Museum of Transport and Technology

Museum of Transport and Technology entrance with tram station.

MOTAT entrance with tram station

First up is Welcome to the Machine bilingual exhibition

The locomotive as part of the Welcome to the Machine exhibition.

Inside the Western Springs pumping station!

Pumps and miscellaneous machinery inside the Western Springs pumping station.

Sir Ed Hillary's journey in Antarctica.

Red tractor driven in Antarctica by Sir Ed Hillary

Fire Engine!

Fir engine used in the olden days.

Meola Road Hangar housing a myriad of restored aircrafts.

Meola Road Hangar with a range of aircrafts

Colourful Chemistry

House of Science programmes

Science Learning Hub

The Science Learning Hub supports science teaching in New Zealand by providing resources for teachers of students up to year 10.

House of Science

House of Science Tauranga Website

Aurora Australis over New Zealand

If we can see all the way out to space, we would find Southern Lights over Tasman Sea, New Zealand:

NASA, some rights reserved.

Wolfram Alpha

Examples

"Cello" outputs musical instrument range and classification.

Wolfram Alpha

Aurora Australis

Beautiful Southern lights taken over the Indian Ocean.

By NASA, some rights reserved.

Starch

This is a view from the top of a Starch manufacturing plant.

This test said I am a supreme nerd. I don't believe the results.

More Women Scientist Blogs from Isis

Noted and Blogged by Sandy Shoes

Sandy from Cape Cod is a SAHM with kids Bean and Peanut. She writes about motherhood and general life.Check it out!

My Fair Scientist by Juniper Shoemaker [visit]

Juniper Shoemaker is a developing scientist in the biomedical field.

VWXYNot? and rENNISance woman by Cath Ennis

Cath Ennis based in Vancouver writes about cancer research grants on rENNISance woman. She described herself as a grant wrangler. Check out VWXYNot? and rENNISance woman!

Source

The Fancy Pants New Blog Roll by Isisday the Scientist

Female Scientist Blogs

I subscribe to On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess by Isis the Scientist. This week I want to go through her updated blogroll.

The Millikan Daily by Arikia

She lives in Brooklyn and writes frankly on each post. The topics vary from shopping for female hygiene products to politicians. The clever header has title in the foreground and a changing background. Check it out!

Golden Thoughts by Pascale Lane

Pascale Lane is a professor in paediatric nephrology at University of Nebraska Medical Center. Her recent posts are health related, with a mix of twitter and books. There is a presentation available at the bottom of the page. Check it out!

Female Science Professor (since 2006)

This physical sciences professor muses over puzzling and stressful factors for women in science. Archived entries are available on Lulu. You can also check out latest entries!

Musings by Bug by Ktbug Ladydid

Ktbug is relocating to start a PhD programme this summer. I liked her post about Trichotilomania titled "Oh anxiety, you evil friend." Oh dear! The effects are distressing...

Ruminations of an Aspiring Ecologist by Karina

Karina is a grad student in ecology and evolution biology. Her recent posts recounts conference happenings and advice on travel. I liked the simple template design staying true to ecology. Check it out!

Noted and Blogged by Sandy Shoes

Sandy from Cape Cod is a SAHM with kids Bean and Peanut. She writes about motherhood and general life.Check it out!

My Fair Scientist by Juniper Shoemaker [visit]

Juniper Shoemaker is a developing scientist in the biomedical field.

VWXYNot? and rENNISance woman by Cath Ennis

Cath Ennis based in Vancouver writes about cancer research grants on rENNISance woman. She described herself as a grant wrangler. Check out VWXYNot? and rENNISance woman!

Source: On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess

Cancer - Part 1

BioMed Central gives open access journals about cancer. The journals are:

