Crisis according to Albert Einstein

“Let’s not pretend that things will change if we keep doing the same things. A crisis can be a real blessing to any person, to any nation. For all crises bring progress. Creativity is born from anguish, just like the day is born form the dark night. It’s in crisis that inventiveness is born, as…

Techniques For How To Organize Your Time

One of the first things that graduate students learn is that there is never enough time in the day. How can you keep yourself sane when you’re overloaded with courses, research, teaching, and a life? Get organized sometimes is not easy or maybe we believe we are not “so” disordered and disorganized. Sometimes is just…

Como presentar un trabajo oral exitoso

Una parte importante de la actividad científica consiste en comunicar los proyectos y resultados tanto en forma escrita como oral. A diferencia de las comunicaciones escritas, los que escuchan una charla solo tienen una oportunidad para entender y no pueden releer si se pierden. Es muy importante preparar las charlas cuidadosamente haciendo hincapié en la…

Thermoforesis and Possible Applications

Thermoforesis is a phenomenon that can expand new horizons of what the not too distant future there is the possibility of building machines and nano-scale structures. That is why the importance for engineers and scientist to know how these models behave. In other words it you understand their behavior and properties of these nano machines…

Something about Janus particles

The word Janus has its origin in the Roman god Janus. In Roman mythology this was the god of the gates, doors, doorways, beginning and endings; who is depicted with a double-faced head, each looking in opposite directions. Thus, in nature and materials science, asymmetric particles with two incompatible sides are called Janus particles. The…

Common Mistakes in Research Papers

Some people have several errors before submit a paper, especially, if is not their native language. This list contains some common errors to take into consideration. Verb tense: As a rule, use past tense to describe events that have happened. Such as, procedures and results that you have obtained. Reference to results should be in…

Two-faced Janus Particles

A Janus particle is composed of two fused parts, two-faced, like the Roman god Janus of doorways who is usually depicted with his faces looking in opposite directions. These asymmetric particles have two distinctly different sides, i.e. each face made from a different surface chemistry, or substance, than the other one. This kind of particles…

LIBROS y Libros

Para el avance en el conocimiento personal, hay diferentes procesos por los cuales uno tiene que pasar, uno de los cuales es el estudio. En varios casos, estos temas están grandemente establecidos, y en muchos casos no. Sin embargo, para los temas “establecidos” de la ciencia hay mucha bibliografía para las diferentes áreas, es posible…

Effect of Feed Frame Design and Operating Parameters On Powder Residence Time Distribution (RTD)

Powder compression in rotary tablet presses is used as a major step in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, catalysts, personal care products, military ordnance, etc. In powder compaction applications, consistent flow of powders into the small die of a tablet press is key to producing tablets with consistent properties. Manufacturers often use mechanical devices, called…