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Post by swamprat on Feb 22, 2018 13:55:15 GMT -6
If you're bored this weekend, you can go hear about tiny science in Baton Rouge.....
Explore small science at LSU's NanoDays at Highland Road Park Observatory
Advocate staff report FEB 21, 2018
LSU’s ninth NanoDays celebrates the tiniest elements of science from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at Highland Road Park Observatory.
NanoDays is free, family-friendly and open to the public. Hands-on activities for guests of all ages include learning firsthand how a scanning probe microscope helps scientists explore the nanoworld, seeing how nanomaterials are used to make stain-free clothing, playing with liquid crystals and magnets and making an Oobleck, a liquid with both liquid and solid properties.
The observatory’s monthly solar viewing session coincides with NanoDays, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. through the Coronado Solar Max II. Lunar viewing is from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. showing a magnified daytime waxing crescent moon. Venus will be viewable from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
A presentation by LSU Department of Physics and Astronomy professor David Young follows the event at 6:15 p.m. Young’s presentation is “Alternative Energy! Using Nanotechnoogy to Improve the Performance of Thermoelectric Materials.”
To learn about LSU NanoDays, visit: hrpso.lsu.edu/programs/nano.html.
Sorry; couldn't resist. Can't help it if I'm a proud papa.....
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Post by jcurio on Feb 23, 2018 10:27:18 GMT -6
Actually, it sounds very interesting! Would not have to be “bored” to go!
Hope that they get a great turnout
🙂
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