Janelle Shane

ucresearch [http://ucresearch.tumblr.com/post/128410787640]: > These are not the latest Muppets characters, but microscopic lasers that have been digitally enhanced with some googly-eyes. The nanolasers are built in the engineering labs at UC San Diego, and according to Janelle Shane, they have the potential to increase the

These are microscopic balls of tin, imaged under scanning electron microscope (SEM) at 2500x (about 25x more magnification than the strongest optical microscope can manage). These very cool-looking tin samples are good for looking at when you’re trying to calibrate the SEM to produce the best images possible -

ucresearch [http://ucresearch.tumblr.com/post/127567457311]: How Dust Is Holding Science Back > To most of us dust is just something we clean off our furniture, but to scientists dust can cause big problems in the lab. Computer chips are put together and tested in what are called clean

ucresearch [http://ucresearch.tumblr.com/post/127567457311/how-dust-is-holding-science-back-to-most-of-us] : How Dust Is Holding Science Back > To most of us dust is just something we clean off our furniture, but to scientists dust can cause big problems in the lab. Computer chips are put together and tested in what are called

Our lab’s 3D printer auto-generates Gothic-style support scaffolding beneath the parts we design. Not only cool-looking, it serves an important purpose, since the 3D printer by its nature must build everything up from previous layers. The more elongated the shape, the weirder the scaffold.