` Todays lectures and presentations were my first experiences into the wolrd of non-elementary microscopy. I had seen pictures taken by all the different microscopes shown to the group but had never really thought about or had any interest in the devises. The microscope that interests me the most is the Scanning Electron Microscope because […]
Today is my last full day here at UCLA. It has been a good two weeks. I learned a lot of information about science and art, but mostly science. The labs were my favorite part of the experience. I think ferrofluids are really cool and I was blown away when I heard we were making […]
Most of the group went and saw Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince this morning at the midnight showing. I was quite exited to see it because even though I haven’t read any of the books past the 3rd, I still enjoy watching the movies. The half-Blood prince was rated PG which was kind of […]
Today we did two awesome labs. I had heard about ferrofluids only a few months before this class and thought they were really awesome. The thought never crossed my mind that I would ever make the substance and it not really that difficult. The ferrofluid only took about 20 minutes to make. After it was […]
This afternoon we had two cool field trips to the library and plasma lab. My group went to the library first. We were presented a multitude of rare and old book from authors such as Copernicus. Copernicus was the first person to present the idea of the solar system being heliocentric, however he could never […]
The midterm presentations today were really interesting. A lot of the group’s ideas were quite creative in their use of nano-technology. A few in particular were the nandage and the zombie-killing grenade(because the zombie apocalypse is inevitable). The nandage I thought was cool because it was one of the most practical useful ideas of the […]
Today the group had one guest lecturer and a few lab visits. The guest lecturer talked about art conservation, all that he has done, and the different techniques used. I never knew that art conservation was such a big thing. The conservationists do all sorts of tests on pieces of art to unlock it secrets […]
At 12:01, on 4/15/09 the Sci-Art Summer Course ventured to the large theater in Westwood to experience the magic of Harry Potter. Although the origin of the field trip was for entertainment, it wasn’t difficult to discern the science of the future hidden on the screen. Magic spells could easily be photon guns, and plasma […]
Today in the lecture, a video was shown that presented a new idea to us. The idea of the double split, particle motion, and probability of patterns matter makes is easy to understand and predict at the meter level. But when minimized to quantum level, the physics change. The electrons travel through the slit in […]
Today we visited a plasma research lab. This was very, very cool. When we walked in I didn’t know what to expect cause I barely knew what plasma was. I learned that plasma is a partially ionized gas, in which a certain proportion of electrons are free rather than being bound to an atom or […]