Matjaž Gregorič: Biomaterial Research
pišeFigure 1: The spider web is made of interwoven non-sticky (blue) and sticky (red) silk threads. Figure 2: The mechanical properties of web…
Science
Basic facts about vaccination and vaccines
pišeVaccination is one of the top ten public health achievements in medical sciences that has helped to reduce illnesses and the mortality rate as…
First case of an ordered liquid that is also a magnet
pišeLIQUID CRYSTAL MAGNET Although magnetism is a well-known phenomenon in solids, it has only been observed in two liquid systems – in one of…
Even easily accessible berries have their price
pišeRecently a news story broke in Australia that due to the consumption of infected frozen berries from China, several people had contracted hepatitis A….
I’m European. So what?
pišeI’m Slovene. I’m Slovene. (…) At the crossroads leading to Mecca and Bethlehem. (…) The Balkans are not my home, the Champs-Elyséés even less….
The devil’s advocate: serious threats to freedom of speech
pišeSerious and unjustifiable discourtesy towards others contains no constructive contribution to social debate on generally important questions. The same goes for insults and crude…
The future of female researchers in Slovenia is uncertain
pišeIn 2004 I graduated in biology. Since I like researching and working in the laboratory, my undergraduate dissertation was based on laboratory research in…
Who are we? What do we have? What do we want?
pišeTHE DRAFT DECLARATION ON SLOVENE FOREIGN POLICY First of all, let me pose the following question to the reader: What is Slovenia’s key distinctive…
The Habsburg femmes fatales and the loyalist Slovenes
pišeAfter almost twenty years of research into the activities of the most important ruling family in Slovene history, I have already got used to…
The role of statistics in deciphering the Enigma machine
pišeThe Imitation Game, the historical drama now playing in Slovene cinemas, is based on Alan Turing: The Enigma, a novel by Andrew Hodges. The…
We do not need a declaration, we need a strategy!
pišeThe main problem with the Declaration on the Republic of Slovenia’s Foreign Policy is that Slovenia does not need it. This article analyses the…
Creative uprising: Slovenia in Europe before, during and after 2014
pišeIn 2013, Slovene citizens had more than enough reasons to be dissatisfied with Europe, or, more specifically, with the European Union. The economic crisis,…
Why do bugs vibrate and why should this interest us?
pišePeople are visual beings and we are always so busy that we sometimes find it difficult to really listen to attractive animal sounds, such…
Borut Bohanec dispels common GMO myths
pišeWhat are genetic transformation and genetically modified organisms (GMOs)? 2. GMOs do not help us have a better life. 3. Is genetically modified…
Strawberries: red, tempting and bland. Is it really all the fault of the weather?
pišeIt all started with a tweet by Nataša Briški, the editor of Meta’s List: “Hey, strawberries, this was not our deal, you look like…