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isqineeha: Knots Series (2011) - Saudi Artist Jowhara...

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:40:03 -0400

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Knots Series (2011) - Saudi Artist Jowhara AlSaud

The inspiration for this series of portraits is the traditional Mashrabiya. A tooled wooden screen traditionally used to separate the private and public spaces in Islamic Architecture. The labor intensive process involves etching the surface of large format negatives by hand thereby applying/removing said “screen” directly to the portrait, calling into question both the idea of portraiture and photographic space. The works are an exploration of many things. They revel in the ‘in between’; photography and drawing, public and private space, representation and abstraction, obscuring and revealing. Weather they transcend or trespass, these are about the lines we draw, and the spaces in between. - Jowhara AlSaud

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ufansius: Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, China - Zaha Hadid

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:05:07 -0400

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Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, China - Zaha Hadid

archiscene: STAR Performance Venue by Aedas

Wed, 08 May 2013 02:09:57 -0400

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STAR Performance Venue by Aedas

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alongarchitecturallines: Tsinghua University Law Department /...

Mon, 06 May 2013 01:57:36 -0400

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Tsinghua University Law Department / Zhubo / 2012

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Sun, 05 May 2013 16:25:46 -0400

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Thu, 02 May 2013 02:09:29 -0400

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electricspacekoolaid: Dark Dense Cloud Gets Attention of...

Thu, 02 May 2013 02:08:18 -0400

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Dark Dense Cloud Gets Attention of Researchers

Image: The Spitzer Space Telescope’s view of the Galactic Center. G0.253+0.016 is so dense that even infrared light cannot penetrate this cloud. The cloud is seen as a dark silhouette in the left part of the image. The Galactic Center Black Hole—also known as Sgr A*—is very close to G0.253+0.016.

Researchers are discovering new information about a dark bean-shaped cloud in the center of our galaxy. The cloud, G0.253+0.016, is unusually dense — so dense, that it blocks infrared light, which usually penetrates even the densest parts of clouds in space.

Dense clouds usually produce massive stars, yet this particular cloud, which spans 30 light years in length, has minimal star formation.

“This is surprising, since many clouds of lower mass and density form a much larger number of stars,” explained Jens Kauffmann, a senior postdoctoral scholar in astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology. ”In principle, the cloud contains enough mass to build about 200,000 stars like our sun.”

Kauffmann along with postdoctoral scholar Thushara Pillai of the California Institute of Technology and astrophysicist Qizhou Zhang of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, are seeking to learn more about this mysterious cloud. They hope to better understand star formation in our galaxy and in other galaxies, and the role of star formation in the early universe.

To form stars from dense gas, a cloud increases in density until it collapses due to gravity. As the cloud collapses, the densest gas further clumps up and eventually forms stars.

“Think of a house of cards — you can build it up and up, but at some point it will become so heavy that the cards can’t keep up and they collapse,” explained Kauffmann. “In the case of star formation, clouds do something very similar: they collapse under their own weight and finally form stars.”

In most cases, “the denser the cloud, the more prone it is to collapse and form stars,” said Pillai.

For example, the Orion Nebula is relatively dense and is a huge star-forming region. The high-density bean-shaped cloud is 25 times denser than Orion, but almost completely starless.

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electricspacekoolaid: “Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both...

Thu, 02 May 2013 02:05:03 -0400

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“Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.” - Carl Sagan

archiscene: Reforma 432 Residences by Rojkind Arquitectos

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:05:40 -0400

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Reforma 432 Residences by Rojkind Arquitectos

archiscene: Stockholm City Station by 3XN

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:05:16 -0400

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Stockholm City Station by 3XN

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