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Movie Cancelled
On the surface, this appears to be a titanic missed opportunity to add an extra layer of realism to the movie. But since this came from a British site, there are probably “healthy and safety rules” to...
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Fog-Free Self-Cleaning Glass Made with Nanotechnology
Images: Kyoo-Chul Park and Hyungryul Choi Wiping or blowing away the fog on your car’s windshield will soon be a thing of the past, thanks to researchers at MIT: they’ve developed a fog-free,...
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A View Of London Reflected In Puddles
Now this is an interesting way to see London-reflected on the surface of a puddle, melding with the street and distorted by ripples in the water. Photographed by native Londoner Gavin Hammond, these...
View ArticleWhy do stout bubbles go down ?
Why do the bubbles in stout beers such as Guinness sink instead of rising to the surface ? It is well known that the bubbles in a glass of stout rise …
View ArticleResearchers develop paint-on batteries
The lithium-ion batteries can be applied to any surface as a series of spray-painted layers. Graduate student Neelam Singh and her team at Rice Univer…
View ArticleIs evidence of Mars life below the surface ?
Simple organic molecules could be present just a few inches below the soil on the surface of Mars. In August NASA’s ambitious car-sized rover, Curiosi…
View ArticleWhat’s Happening on Saturn’s Moons?
This 25-minute film explores what we’ve learned about Saturn’s various moons via space probes. The data comes primarily from NASA’s Cassini, though some is from the Voyager and Galileo missions....
View ArticleCuriosity rover comes across strange rock
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has discovered a strange pyramid shaped rock on the Martian surface. Nicknamed “Jake Matijevic” after the surface operatio…
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Bouncing a Drop of Water on Water
Here’s a nifty party trick, courtesy of physics: how to bounce droplets of water on the surface of water. Physics Buzz Blog explains: Typically, when a droplet of water plunges into a pool of water,...
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Astronaut Charles Duke Left a Family Photo on the Moon
In 1972, Charles Duke spent nearly three days on the surface of the moon. Before he left, Duke placed a snapshot of his family on the ground and left it there. He also brought back the 26-pound rock...
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