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Understanding the Geology of the Colombian Amazon Through Indigenous Eyes: Useful Metaphors and Approaches for Teaching Earth Sciences in the Colombian Amazon
This study is a collaboration between western scientists, indigenous researchers, and a Uitoto Traditional authority to understand the geology of the...
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Physics of Matter: From the Nanoscale Structure to the Macroscopic Properties of Materials
The physicists of the Polytechnic University of Marche (UNIVPM) have been conducting research in the physics of matter since the early seventies....
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Modified Techniques for Nanoparticle Characterization
The synthesis of nanoparticles with a specific size and shape is a great challenge despite the availability of several preparation techniques. The...
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Flip & Pair – a strategy to augment a blended course with active-learning components: effects on engagement and learning
Blended learning technique has adapted many new digitized tools to facilitate students with flexible and self-phased learning opportunities. The...
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Phrases and Words
Mark Twain says, “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between ‘the lightning’ and ‘the lightning bug’.”...
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Making Inorganic Chemistry Interesting
The undergraduate student perception of inorganic chemistry as routine and unimaginative was transformed by adopting few innovative approaches in the...
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Luminescent Properties of SrAl2O4 Activated Eu2+, Dy3+ for Transparent Glaze Ceramics
Green phosphor strontium aluminate activated by Eu2+ and Dy3+, SrAl2O4:Eu2+, Dy3+ powder was synthesized by solid-state reaction by firing at 1250 °C...
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Hydroxyapatite Material Study for Synthetic Skull Design Construction for Slip Casting Method
Hydroxyapatite could be obtained in various methods. In this paper, hydroxyapatite (HA) is obtained from the synthesis method. The sample was tested...
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Materials Science: Trends, Material Properties and Educational Perspectives
Materials Science is an interdisciplinary field involving the properties of matter and its applications to various areas of science and engineering....
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Hard Sphere Simulator
A Hard Sphere Simulator (HSS) is a mechanical model for demonstrating microscopic features and phenomena such as atomic arrangements in a crystal...
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The many footprints of Henry Eyring
Henry Eyring is most well-known as the proponent of the activated complex (transition state) theory for chemical reactions. He was also the one to...
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High pressure research on materials
In this part of the article, various experimental techniques for investigating materials under high pressure are discussed. The effect of pressure on...
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Box 1. Polymer/Clay nanocomposites
Novel polymer/clay nanocomposites can be prepared by varying two parameters; first by optimizing polymer to clay ratio and second by varying the...
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Polymer nanocomposites
The synthesis of polymer nanocomposites is an integral aspect of polymer nanotechnology. By inserting the nanometric inorganic compounds, the...
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X-ray—A boon for elemental analysis
The characteristic X-rays coming out from an unknown sample due to the irradiation of gamma rays or X-ray photons or due to the bombardment of high...
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Der Prozess der Itementwicklung bei der nationalen Ergänzungsuntersuchung von PISA 2000: Vom theoretischen Rahmen zu den konkreten Aufgaben
Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist erst relativ spät zu Anfang des Jahres 1997 dem Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) der OECD...
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Many phases of carbon
The phases and forms of carbon cover a wide spectrum of properties and applications. Research in carbon unveils the rich science underlying, which...
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