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“To build up a library is to create a life. It’s never just a random collection of books.”

— Carlos María Domínguez

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“I need you to know that no matter what happens, it was worth it to me. Being with you, loving you. It was all worth it.”

— Jenny Han, We’ll always have summer

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“It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to, has power over you, if you allow it.”

— Unknown

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Science and Scientists Throughout History

It is easy enough to look through the records of history and pinpoint famous scientists who have made incredible contributions to the field of materials science and engineering. One can come up with a list of the top 100 most cited materials scientists published since January 2000, or generate a list of the top 100 moments in materials science history, or even just look up all the materials scientists important enough to have a Wikipedia page. None of these methods are comprehensive but none of them are inherently wrong if one is looking to celebrate scientific achievement through the ages. I used the list of top 100 moments to come up with many of the scientists (though not all) that I posted about on this blog over the past year.

However, it is important to acknowledge that science is - like life - a collaborative effort. Scientists build on the knowledge of those who come before them and publish to share their own discoveries with those who will come after. No one scientist ever accomplished any task alone.

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Be proud of what you contribute to the world, scientist or not! All the ScientistSaturday posts can be found here.

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From ‘the last Neanderthal’ to sacrifices in Peru: Our biggest archaeology stories of 2024

Here are our biggest archeology stories of 2024.

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/from-the-last-neanderthal-to-sacrifices-in-peru-our-biggest-archaeology-stories-of-2024

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“Don’t allow your wounds to turn you into a person you are not.”

— Paulo Coelho

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“Be nice to yourself. It is hard to be happy when someone is being mean to you all the time.”

— Unknown

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“No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to others is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.”

— Unknown

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Chemists create world's thinnest spaghetti

The world's thinnest spaghetti, about 200 times thinner than a human hair, has been created by a UCL-led research team. The spaghetti is not intended to be a new food but was created because of the wide-ranging uses that extremely thin strands of material, called nanofibers, have in medicine and industry. Nanofibers made of starch—produced by most green plants to store excess glucose—are especially promising and could be used in bandages to aid wound healing (as the nanofiber mats are highly porous, allowing water and moisture in but keeping bacteria out), as scaffolding for bone regeneration and for drug delivery. However, they rely on starch being extracted from plant cells and purified, a process requiring much energy and water. A more environmentally friendly method, the researchers say, is to create nanofibers directly from a starch-rich ingredient like flour, which is the basis for pasta.

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Peru scientists unveil crocodile fossil up to 12 million years old

Paleontologists unveiled the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years that was discovered in a Peruvian desert.

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-peru-scientists-unveil-crocodile-fossil.html

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