Physical Sciences Newsletter – August 2018

Indrani Mukherjee, Ph.D.
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Continuous valve gape measurements in bivalve molluscs

Dr. Frederick Porter, at NASA, demonstrates an inexpensive, lab-based, strain gauge monitor to measure valve gape responses of oysters.

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Soft tooling process chain for injection molding

Dr. Guido Tosello’s lab, at the Technical University of Denmark, demonstrates the fabrication of injection molding inserts for complex geometry.

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Elevated temperature pressure-shear plate impact

Dr. Vikas Prakash’s lab, at Case Western Reserve University, demonstrates a new approach for conducting elevated temperature reverse normal plate impact, and combined pressure-and-shear plate impact.

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Functional silica using bioinspiration

Dr. Siddharth Patwardhan’s lab, at the University of Sheffield, describes their protocol to synthesize bioinspired silica materials and immobilize enzymes therein.

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Charging and discharging lithium iron phosphate-graphite cells

Dr. Andreas Pfrang’s lab, at EU Joint Research Centre, describes the effect of dissimilar charging/discharging temperatures on the degradation of lithium iron phosphate-graphite pouch cells.

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Quantifying plant soluble protein and carbohydrate content

Dr. Spencer Behmer’s lab, at Texas A&M University, describes a clear method for measuring soluble protein and digestible carbohydrate content in plant tissues.

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Open for abstract submissions now

Materials and Methods for the Development of Optical and Ultrasound Phantoms 

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Methods and Techniques for Micro and Electro-Propulsion for CubeSats and Smart Satellites 

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Mass Spectrometry Imaging, From Tissues to Single Cells

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Responses of Livestock and Wildlife Species to Zoonotic Bacteria

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Electrical Engineering

This Sci Ed collection starts with an electrical safety video that introduces the best practices for commonly used equipment in an electrical laboratory.

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Physics I

This Sci Ed collection covers classical mechanics and thermodynamics discussing relevant laws and equations.

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Environmental Science

This Sci Ed collection utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to explore and evaluate environmental systems.

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Organic Chemistry

This Sci Ed collection features techniques routinely used in the organic chemistry lab.

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Textbook Era Ending With Rise Of Video Courseware — Here’s Why

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Work/Life Balance in Grad School: Been there, tried to do that

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