The next time you are in Austin, Texas, make sure to stop by the Art.Science.Gallery. It is a gallery space that focuses on the intersection of art and science and appears extremely relevant to our class. In fact, it is … Continue reading
In 2013 the UN proclaimed that 2015 would be the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies, or IYL for short. By doing so, the UN has reinforced the necessity of light; it is vital to not only human life … Continue reading
Interested in researching how artists can use light, I came upon the kinetic light sculptures of Paul Friedlander. Friedlander is both a light sculptor and a physicist who studied under Nobel-Prize winning physicist Sir Anthony Legett. His works are a … Continue reading
One unique characteristic of prion diseases is that they tend to be extraordinarily resistant to extreme conditions. This, added with both the facts that they have fatal effects and they tend to have long incubation times, marks them as very … Continue reading
Prion diseases are rare progressive neurodegenerative disorders. Prion diseases tend to progress rapidly and to be fatal; characteristics include brain damage, long incubation periods, and lack of inflammatory response. Prion diseases are distinct because they aren’t triggered by bacteria or … Continue reading
This week in class we focused on acids and bases, doing so made me think of the term “lactic acid”. For my high school varsity crew team, I had to have my lactic acid threshold tested in order to learn … Continue reading
Last week Mala Radhakrishnan came to our class to teach us a bit of chemistry and introduce us to “chemistry poetry”. Mala explained that she first came upon this intersection between chemistry and poetry when she was coming up with … Continue reading
In the article “Doing Science Making Art”, Conway states, “it is a curious feature of our perceptual cognitive apparatus that insight into the artists’ strategies, whether gained through art or science, does not seem to diminish the power of the … Continue reading
Despite the multitude of flavors that we taste in our everyday foods, humans actually only detect a few distinct taste sensations- bitter, sour, salty, sweet and umami. While I had heard of the other taste sensations before, I was unfamiliar … Continue reading