Nazli Turan

We are attending at least 8 seminars for every semester. Here is a short summary of the most interesting one! This was an interesting talk mostly focused on the bubbles formed in ocean and relating those with the origin of life. The speaker mentioned the mechanical forces created by waves in ocean and pointed out …

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Oct 21

I didn’t know graphene is so newly discovered!

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Ok, it’s my ignorance. History time ! Year: 2004 Location: The University of Manchester Nobel Physics: 2010 Here is the whole story and information from ‘the home of graphene‘, Manchester.

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Sep 01

Science policy is giving rise to open science or a new form of capitalism?

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Here is a provocative paper recently published. I will add my thoughts when I’m done with reading. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0306312718772086

Tags: Science Policy

Aug 29

Notes from iPlasmaNano 2018

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Papers of Interest

It was a really dense conference. Mostly, the professors gave talks about the latest updates of their research. The discussions were at high level. I tried to keep my eyes open to follow almost every talk 🙂 But, it’s worth it 🙂 Here are the topics attracting my attention. Nano particle synthesis: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ni1mqkEAAAAJ&hl=en –>in-situ …

Tags: Plasma Applications, Plasma Modeling, Plasma Science

Jul 25

Chemical bonds simulated with quantum computers!

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“Quantum chemistry is the science of understanding the complicated bonds and reactions of molecules using quantum mechanics. The ‘moving parts’ of anything but the most-simple chemical processes are beyond the capacity of the biggest and fastest supercomputers. By modelling and understanding these processes using quantum computers, scientists expect to unlock lower-energy pathways for chemical reactions, …

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Jul 22

Acceleration with stars

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His idea is that an advanced civilization could build a sphere that emits waste radiation in a specific direction. This radiation would accelerate the sphere—and the star it contains—in the opposite direction.” I’m not sure about the process of building a sphere around ‘stars’, but the idea is very exciting. However, comparing the whole universe, …

Tags: Space

Jul 19

Family tree :)

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Free Space

Here is my collage of powerpuffs with acrylic paints. This is a gift for my family 🙂 I’ve used this website: https://powerpuffyourself.com/#!/en

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Jul 19

Stabilizing fusion plasmas

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Sawtooth swings—up-and-down ripples found in everything from stock prices on Wall Street to ocean waves—occur periodically in the temperature and density of the plasma that fuels fusion reactions in doughnut-shaped facilities called tokamaks. These swings can sometimes combine with other instabilities in the plasma to produce a perfect storm that halts the reactions. However, some …

Tags: Plasma Applications, Plasma Science

Jul 15

Surface-bound hydrogen: diffusion > desorption

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Wait! What? “The first step in hydrogen storage is chemisorption, wherein gaseous H2 collides with Pd and adsorbs (sticks) to the surface. Secondly, the chemisorbed H atoms diffuse into the sub-surface, several nanometers deep.” Why gold-palladium alloys are better than palladium for hydrogen storage

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Jul 14

Improvizing a history

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Free Space

If you’re willing to listen some Turkish music, here we go! This song means a lot to me but also it is hard to explain. To me, it is about the changes happening without our intervention or will. I’ve played this song many times so I have tons of versions of the same song. Soft …

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