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Always Have Ice

As you can see by these profiles, a universal constant amongst science ladies is a need for hairties.

What better way to celebrate Women’s History Month than by celebrating these amazing and accomplished women of science, brought to you by Lauren Goldberg (aka Auberg Designs on Etsy). 

Each necklace sports the profile (or cameo) of a different woman who pioneered science in her own way. Available in silver, copper, or bronze with different finishes. So many phenomenal women, I can’t choose just one! 

Annie Jump Cannon - astronomer

Caroline Herschel - astronomer

Heddy Lamar - inventor/actress

Ada Lovelace - programmer

Grace Hopper - programmer

Jane Goodall - primatologist

Marie Curie - chemist/physicist

Hypatia of Alexandria - mathematician

Sophie Germain - mathematician

Sally Ride - astronaut

Maud Menten - chemist

Lisa Meitner - physicist

BONUS: In honor of Women’s History Month, they are all on sale through the end of March.

- Summer

Pee the Rainbow

“Here is something a little different! I work in a lab at a large hospital, so we see some interesting things. A coworker of mine collected these urines to make a “pee rainbow.” It only took a few days before we had our full spectrum of color. :) It was then requested that I bring my camera to work and document this endeavor.”

We had to use an old-school GC much like this in one of our teaching labs. It felt like traveling back to another age.

Old school UV-visible spectrometry

There’s something oddly satisfying about watching the needle move

Black Bread Mold

The above images show the sporangium (fruiting bodies) of the bread mold, Rhizopus Stolonifer, growing on the surface of bread.

MORE INCREDIBLE MICROGRAPHS OF BREAD MOLD

Spores circulate freely in the air. On a favorable medium, they germinate a network of hyphae (threads). Their function is to absorb food for growth & for spore production. Rhizopus produces stolons, or aerial hyphae, which on contact with the medium grow rhizoids or ‘rootlets’. They anchor the fungus & absorb some water. Spores develop in saclike bodies, or sporangia (globular structure). They are carried at the ends of specialized hyphae called sporangiophores.

Rhizopus sp. are generally saprophytic, feeding on decaying animal and plant matter. However they can also be parasitic, feeding on living plants, animals and even humans.

Images above © Science Source

It’s Schlier-tastic!!

These are my invisible wonders!  Gas flows and fluid interactions.  Nothing but hot air, metho and acetone, yup, humble old nail polish remover.

The images were captured using a colour indicating z-system schlieren optical array, an open shutter and a flash duration of 125 microseconds.

Atomization is the process of breaking a liquid into a spray of fine droplets. There are many methods to accomplish this, including jet impingement, pressure-driven nozzles, and ultrasonic excitement. In the images above, a drop has been atomized through vibration of the surface on which it rests. Check out the full video. As the amplitude of the surface’s vibration increases, the droplet shifts from rippling capillary waves to ejecting tiny droplets. With the right vibrational forcing, the entire droplet bursts into a fine spray, as seen in the photo above. The process is extremely quick, taking less than 0.4 seconds to atomize a 0.1 ml drop of water. (Photo and video credit: B. Vukasinovic et al.; source video)