Animating NanoGold

A new animation illustrating how gold behaves at the nanoscale has been launched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkYB_pnExNY.
As foreshadowed earlier in the year, the National Enabling Technologies Strategy (NETS-PACE) has been expanding the reach of the national nanotechnology secondary school resource AccessNano http://accessnano.org.
With the help of James Hutson, Bridge8 has added to the collection of resources with an animation […]

Multiple posts

Sorry about the multiple posts.
My earlier posts seemed to go into a list black hole. So I tried shorter ones – unwise.
BTW who is the list meister these days?
And perhaps they could advise on etiquette/process.
The list used to generate reasons if an email had been blocked – too big, too large an attachment, too liberal […]

Air, fire, earth and water – understanding our planet in all its moods

Dear ASCers,
In 2011 Australia will hold one of the world’s largest meetings of earth scientists. They will explore all the physical aspects of our planet, from deep in the Earth’s core to our place in space.
Given recent natural disasters-such as the Pakistan floods, Black Saturday bushfires, Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, 2010 Chile […]

Air, fire, earth and water – understanding our planet in all its moods

Dear ASCers,
In 2011 Australia will hold one of the world’s largest meetings of earth scientists. They will explore all the physical aspects of our planet, from deep in the Earth’s core to our place in space.
Given recent natural disasters-such as the Pakistan floods, Black Saturday bushfires, Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, 2010 Chile […]

Air, fire, earth and water – understanding our planet in all its moods

Dear ASCers,
In 2011 Australia will hold one of the world’s largest meetings of earth scientists. They will explore all the physical aspects of our planet, from deep in the Earth’s core to our place in space.
Given recent natural disasters-such as the Pakistan floods, Black Saturday bushfires, Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, 2010 Chile […]

Physics in December 2010/January 2011 – AIP Congress and medals, and the end of the world?

Dear ASC’ers
Here is the latest physics bulletin, sent on behalf of Brian James, President of the Australian Institute of Physics.
The full bulletin is too long to post on the list – below is a brief summary of some of the events and the table of contents.
To view the full bulletin, visit http://www.scienceinpublic.com/blog/bulletins/aip-presidents-blog/physics-in-december-2010
Kind regards,
Niall

Celebrating Biodiversity Year – reception and forum 7 December, Canberra

Dear ASC’ers,
The Council of Australian Museum Directors and the Ecological Society of Australia are holding a reception and free public forum in Canberra next Tuesday 7 December.
ASC members are invited.
The Council of Australian Museum Directors invite you to a reception and public forum for the International Year of Biodiversity
To be held on Tuesday 7 December […]

Free drinks, crocheted coral reef, film night and more, biodiversity in December

Dear ASC’ers,
Here is a rundown on the December bulletin celebrating the International Year of Biodiversity (IYOB) and sent on behalf of the Council of Australian Museum Directors.
You can view the full bulletin online at http://www.scienceinpublic.com/blog/bulletins/biodiversity-bulletin/december2010.
If you are in Canberra next week, join us at CSIRO’s Discovery Centre for a reception and public forum to celebrate […]

lists.asc.asn.au mailing list memberships reminder

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