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Scientists may have found a new state of matter
After seven years of work, scientists have created an "equilibrium gel." Soon, it could be in everything from nanotech to medicinal drugs. It doesn't matter if we're born into high society or into humble circumstances. It doesn't matter if we're good or evil. It doesn't matter what we do, or where we go.
10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2010 - Popular Mechanics
No matter how closely a robot resembles a human on the outside, if you crack it open, the jumble of wires is unlikely to bear much resemblance to our insides. A group of European researchers aims to bridge that gap--its robot prototype is anthropomimetic, meaning it mimics the human form. There's a skeleton made of thermoplastic polymer, actuators that correspond to each muscle and kiteline as tendons. The goal is to create a more human-like robot that interacts with and responds to environments the way we do. Yesterday's fuel cells, like those seen here on Spacelab, require a hydrogen infrastructure. (Photograph by H4NUM4N )DoTryThisAtHome I wishes we talked more like this "curdled and wisped and fleecy waves" - aurora description from 1859 ow.ly/aPgF7 yesterday · reply · retweet · favorite
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Physics Flash Animations
We have been increasingly using Flash animations for illustrating Physics content. This page provides access to those animations which may be of general interest. The animations will appear in a separate window. The animations are sorted by category, and the file size of each animation is included in the listing. Also included is the minimum version of the Flash player that is required; the player is available free from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ .
Imagining the Tenth Dimension - A Book by Rob Bryanton
10thdim Imagining the Zeroth (or Zero-th if you prefer) Dimension imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.ca/2012/03/imagin… 17 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite Join the conversation
Sure, being a scientist is hard work. Some of us willingly go to school for 12 extra years in the hopes of getting a "real" science job. But why go through all that pain if you can just log on to a site like Zooniverse or SETI@home to contribute your brain, or your computing power, to the scientific community?
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The Large Hadron Collider
Our understanding of the Universe is about to change... The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a gigantic scientific instrument near Geneva, where it spans the border between Switzerland and France about 100m underground. It is a particle accelerator used by physicists to study the smallest known particles – the fundamental building blocks of all things. It will revolutionise our understanding, from the minuscule world deep within atoms to the vastness of the Universe. Two beams of subatomic particles called "hadrons" – either protons or lead ions – travel in opposite directions inside the circular accelerator, gaining energy with every lap. Physicists use the LHC to recreate the conditions just after the Big Bang, by colliding the two beams head-on at very high energy.