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NewsFusion for November 2024

Science...

• New sea slug discovered (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
• Austin's Avride & Uber partner for robot deliveries (KXAN)
• Small tech matters, nanocientist Debbie Senesky shares her thoughts (Stanford Report)

Design...

• Darlington school in Sydney wins 2024 World Building of the Year (The Guardian)
• BoF releases The State of Fashion 2025 | BoF
• Innovations ahead for Forumula 1 car design (Sports Illustrated)

Culture...

• First Lahaina, Hawaii residents returning in time for Christmans (KHON)
• Native American Veterans reflect on military service and family ties (MPR News)
• The Met announces reopening of Arts of Africa Galleries (The Met)

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NewsFusion for August 2019

Science...

• Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano DJs Ibiza party from International Space Station | T.H.E. Music Essentials
• One step closer to quantum internet | phys.org
• Pros and cons of nanotechnology in developing nations | SciDevNet

Design...

• The benefits of biophilia in interior environments | ArchDaily
• Privacy-friendly fashion the next big thing | Reason
• From biosolids to bioplastics, why toilets may be the key to our future | WGBH

Culture...

• Māori traditional knowledge providing solution to modern plant disease | Intercontinental Cry
• Ainu people officially recognized by Japan | CNN

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NewsFusion for October 2016

Science...

• 10...yes, 10 times more galaxies in the universe than we thought | Space.com
• Like false rumors of a celebrity's passing, story of Great Barrier Reef's death grabs international headlines. Luckily there is still hope. | CNN
• Slate reports on survey of readers on topic of nanotechnology | Slate

Design...

• 2016 Dutch Design Week starts October 22
• Beaver biomimicry: beaver fur inspires innovation in surfer wetsuits | CBC
• How to plan for a design job in the year 2030 | Co.design

Culture...

• From Sweden with love: Fika | USA Today
• Bali Declaration at World Culture Forum affirms: culture is basis of future development | The Jakarta Post
• Standing Rock becoming new milestone in Native American rights | The New Yorker

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NewsFusion for June 2016

Science...

• Orbital ATK’s SLS Boosters, the rockets that will get us to Mars | Wired
• NanoWatch: nanotechnology researchers can now use a 'combinatorial library' to screen new materials | Inquisitr
• NASA's Juno probe one week from closest Jupiter visit ever | Space.com

Design...

• Exploring our love for 'cuteness' in design | FastCompany Co.Design
• London's Johnston and New York City's Helvetica: the citified fonts and vice versa | The Economist
• Social issues and elevating public space is future of architecture to Dubai-based architect Tarek Qaddumi | CNN

Culture...

• Maui group delivers 49 foot ti leaf 'Lei of Aloha' to Orlando to honor of victims | KHON
• 55,000 hectares near Darwin Harbor are given back to Kenbi traditional owners | The Guardian
• Tanabata (Star Festival) season begins in Japan | Japan Times

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NewsFusion for May 2015

Science...

• Extraterrestrial toilets | Gizmodo
• Apple and WWF expand forestry in China | The Next Web
• Research, education, and responsibility in the Sustainable Nanotechnology organization

Design...

• Maison & Objet brings French flair to Miami trade show | Miami Herald
• Vogue's 8 things not to miss at New York Design fairs | Vogue
• Drones and robots strike a pose at Silicon Valley Fashion Week | Business Insider

Culture...

• Native American Musicians Stand Up to Stereotypes in New Season of MTV's Documentary | Mic
• Future-ish announces its 2015 Miss Next Century
• Conversation about science and culture continues on new observatory on Mauna Kea in Hawaii | Discovery

NanoWatch | Girl Scout Science

Science couldn't get more main street than using Girl Scout Cookies as a prime material in research. A team of scientists at Rice University recently did just that. Lead by Dr. James Tour, a group of young researchers partnered with Girl Scout Troop 25080 to demonstrate that Girl Scout shortbread cookies could be turned into graphene (a new, incredibly strong nanomaterial that is only one carbon atom thick) quickly and easily. Given that a two inch square of pure graphene goes for $250, if you applied this rate to a full box of Girl Scout cookies...it would be worth about $15 billion. Prices for graphene are going down quickly though so you may want to order a couple extra boxes of cookies this year before - like the Girl Scout cookie season itself - the opportunity slips away. Read more on the Rice University website.

Nano Watch - Glory for Graphene at Last

Readers of Wired Magazine's online Gadget Lab blog are well aware of Wired's crush on graphene, a film of carbon one atom thick that promises to benefit everything from transistors to touchscreens. But graphene was becoming the Susan Lucci of Nobel-worthy physics as it had been beat out by other discoveries and research over the last few years. So we weren't surprised to see Wired gush when University of Manchester theoretical physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov recently won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research on the material. Tim Carmody's post, "Why Graphene Won Scientists the Nobel Prize" sums up the technology - and their love for it - beautifully.