Michael’s Science Blog

I found this on the web, seems like the type of thing a nanotech expert at the Quantum Detection Group of Britain’s National Physical Laboratory would do to kill some time, his name’s David Cox. He used two tiny, tiny, tin beads that’re usually used to calibrate the electron microscope welded together with platinum. The features were made using a focused ion beam, and a blue light was shone on it to give it the blue tinge.

Mr Weston told us a few jokes in chemistry, so naturally they’re being put on here..

What do you get when you cross two sodium atoms with one barium?
Ba-Na-Na

I was walking along the corridoor the other day when I saw a very sad sodium atom walking by, he seemed awfully sad so I asked him what was the matter, he told me that he had lost one of his favourite electrons. I asked are you sure? ‘I’m positave’ he replied..

Just for a bit of fun..

It looks abit like something off Spirograph once you get into the big numbers but still really interesting:

http://keithcom.com/atoms/

http://www.educational-freeware.com/online/chemistry-lab.aspx

Stumbled upon that today, don’t know if it’ll be any use but it looks decent. Of course the real things always better, and more fun..

http://www.thednastore.com/dnastuff/neckties.html

I found this and couldn’t help posting it on here..

http://www.flixxy.com/3d-body-animation.htm

I know a few of my posts have just been links but I think this ones especially worth it.

http://www.mrseiler.org/cartoons.html

For all the chemistry comics you’ll need..

There once was a chemist from Lahore,

But sadly that chemist’s no more,

For what he moments ago,

Said was just H2O,

Was actually H2SO4.