I’m Reading…This is from over a month ago, but there was a wonderful article for all the closet material scientists out there in the New York Times on Glass a few weeks ago. Here is an except: It is well known that panes of stained glass in old European churches are thicker at the bottom because [...]
Filed under: Chemistry, Science | Tagged: Glass, Material Science | Leave a Comment »
News flash. Two years late. Diamond is not the hardest known material. There are at least three known substances that are harder: Rhenium Diboride, Ultrahard Fullerite and Aggregated Diamond Nanorods. I’m a little worried. I think this is what happens when you grow older. Technology has just outdated one of those simple scientific truths I [...]
Filed under: Chemistry, Science | 3 Comments »
How is it possible that I have not made one of these before? Diet Coke & Mentos Rocket on YouTube Based on the well known Diet Coke & Mentos experiments… just do a search for “diet coke mentos” on YouTube. What an easy way to waste 30 minutes… … but this does seem like a [...]
Filed under: Chemistry, Entertainment, Science | Leave a Comment »
Any fan of Star Trek knows all about “cloaking” technology. Well, we’re one step closer as of yesterday. LiveScience.com – Scientists Create Cloak of Partial Invisibility Interestingly, while groundbreaking, the basic concept for cloaking has been worked out quite well in the science fiction community. This experiment seems to confirm the basic approach: Bend light [...]
Filed under: Chemistry, Science, Science Fiction | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick article that I had to post. The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Heaviest known element created Ever since I learned about basic chemistry, I’ve had an unnatural affection for the periodic table. What an amazingly elegant and simple roadmap to understanding the composition of matter. I’m not sure what we’re learning at [...]
Filed under: Chemistry, Science | 2 Comments »
|
Adam Nash Sunnyvale, CA |
