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Jun 08, 2006 00:14

I got to go to a nanotech lab today. At this particular lab, they're doing experiments to measure the toxicity of nanoparticles of cadmium/selenium. The smaller the nanoparticles, the greater the surface area ratio, and therefore the (sometimes) more toxic. So, they measure the toxicity by adding the metal nanoparticles to the agar on which they ( Read more... )

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beyondmountains June 8 2006, 16:50:02 UTC
hey...your book sounds pretty similar to the anthology i was just published in called The Full Spectrum
you might want to check out www.queerthology.com

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xtremewiccan June 8 2006, 14:57:59 UTC
dude if you had been teaching science at my highschool I prolly would have passed it *g* I actually understand that about the nanoparticals even if i have very little idea of wtf they are - sweet.

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skrawl June 9 2006, 18:28:33 UTC
cool! i have practically no idea what they are either, except that they're really really small. maybe i'll write another entry after i do some more reading.

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goatmasterflash June 8 2006, 15:24:18 UTC
you think that just because you're a guy you get to be all good at science and whatnot? typical, just typical :P

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skrawl June 9 2006, 18:26:47 UTC
yup it's one of the perks. ;-) but actually most of my science classes have had more girls than guys in them. though the student pop is 60% female.

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icetape June 10 2006, 07:48:22 UTC
you're very intelligent, in a well rounded way.

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skrawl June 11 2006, 06:05:03 UTC
well, spheres are the most "efficient" shape, are they not? so being well-rounded is good!

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