Susan Vickers and Lisa Willemse, Communication, Education & Outreach co-editors Summer usually means short or long breaks from work, and can be a great time to get out and travel both locally and internationally. But do we ever really take a break from blogging? Heck, no – for us, summer merely opens up great new […]
by Tyler Irving Chemistry subject editor When my wife and I got engaged, one of our friends gave us a very special card featuring a familiar-looking shape. Drawing on my undergraduate chemistry courses, I identified it as the face-centred cubic crystalline structure of diamond; the little “C’s” stood for carbon. This was my first introduction […]
by Brian Owens and Stephanie LePage General Science editors Occasionally, when it comes time to write one of these highlights posts, the General Science editors feel a little envious of the other subject categories on Science Borealis. While Sarah and Sri over in Earth & Environment had a ready-made topic in the International Year of […]
By Raymond Nakamura and Lisa Willemse Multimedia subject editors Your Science Borealis multimedia editors are working hard on a virtual patio, sipping cyber cocktails, as we discuss summery science posts involving different media… Raymond: Summer is precious in Canada and combines so many memories of personal experience with a fundamentally scientific concept. I love how […]
Raymond Nakamura and Lisa Willemse, Multimedia co-editors ‘Multimedia’ almost sounds like a quaint term from the time before the Internet, when you might do a slide presentation accompanied by music on your ghetto blaster. These days, however, many things seem to fit the multimedia moniker. Most of the Science Borealis subject categories are defined by […]
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