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Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture’s design for the Powerhouse Science Center re-envisions a historic riverfront structure as a hub for science education, exploration and promotion in the City of Sacramento. On the banks of the Sacramento River, the Science Center grows out from an abandoned power station building. As a principal component of the Riverfront activation, the Powerhouse Science Center anchors Robert T. Matsui Waterfront Park and borders the southern terminus of the 32-mile American River Bike Trail.
Vacant for over half a century, the structure undergoes a complete historic rehabilitation and the construction of a new floor level inside. A new two-story addition projects from the east side, containing a lobby, classrooms, offices and a cafe. A 110-seat planetarium is prominently on display with a zinc-clad hemispheric dome rising above the building’s mass. As representation of our place in the universe, the facade and building mass is sectioned by multiple planes, creating continuous vector lines that extend across the building and site. From satellites to world landmarks, the lines form connections with local and global points of interest.
The original PG&E Power Station B was designed in 1912 in the Beaux Arts Style by architect Willis Polk and was formally closed in 1954. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historic Places and the Sacramento Register of Historic & Cultural Resources. The Powerhouse Science Center is designed to achieve a USGBC LEED Rating of Silver.
The new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) instrument in BSF analyzes small molecular samples. Its robotic arm and automation allows researchers to set up samples and then walk away for continued processing.
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Needed: one or two liter bottle of nasty diet coke stuff.....you won't be drinking it.....and for this you should be eternally grateful
Nice diagram showing the difference between the scientific method and the faith method.
Original link: www.wellingtongrey.net/miscellanea/archive/2007-01-15 -- science vs faith.html
(Found it by reading the Boing Boing feed on rss2.com/ - original Boing Boing link)
Mr Afanasiev - cosmonaut who flew back to earth with British astronaut Helen Sharman
“UK Russia Year of Space 2011” Reception in honour of Britain’s first astronaut Helen Sharman, 07 September 2011, Moscow, HMA Residence.
Author: Solar Survey Archive BASS2000 – Observatoire de Paris/Meudon - LESIA
Year: 2009
Description: The intensity of the solar radiation between wavelengths 4000 A and 4100 A is shown in this spectrum at high resolution. The solar output shows numerous absorption lines, which result from the presence of a multitude of chemical elements, such as iron, in the Sun's atmosphere. Atomic transitions in a given element originate absorption features at specific wavelengths in the spectrum, thus allowing to identify the solar composition from the analysis of the Sun's light.
Source: http://bass2000.obspm.fr/
Image and caption provided by: David Luz/OAL, Lisbon
Pitt Community College students and alumni met with area employers today as part of the college’s “Health Sciences Career Fair” in the Craig F. Goess Student Center.
The fair was the second this week organized by PCC Career Services to give students a chance to market their skills and gain an appreciation of what they have to offer employers.
Staff and students came together for a special event at Wivenhoe House to mark the excellent work being carried out in the Faculty.
In Spring, 1995 I finally had the chance to see the Carnegie Science Center's model railroad.
According to the museum's website, " This beloved exhibit's story began in 1920 with a man named Charles Bowdish of Brookville, Pa. Originally a holiday display on the second floor of his house, it moved to the Buhl Planetarium in 1954, and ultimately found its final home at Carnegie Science Center in 1992."
Title: Computer Science
Date: 1976
Description: New Computer: SYMBOL
Image ID: 13-07-F_ComputerScience_1056-04-07-1
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It was science/ magic, glorious/ tragic. While she nursed the tom cat, he nursed his ego. He was brittle...each time he shattered, bits wee lost. She hid the glue.