Boron, My Favorite Element

Michael Tsapatsis.

Looking back over my career, I ... am hopeful, based on the progress achieved so far, that molecular sieve films will become a widespread energy-efficient separation technology. I am waiting for the day when someone will discover ... the “aeik nhton” (perpetual motion machine). The biggest challenge facing scientists is ... to ensure the peaceful use of their discoveries. My first experiment wa...

DIMACS / DIMATIA 2011 Andy

What can I say? Prague was an absolutely beautiful city, now my favorite city. Nearly every other new block we walked, we would be met with a nice landscape view or a building of stunning architecture and “distinct personality”. One of my favorite experiences was going alone to the Prague tower and watching the sunset fall over the city; another would be the 10-mile hike that our Czech counterp...

مروری بر روش های تولید بور عنصری و تعیین مزایا و معایب آن ها(علمی-ترویجی)

Boron is known as a high energy density material. This element is an important fuel for propellants and explosives. Of all the chemical elements, boron has the highest volumetric heat of combustion (140 kJ cm-3) and the third highest gravimetric heat of combustion (59 kJ g-1), after H2 and Be. Furthermore, mentioned element is used for the preparation of many alloy compounds. Therefore, study o...

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Deep Reads: Favorites from a Few Different Shelves

One of my favorite traditions is giving books to students who graduate from my lab or complete the training program I run. This has come to encompass a wide range of titles to suit a variety of science interests. For this column, I selected some favorite genetics and geneticsrelated books from different shelves of my own collection that have not been covered by the excellent recommendations ear...