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The Naked Scientists are Coming to SL

The Naked Scientists is a weekly one-hour audience-interactive science radio talk show, broadcast live by the BBC. Listen to and discuss the show with fellow science enthusiasts at The Naked Scientists’ mansion in Second Life.  All are welcome!
Date:  Sundays
Time:  18.00 UK Time (usually 10:00 AM Pacific Time)
Location:  The island in the middle of the sim […]

Nanotechnology Seminar on February 12

Next Tuesday, Dr. JT Janssen will give a talk titled “Nano-Science and the Quantum World”
Date:  Tuesday, 12 February
Time:  9am PST (SL Time) = 1700 GMT
Location:  The outdoor theatre on the sim named ‘Nanotechnology’. Here’s a SLURL:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nanotechnology/219/145/22
Here’s the abstract of the talk:
Nanotechnology has allowed us to engineer systems which can exploit novel […]

Nanotechnology Seminar on January 29

Next Tuesday, Professor Leslie Pendrill will give a talk titled “Supporting Growth in Nanoproduction”.
Date: Tuesday, 29 January
Time: 9am PST (SL Time) = 1700 GMT
Location: The outdoor theatre on the sim named ‘Nanotechnology’. Here’s a SLURL:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nanotechnology/219/145/22
Here’s the abstract of the talk:
Much has been said about the predicted spectacular growth in nanotechnological production […]

Nanotechnology Seminar on January 15

Next Tuesday, Dr. Richard Leach from the UK’s National Physical Laboratory will give a talk titled “Metrology: a tool to enable micro- to nanotechnology”.
Date:  Tuesday, 15 January
Time:  9am PST (SL Time) = 1700 GMT
Location:  The outdoor theatre on the sim named ‘Nanotechnology’.  Here’s a SLURL:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nanotechnology/219/145/22
Here’s the abstract of the talk:
It is now fully appreciated that […]

Nanotechnology Seminar on Dec. 18

On Tuesday, December 11, December 18 (rescheduled), Dr. Kamal Hossain will give a talk titled “Nanotechnologies: Opportunities and Threats” at the SciLands sim named ‘Nanotechnology’. Visit the NanoLands website for full details.

Video of the SciLands Panel at SLCC 2007

zazen Manbi has posted an audiovisual recording of the SciLands panel, which occurred at 4:30 PM Chicago time on Saturday, August 25, 2007. Check it out.