1. BMC Cancer
• BioMedical Central includes cancer pathophysiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
• Recent research by Korean cancer researchers found fatty fish and omega-3 fatty acid intake reduces breast cancer risk. [ Read the article abstract ]
2. Breast Cancer Research at breast-cancer-research.com covering topics:
• Normal mammary gland biology,
• Genetic, biochemical and molecular factors, and
• Phase I and II clinical studies.
3. Cancer Cell International at cancerci.com
• Readers can find and subscribe the latest articles in this feed.
• Sagar et al. reviewed the role of stem cells in cancer therapy and cancer stem cells. Stem cells repair blood and immune system during chemical and radiation therapy, whereas cancer stem cells lead to cancer development.
4. Cell Division at celldiv.com
• An biology community forum discussing eukaryotic cell cycle including process regulation, development and cancer formation. An example:
• Sa & Das (2008) tested curcumin, or diferuloylmethane, a phytochemical with the potential to regulate cancer cell signal pathways. Curcumin is a plant derived polyphenol that could stop cancer from spreading or cause the cells to die (apoptosis).
5. Head and Neck Oncology at headandneckoncology.org
• Includes aetiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, assessment, management, follow-up and prognosis for cancer in the head and neck
• The most accessed article for Head and Neck Oncology was about refeeding syndrome (Mehanna, 2009). The condition affects people who start eating after a long period of starvation, particularly head and neck cancer patients. Symptoms may be difficulty in swallowing, electrolyte imbalance and disturbed metabolism. Treatment involves diet planning with fluid, electrolyte and vitamin supplements.
  

NZ Science Community Fading, fadding...gone.

New Zealand's science community is apparently fading as reported by New Zealand Herald.

Original article by James Ihaka titled Science Community Fading, says PM's Adviser.

Your Weight in Other Worlds

How much do you weigh in other worlds? For example,

• A person weighing 80 kg on Earth would weigh 30.1 kg on Mars.
• Another person 50 kg on Earth would weigh 45.3 kg on Venus.

Thie phenomenon is explained in a Exploratorium page.

The Science Commons

The Science Commons is a treasure trove to me. Its partners include

• BioMedCentral
• CAMBIA
• Hindawi
• iBridge
• MIT Open Courseware ("OCW")
• Public Library of Science
• PLoS ONE
• Rice Connexions

BioMedCentral

BioMed Central is a science, technology and medicine publisher for open access articles. More than 200 journals are citation tracked and available by Creative Commons Attribution License.

CAMBIA

CAMBIA aims to develop and share life science technology. The institute is in the Black Mountain research campus of CSIRO, Australia. Its facilities include a laboratory, plant growth room, lecture theatre and library. A life sciences patent database is available. The site content is available via Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License.

Hindawi

The Hindawi Publishing Corporation carries over 150 science, technology and medicine journals and several books. Readers can view, download and print peer-reviewed articles without subscription. The authors keep copyright to their work. For example, I found International Journal of Chemical Enigneering useful.

iBridge

The iBridge Network "link ideas and innovations". The community shares early stage innovation. More than 80 organisations update research ideas to find collaborators and get feedback. Users can carry out searches by subjects and institution. Topics can be tracked by subscribing to news feed.

MIT Open Courseware ("OCW")

MIT open course ware gives free online course material. I hope I get some more knowledge before finding a job!

Good Morning Grey Seal

Wistful greeting from a grey seal captioned "mer-heba" Location: Hirta, St Kilda, Scotland. Species: Halichoerus grypus. Time: August 4 2008. By Arpat Ozgul, Some rights reserved. He has more photos in RandomEffects.And here is the rest of it.

Women in Science: A flickr Set

Mildred Fenton, by the Smithsonian Institute, no known copyright restrictions.
The Smithsonian institute archives released women scientist and engineer images in March this year.

The Smithsonia Institute photography blog is The Bigger Picture. Some of the collection were used in the exhibition Women and Science at Science Service.

Infant Colour Perception

Just read an article about what colours babies like. This could help with expecting parents to decide on what to paint the nursery, toys, clothes and furniture selection.Babies can distinguish colour from white at 2 months. They were able to detect blue and purple more than green, yellow and red.

I guess Barney really has it good...

Original article from Cognitive Daily, Science Blogs by Greta Munger.

Go on an Antarctica Expedition with... Devorah Bennu!

Devorah Bennu is in a competition to become the blogger from Antarctica for Quark Expeditions.

The zoologist and blogger has carried out research on ornithology and photographed wild bisons. Now she is intent on braving the cold to bring us words and pictures from Antarctica. Help Devorah Bennue for this once in a lifetime opportunity!

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Genetics may be partially responsible for autism spectrum disorders.ASDs have

• affected social behavior,
• problems in verbal and nonverbal communication,
• repetitive behavior and/or
• restricted range of interests.

Original blog post from ScienceBlogs by Greg Laden.

Reference

Bucan M., Abrahams B. S., Wang K., Glessner J.T., Herman E.I., et al. (2009) Genome-wide analyses of exonic copy number variants in a family-based study point to novel autism susceptibility genes. PLoS Genet 5(6): e1000536. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000536