The fascinating story of the far end of the periodic table. The book starts off from the beginning of man-made elements, those beyond uranium, before moving on to the the beasts lurking above atomic number 104 – the superheavies. It’s a story I thought I knew quite well as a […]
We all get our fair share of spam – although as filters are getting better I actually don’t see that much of it – but as an academic scientist there is a special class of junk hitting the inbox: Invitations to publish in journals and to give talks at conferences. […]
All Saints’ Day is one of the most Polish holidays when people are taking to the cemeteries by the millions. Stanley Bill wrote beautifully about it on the new web-page for the Notes from Poland news service. Over the years I have taken many photos of our local cemetery at […]
Den 13 oktober är det parlamentsval här i Polen och allt lutar åt att regeringspartiet Lag och Rättvisa (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość – PiS) kommer att vinna och sitta kvar i regeringsställning med egen majoritet i Sejmen. Det har huvudsakligen två anledningar: att PiS budskap är både populärt, populistiskt och att […]
This week the Polish Chemical Society (PT Chem) has its annual meeting. This year it’s in Warsaw at the technical university. Despite the fact that for several years now I officially count as chemist, I think this is the first general chemistry conference that I’ve been to. I mean, I’ve […]
I took a cycle trip today down along the river to the ferry between Gassy and Karczew south of Warsaw. It’s a nice trip on small roads with very little traffic. Unfortunately on the other side the only way back is along a more busy road – mostly without bicycle […]
Det blev en ny uppdatering ganska snart igen. Min student Magdalena har jobbat hårt med sin roterande droppe de senaste åren för att få praktisk nytta av systemet. Vi har publicerat ett par artiklar tidigare om den roterande droppen, men då har det mest handlat om att visa upp den […]
Nu var det rätt länge sedan jag uppdaterade bloggen med mina vetenskapliga publikationer. Hade tänkt att göra det tidigare, men väntade på att kunna beskriva en grupp artiklar på samma ämne – jontransfer mellan organiska lösningar och vatten. Vatten och olja blandas som bekant inte, men ämnen som är lösta […]
I was in Katowice over the weekend to attend a concert by Bobby McFerrin. I’ve seen him a couple of times before when he visited Poland and his concerts are always an amazing display of the versatility of the human voice. This time he was accompanied by the group Gimme […]
I just finished reading Emily Lakdawalla‘s “The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job“. It’s a remarkable book, even though it’s not quite the book that I expected. The first few chapters describes the general design and mission of the rover – how it came […]
