Pub chemistry makes science lecture livelier.Byline: Greg Bolt The Register-Guard Swizzle swizzle - To convert external names, array indices, or references within a data structure into address pointers when the data structure is brought into main memory from external storage (also called "pointer swizzling"); this may be done for speed in chasing references or to sticks and carbon nanotubes don't usually share the same room, but they're both on the menu for Eugene's first Science Pub. Part of an international phenomenon that's been going on almost 10 years, Science Pub brings top researchers out of their labs and into bars and coffee shops to give people a street-level look at cutting-edge research. It makes its Eugene debut at 7 tonight at downtown night spot Luna with a talk by University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. chemistry professor and nanoscience researcher Jim Hutchison. The idea is that the big ideas in science are a little easier to digest with a pint or a martini to wash them down. The big idea Hutchison will bring to the bar is nanotechnology, which at least sounds as if it might go well with a microbrew mi·cro·brew n. 1. A beer or ale brewed in a microbrewery. 2. See craft beer. . Nanotechnology refers to the manipulation of objects at the nano scale, one-billionth of a meter, or a tiny fraction of the width of a human hair. The science could produce new materials, drugs and technology to meet a variety of needs but also has raised concerns about possible environmental and biological effects. Hutchison will get the buckyball buckyball, colloquial term for buckminsterfullerene, a roughly spherical fullerene molecule consisting of 60 carbon atoms. Buckytube is a generic term for cylindrical fullerenes. rolling at 7 p.m., but people can come early. He'll talk for about half an hour and then open it up for the hallmark of Science Pub, the question-and-answer session. Just to add to the science atmosphere, Hutchison said he's bringing a tabletop scanning electron microscope scan·ning electron microscope n. Abbr. SEM An electron microscope that forms a three-dimensional image on a cathode-ray tube by moving a beam of focused electrons across an object and reading both the electrons scattered by the object and he uses to look at nanoparticles. He'll show images taken from the device. "What I want to do is present a really balanced point of view - what it is, what it can do for us, what are the benefits to society, why are there some concerns about possible negative implications," he said. "Then we'll do an hour or so of questions while people are sitting around drinking beer." Science Pub is a collaboration of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry  This article or section reads like a and may need a .Please help [ to improve this article] to make it in tone and meet Wikipedia's . , the Science Factory, Luna and the UO. OMSI OMSI Oregon Museum of Science and Industry OMSI Operation and Maintenance Support Information OMSI Office of Monitoring and School Improvement OMSI Open, Modular, Scalable, Integrated OMSI Open Mobile Service Interface has been doing them in Portland at the Bridgeport Brewpub brew·pub n. 1. See microbrewery. 2. A saloon where the owners make their own beer and serve it on the premises. Noun 1. for about a year, regularly drawing more than 100 people, said adult education coordinator Amanda Thomas. "They're a lot of fun," she said. "We encourage audience participation with a lot of time set aside for questions and answers. We want to get people involved in a discussion with the expert." Thomas said OMSI plans to make Science Pub a regular event in Eugene and has booked the Luna space for the second Thursday of each month through this year. Next month's scientist will be Dr. Billy Martin, a professor of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at Oregon Health & Science University, who will discuss "Will the iPod Generation The IPOD generation stands for Insecure, Pressured, Over-taxed, and Debt-ridden. The term was first used in the Reform report 'The Class of 2005 - the IPOD generation', written by Professor Nick Bosanquet and Blair Gibbs. Be Deaf?" SCIENCE PUB OMSI and local partners will hold monthly gatherings where people can talk science with real scientists Where: Luna, 30 E. Broadway When: Second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m., beginning tonight Info: On the Web: www.omsi.edu/sciencepub. E-mail: sciencepub@omsi.edu. Phone: (503) 797-4571 |
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