Tag Archives: Science
Sunday Knitting Science: Wool as Building Material
Researchers in Spain and Scotland published the results of their tests of using renewable resources to reinforce earthen building material in non-arid climates. In the US, earth is predominantly used as a building material in the Southwest, where adobe is … Continue reading
Sunday Knitting Science: Knitting Complex Weaves with DNA Origami
For this installment of Sunday Knitting Science, we’re revisiting a post from 2006 on nanoconstruction using DNA. Bioengineers have developed a method for folding DNA molecules into various patterns using a long single stranded molecule as a scaffold, and several … Continue reading
2010 Book Club: The Natural History of Unicorns
Major accomplishment. I actually finished July’s book before the end of August. Yay, me! Growing up, I collected unicorns (pictures, figurines, stuffed animals), so I was excited to learn more about the mythology surrounding them. I have to admit, though, … Continue reading
Sunday Knitting Science: This is Your Brain on Knitting
Since this blog combines my two favorite hobbies, I thought a PubMed search for “knitting” might turn up some interesting results. After weeding out the “close-knit communities” and other knitty metaphors, I’m left with several pages related to the science … Continue reading
