LINGUAGGIO MACCHINA

Tiny green diatoms create the illusion of a fernlike forest as they attach to their marine-invertebrate hosts. Mario De Stefano of the Second University of Naples, Italy, captured this miniscule "jungle" from the Mediterranean Sea with a scanning electron microscope. The image earned first place in the photography category of the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. The awards are given annually by the National Science Foundation and the journal Science for images that employ modern technology to visualize complex scientific topics.

EuroStemCell is delighted to host an online version of ESTOOLS' photographic exhibition, Smile of a Stem Cell. The exhibition is made up of 54 photographic art works (in 56 pieces), produced by 22 artists (who are also scientists working in ESTOOLS laboratories, in 7 different countries). The pictures are stunning images in their own right, but have a real scientific value too, as they originate from ESTOOLS' ongoing research projects. Image creators provided a creative title for each of their pictures, illustrating their artistic vision, and a scientific description, to remind audiences of the origins of the image. Artistic value is accessible to a wide audience, and as a neutral expression of scientific reality the pictures promote thought and discussion without wielding influence. Smile of a stem cell - stem cell art exhibited online

Have you ever seen a liquid magnet? If magnetic material is ground into an extremely fine powder, with a particle size of about 10 nanometers (see Nanoguitar for more information on length units), and suspended in a liquid, the resulting magnetic suspension is called a ferrofluid. Ferrofluid, with permanent magnets underneath (photo courtesy of Felice Frankel, MIT) Felice Frankel is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, where she heads the Envisioning Science program at Harvard's Initiative in Innovative Computing (IIC). She holds a concurrent appointment as a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Working in collaboration with scientists and engineers, Frankel's images have been published in over 300 journal articles and/or covers and various other publications for general audiences. Incanto della scienza: una selezione di 30 immagini presenta per la prima volta in Italia l'opera di Felice Frankel (G

Each road marker is solar powered and during daylight provides enough power to run the light and charge the backup battery for night or dim light operation. The backup batteries can provide up to 60 days operation, depending on the usage of the crosswalk. In deciding how many markers to use, Silicon Constellations typically gives each lane 2 markers with a final marker for near the curb. This arrangement is then duplicated on the opposite side of the crosswalk.

Giovedì 4 dicembre (ex convento dei Cappuccini, Quartu Sant’Elena, via Brigata Sassari, alle 17) “SCAMBIANDO SI IMPARA - Educazione interculturale attraverso lo strumento dello scambio scolastico. Esperienze e buone pratiche sul territorio sardo”. Intervengono: Gigi Ruggeri (Sindaco di Quartu Sant'Elena), Stefano Delunas (Assessore alle Politiche Sociali del Comune di Quartu Sant’elena), Piera Gioda (Presidente CISV). La scuola media “A. Rosas” di Quartu Sant'Elena presenta il progetto “Vorrei sapere... vorrei essere”: i progetti di educazione interculturale a scuola. Il Secondo Circolo Didattico di Selargius presenta il progetto “L'educazione interculturale attraverso lo strumento dello scambio”. Le due scuole, nell’arco dello scorso anno scolastico, hanno partecipato a un progetto di gemellaggio con le scuole di Louga, in Senegal. Augustine Okubo (Associazione Malik), Ghidey Sebhat e Maria Luisa Wells (Associazione Arcoiris onlus) illustreranno alcune buone pratiche di e

Annie Leonard is an expert in international sustainability and environmental health issues, with more than 20 years of experience investigating factories and dumps around the world. Coordinator of the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption, a funder collaborative working for a sustainable and just world, Annie communicates worldwide about the impact of consumerism and materialism on global economies and international health.

Michael Wesch spiega cosa è il web 2.0 (video doppiato in italiano)

“The Anthropology of YouTube” Michael Wesch (docente di antropologia culturale all'università statale del Kansas) presenta YouTube alla Library of Congress nell'ambito del ciclo di lezioni “Digital Natives” . “E’ stato caricato più materiale video su Youtube negli ultimi sei mesi di quello che è stato trasmesso su tutte le reti principali messe insieme”. Tratto da: Putting People First .