Drop of science Nov 10 Plants to the rescue: cleaning up our dirty soil by adam phillips | Drop of science A brief review of phytoremediation and research into how plants can be used to clean the environment. May 19 Thoughts on the genetics of medicinal licorice by jens wilkinson | Drop of science Jens talks about licorice and a recent RIKEN study that finally mapped its genome. Nov 16 Nerdnite recap: When the brainbow met the boson by amanda alvarez | Drop of science Fun times at nerdnite tokyo. Brains, bosons, and math, oh my! Oct 5 Ig Nobel awards: Silly experiments that strike gold by amanda alvarez | Drop of science Amanda writes about the Ig Nobel awards after founder Marc Abrahams visited nerdnite Tokyo. Science at its best! Jun 15 Out on a limb: the many ‘brains’ of the octopus by amanda alvarez | Drop of science Learn how (neurologically) cool octopus arms are (as if you didn’t already know). Jan 19 Rainbow engineering to make the brain glow by amanda alvarez | Drop of science Bar talk about tinkering with bioluminescent molecules from jellyfish, corals, and algae, figuring out how they work, and making them more useful for brain science. Page 1 of 212»
Nov 10 Plants to the rescue: cleaning up our dirty soil by adam phillips | Drop of science A brief review of phytoremediation and research into how plants can be used to clean the environment.
May 19 Thoughts on the genetics of medicinal licorice by jens wilkinson | Drop of science Jens talks about licorice and a recent RIKEN study that finally mapped its genome.
Nov 16 Nerdnite recap: When the brainbow met the boson by amanda alvarez | Drop of science Fun times at nerdnite tokyo. Brains, bosons, and math, oh my!
Oct 5 Ig Nobel awards: Silly experiments that strike gold by amanda alvarez | Drop of science Amanda writes about the Ig Nobel awards after founder Marc Abrahams visited nerdnite Tokyo. Science at its best!
Jun 15 Out on a limb: the many ‘brains’ of the octopus by amanda alvarez | Drop of science Learn how (neurologically) cool octopus arms are (as if you didn’t already know).
Jan 19 Rainbow engineering to make the brain glow by amanda alvarez | Drop of science Bar talk about tinkering with bioluminescent molecules from jellyfish, corals, and algae, figuring out how they work, and making them more useful for brain science.