San Diego Science Writers Association
By Neil Thompson CAMX came to San Diego, and I was there to take it in. What’s CAMX you ask? It’s the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo, an annual event jointly put on by the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) and the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE). A SAMPE member …
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By Deborah L. Bright Nerd Nite SD’s latest gathering was nothing short of a cosmic adventure, blending the allure of science fiction with the rigor of scientific fact. I’ve been to a few of these now, and this one was no different from the others in that the speakers were not only experts in their …
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By Melissa T. Miller The Salk Institute for Biological Studies recently hosted a tour specifically for SANDSWA, thanks to former board members Heather Buschman and Nicole Mlynaryk, who are part of the communications team there. Renowned for its beautiful campus and cutting-edge breakthroughs, and we got to learn more about both during a nearly three-hour …
By Madeline McCurry-Schmidt I was leading a Girl Scout nature walk last spring, when I heard a heart-warming sound: shrieking children. We were passing under an owl box, and a scout had found an owl pellet full of rat bones. Dissecting owl pellets gave our Girl Scout troop a chance to learn about owl behavior …
By Neil Thompson When’s the last time you had a pep talk? Well, if you were in San Diego from Jan. 16-19, you could have had one. Or several. PepTalk, hosted by Cambridge Healthtech Institute (CHI) and held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, is the preeminent conference focused on protein science and engineering. Experts …
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