Just a quick post here to highlight some exciting news: we’ve got a paper on the cover of the current issue of Leonardo – and it looks lovely! Leonardo, published by MIT press, is the leading international peer-reviewed journal on the use of contemporary science and technology in the arts and music, and also for discussing applications and influences of the arts and humanities on science and technology.
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the map that got me up & down Emei Shan (click for high-res)

I’ve been meaning to post this for awhile, but it got away from me. Last October (2015!) I had the privilege of attending the ICOMET (International Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer) in Chengdu (Sichuan province, China). Organized by Prof. Aart Kleijn, the meeting was hosted by the Chinese academy of Engineering Physics and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It covered a wide range of topics, including experimental and theoretical topics in energy transfer across the gas phase, gas/surface scattering, liquid phases, astrochemistry, and biochemistry. The meeting organization was flawless and the treatment we received from our Chinese hosts was extremely generous.
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