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… for doing SERS research! This summer I only have one student working with me (a big change from the last several). I’ll put up a page about the research “group” this summer later. I just need to take a picture of Dylan while he’s working with the laser.
So, what will we be working on? Tying up loose ends. Mostly what Dylan will be doing is trying to answer the question, “What conditions are necessary for consistent SERS [1] of proteins?” I managed to accumulate a stack of papers approximately 4″ thick over the last week that we’re reading through. Some of what we’re doing now is trying to replicate experiments others have done, so I’ll write about that as we go. I’ll also summarize as many of the papers as I can.
By the way, if anyone who does SERS too reads this, I’d be happy to receive comments from you. Especially if you’re working on biomolecules. I won’t try to scoop you either. Just share information!
[1] Consistent SERS. That’s funny.
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Queen’s Astronomers Propose New Supernova Interpretation
Queen’s astronomers propose new supernova interpretation
June 9th, 2009In a controversial new paper in the journal Nature, astronomers from Queen’s University Belfast have proposed a new physical interpretation of a supernova discovered on 7th November 2008.
A group of researchers, led by Dr. Stefano Valenti from Queen’s University Belfast, found a weak explosion that is unusual in many ways, and several lines of evidence suggest it could be from a massive star.
This goes against mainstream thinking in the astrophysics community which believes that this type of supernova comes from old white dwarf stars (low-mass stars) in binary systems.
The supernova in question SN2008ha was a faint explosion that contained no hydrogen.
Discovery Raises New Doubts About Dinosaur-Bird Links
Researchers at Oregon State University have made a fundamental new discovery about how birds breathe and have a lung capacity that allows for flight – and the finding means it’s unlikely that birds descended from any known theropod dinosaurs.
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