Funny, someone else posted this, after I did, from a different source and it moved up in the “ranking” faster than mine. Maybe the algo decided that their post was better than mine, although it was about the same thing.
It is pretty fascinating! I first learned about them by watching a local TV educational Japanese science program (early 2000s, but the videos were older, ~90s). They even mentioned about using them on car’s exteriors. If you had a car accident, you would just add hot water to fix it.
Thank you for your suggestions! I am going to look for books written by Gerd Gigerenzer. I read a lot of things, but haven’t read or heard about him until now. Thanks!
Yup and those shared articles don’t make a good counterargument or point..They are off topic. A better article(s) would have addressed the point of the number of amino acids...
I think that the point is that some things that we usually use to judge other people, aren’t necessarily good indicators of how successful they will be. Also, (and that has happened to me) we tend to put people into boxes (engineer, chemist, programmer, philosopher, etc). I am a chemist, for example, and I have had the opportunity to work for some companies and startups doing engineering (mechanical, industrial, and electrical) work. One of the most common things that I faced during my time working as an engineer, if you will, is the phrase, “but you are a chemist”. Meaning that some of them thought that because I was a chemist, I shouldn’t be able to do engineering work.
Yes, plus apps so that students can participate in different activities. I personally like the electronic version of books. It is portable and convenient. Specially in the STEM fields. Those books are massive, so carrying them around isn’t an easy task. Also, you can search thing faster with an electronic version. This is good for the new students. Unfortunately, I had to buy the expensive books back when I was studying.
It is! That can be used for so many applications like microfluidics (my research field). I am not one of the authors, but you can see their paper here (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-019-0440-2). They have more details there. They modified the surface chemically, “The superamphiphobic surface is made from fluorinated porous silicon dioxide.” You can see some details here (https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/gravity-defying-droplets...), but may need to sign up. If you can’t get that info, let me know.