pay attention to all the shapes that are around defining what we call nature. Most amazingly the shapes can be found in our own solar system. Our simples living organism, an atom, looks just like the planets rotating around. What interested me the most was […]
07.13.09 UCLA- Flashes emerged from the window of the large plasma device (LAPD). The surface of this machine is hot like an oven. Inside this giant monster lies machinery capable of reaching temperatures of 250 Million degrees Celsius. Now most people would wonder how in the world this machine is capable of reaching such high […]
Today as part of our rotating laboratory activities, we went to the UCLA Plasma Research Center. One of the relevant topics in the research center was the practical applications of plasmids in daily life. Little did I know, that plasmids are used in many aspects of my life although I hadn’t realized it. st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } […]
When I go to a museum and stare at the wondrous paintings, rarely do it think of science. I find myself enamored in the artistic strokes of the piece, following the paints of Van Gough or Monet all across the texture canvas surface. What I realized after this day was that this would not be […]
Although all of the lab rotations were slightly tiring by the end of the today, today was filled with many memorable experiences. Beginning with the lecture, I had previously never thought about how the Bohr Diagram is very similar to the solar system. In some way, this almost connected science and art for me, because […]
The topic of today’s study was Art, Science, and Nature. We began in the auditorium listening to a lecture about the Six Degrees of Separation. In this presentation, Leonardo de Caprio/da Vinci was connected to Barrack Obama after only 6 steps. These presentations ranged from the introduction of “vaults” and nanobots to Michael Jackson performing […]