Here are three (yesterday, I mistakenly said there would be two) more of Mr. Manning’s answers, Do you know of any areas where Canadians are leading in science and technical innovations? Some of the ...

I love the periodic table of elements and thought I was alone in my appreciation. I kept the secret close to me right into adulthood where I received quite a shock. It turns out I’m not alone and many ...

Scientists at the University of California (UC) Berkeley have developed a ‘carpet cloak’ which conceals an object underneath it from view. Of course, it’s a very small object measuring 3.8 microns by ...

According to an August 4, 2020 news item on ScienceDaily the ‘Ice-phobic’ properties of moths’ eyes have inspired a new technology, Researchers have been working for decades on improving the ...

It’s always interesting to contrast two approaches to the same issue, in this case, innovation and education strategies designed to improve the economies of the United States and of British Columbia, ...

At last there’s a new development in smart windows giving me fresh hope that I will see these in my lifetime. From the Sept. 6, 2011 news item on Nanowerk, Researchers with the U.S. Department of ...

Most people know this from experience. We laud creativity in theory while attempting to crush it in practice. If you doubt this, try launching a new idea at a meeting. In fact, trying to launch a new ...

Read this Oct. 13, 2016 news item on ScienceDaily if you want to find out how to make your own transparent electronics, When University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers announced in the journal Nature ...

Michael Berger at Nanowerk has written a Spotlight essay on the explosivity of nanoparticles. From the March 20, 2012 essay, Recent studies have found that nanomaterials – in this case dusts and ...

While I don’t usually blog about formal education, it is an important part of the science ‘environment’ and, last week. I came across a new development in US post secondary education which could have ...

Each year the folks at Open Lab create an anthology of the best science writing on blogs. Here’s a little background about the project from the ‘What is Open Laboratory’ page, The Open Laboratory is ...