I sat on the wooden floor of a dark and serene room, completely calm and aware of my surroundings. The room was dark except for the neon projection of jelloey structures floating on the wall surface. I used the motion of my shadow to manipulate these floating bubbles using slow, intentional motions, unknowingly slipping further […]
Today is complicated for me to describe how intrigued I was by Dr. Rome’s lecture on Nanomedicine. Realizing the possibilities in the near future is something my mind thrives on. Medical procedures, and their futures have always interested me, and have fueled me to work extraordinarily hard in high school, in order to have […]
Blog for Wednesday third day of the class Group X. Today it was realized that the lab coats can contain nanoparticles that keep off all stains, and the way that this is possible is because the electrolytes and dyes inside the solutions involved are reflected off the lab coat. This creates an interesting perspective for […]
This first day of visiting labs was filled with excitement. I was intrigued to look at the different equipment that is available at the nano level. When I began this course, I had no idea what a large array of technology was available for these procedures. Science and technology has always been my passion […]
Today we learned a lot about nanotechnology and its relation to medicine and nature. We learned about the research that is being conducted to find an alternative to chemotherapy through the use of nanotechnology and nanobots. They would target only the diseased cells and spare the healthy ones, causing the patient a lot less suffering […]
Blog for Tuesday of first week of Nanotechnology course: I realized that nanoparticles could do some very interesting things. They can reach into the human body and attack foreign cells for help when the human body is not able to do such things. They also have some artistic abilities, which involve the screens where the […]
In class on Tuesday, we discussed visualization in relation to science. I thought that the topics were interesting because whenever I hear the word “visualization,” I only think of art as in paintings, drawings etc. that were shown at the beginning of the presentation. However, through the lecture I also learned about the visualization in […]
When I heard that today’s topic would be “Seeing the Invisible,” I wasn’t so sure what to expect. Immediately, I thought of supernatural phenomena such as X-Ray vision or crazy magic Harry Potter powers. My imagination thought of all sorts of wild, impossible things that could never be done. Instead, we learned about visualization in […]
So today we learned how they’re using nano-technology in medicine. One nanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter. Did you know the nose can smell 25 parts per million in the air? We also went into quantum dots again which is clusters of semi-conductors, single oxcitation, and multi-color emission. If its 2nm then […]
Nanotechnology, the technology of the near future, has both positive and negative aspects. The nanotechnology used beneficially for human health is called nanomedicine. Nanomedicine will use engineered molecular systems and molecular knowledge of the human body to maintain and improve human health. Many scientists and physicians can use this technology as tools for disease […]