WEIRD SCIENCE
Pipes absorb a litany of chemicals from fires and firefighting, which leach into the water. Jiroe via Unsplash – A version of this story originally appeared on The Conversation – Authors: Andrew J. Whelton Environmental Engineering, Purdue University Caitlin R. Proctor …
The Sun may once have had a twin that was later lost. M. Weiss – By Michael Irving 2020 Aug 19 – While the Sun is very clearly a solo act nowadays, some astronomers theorize that it once had a binary companion star. Now, …
The inventor at rest, with a Tesla coil (thanks to a double exposure). Dickenson V. Alley, Wellcome Collection, CC BY – By Richard Gunderman, Chancellor’s Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University Updated 2020 Aug 14 – Match the following figures …
Hyperion’s hydrogen-powered supercar – By Peter Valdés-Dapeña, CNN Business Updated 2020 Aug 12 – Hyperion, a California-based company, has unveiled a hydrogen-powered supercar the company hopes will change the way people view hydrogen fuel cell technology. The Hyperion XP-1 will be able to …
Vintage woman – Shutterstock – By Debra Kelly/Updated: 2020 Jul 14 – History is filled with episodes that prove mankind is just sort of making everything up as it goes. There’s no shortage of things that can kill us or do horrible, terrible …
ThermBot displays readings in Fahrenheit and Celsius – 2020 Aug 12 – It’s never been more important to be able to quickly and accurately take your temperature, and the ThermBot provides that capability in a device that is smaller and smarter than other …
Bricks could do double duty as building materials and supercapacitors. Big_Ryan/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images – By Julio M. D’Arcy, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Washington University in St Louis 2020 Aug 11 – The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic …
A clever new study definitively measures how long it takes for quantum particles to pass through a barrier. Image source: Carlos Castilla/Shutterstock – By Robby Berman 2020 Aug 11 – Quantum particles can tunnel through seemingly impassable barriers, popping up on the other …
A scanning electron microscope image of metal-organic frameworks. CSIRO – By Michael Irving 2020 Aug 10 – Access to clean, safe drinking water is a necessity that’s worryingly not being met in many parts of the world. A new study has used a material …
Open windows are the simplest way to increase air flow in a room. Justin Paget / Digital Vision via Getty Images – Author Shelly Miller, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder 2020 Aug 10 – The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission …
