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Dr. Eduardo Nicolau: creating solutions with nanoparticle chemistry

Submitted by Lorraine Doralys Rodriguez-River... on 14 May 2017 - 3:51pm

Dr. Eduardo Nicolau

The International Space Station (ISS) as well as space shuttles possess a limited amount of energy to keep their equipment working once they have been launched into space. Could you imagine being able to generate energy, for the ISS, using molecules found in the astronauts’ urine? Or being able to turn non-drinking water into one that is actually safe to drink? Moreover, being able to use special materials, called biomaterials, to develop bone grafts?

Science will not thank you: volunteer anecdote

Submitted by Reyna I. Martínez De Luna on 12 April 2017 - 12:58pm

“Doing science” is to generate knowledge. The process of generating knowledge does not involve any feelings nor does it allow you to know if your findings have any value or not.

This is because science is a human and social process. The people who give value to the new knowledge generated are the scientists themselves who are people just like you and me.