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Science Art: A Magnetic Wormhole by J. Prat-Camps, C. Navau & A. Sanchez, 2015.

2 December 2018 grant 0

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(a) The field of a magnetic source (right) is appearing as an isolated magnetic monopole when passing through the magnetostatic

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from http://nigelstanford.com/Cymatics/Behind_the_Scenes.aspx

Science Art: Cymatics, by Nigel Stanford

11 November 2018 grant 0

I’m not really that much of an electronica fan – at least not danceable electronic music – but this video is kind of awesome.

I mean, it’s awesome even though I know… Read the rest “Science Art: Cymatics, by Nigel Stanford”

Science Art: 254th Combat Communications Group emblem

14 October 2018 grant 0

This is the insignia of the 254th Combat Communications Group, a unit that’s normally part of the Texas Air National Guard, but if federalized, becomes part of the Air Force Space … Read the rest “Science Art: 254th Combat Communications Group emblem”

Science Art: Fig. 353, Wessel’s Gas Stove

8 July 2018 grant 0

From https://archive.org/stream/boysplaybookofsc00pepprich#page/366/mode/2up

How a young person can launch “any number of air balloons” without the risk of setting the neighbors’ corn ricks on fire – by using a gas stove with a chimney like… Read the rest “Science Art: Fig. 353, Wessel’s Gas Stove”

Creating a new kind of light

20 February 2018 grant 0

Science Daily looks at an “optical state” – a form of light that can allow engineers to create super-fast quantum computers powered by photons:

Try a quick experiment:

… Read the rest “Creating a new kind of light”

Protons aren’t as heavy as we thought.

6 July 2017 grant 0

New Scientist looks closely at a tiny change with some big ramifications:

A fresh attempt to pin down its mass, with three times the precision of the previous best try, finds that the subatomic

… Read the rest “Protons aren’t as heavy as we thought.”

Why do shoelaces come untied? Physics.

13 April 2017 grant 0

Science News investigates the forces at play when your shoes come untied:

Mechanical engineer Oliver O’Reilly of the University of California, Berkeley was familiar with the infuriating

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Science Art: Schéma de montage d’un turbopropulseur by Nerijp

7 November 2016 grant 0

reducteur-turbine

This is a turbine – a “turbopropulseur” – used as an example of a “réducteur” – a reducing gear. The one end spins a lot more than the other end… Read the rest “Science Art: Schéma de montage d’un turbopropulseur by Nerijp”

Science Art: Bunsen Burner Flame Types, by Artura Jana Fijalkowski.

1 May 2016 grant 0

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It’s Beltane today, May Day, a day traditionally celebrated with bonfires. Here are some smaller flames, but no less fiery.

This is a photo illustrating how, as … Read the rest “Science Art: Bunsen Burner Flame Types, by Artura Jana Fijalkowski.”

Chinese tokamak makes fusion happen – for more than a minute.

9 February 2016 grant 0

Wired reports on the successful ignition of a fire three times hotter than the sun:

The march to sustainable nuclear fusion appears to have made serious progress, after a Chinese research

… Read the rest “Chinese tokamak makes fusion happen – for more than a minute.”

Wormhole blueprints

4 September 2015 grant 0

Not a hole that worms live in, but the kind that spaceships use to bounce around the galaxy. Science Daily explains how Spanish scientists have created a wormhole in the lab:

Scientists in

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“Secretive company” unveils better way to do fusion. (It’s legit.)

27 August 2015 grant 0

Science magazine has an exclusive report on a fusion group that could change everything. They’ve got a reactor that works better than any power source we’ve seen yet:

A privately

… Read the rest ““Secretive company” unveils better way to do fusion. (It’s legit.)”

Science Art: Lecture 2, Figure 5, from Lectures on Ventilation,

3 May 2015 grant 0

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from Lectures on Ventilation (1869) by Lewis W. Leeds, via Public Domain Review.

The invisible made visible.

DIY warp drive. He’s folding space in his garage.

24 December 2014 grant 0

Omaha World-Herald wants the world to know about this guy who’s building a warp drive in his garage:

[David] Pares’ garage is exactly as it sounds. This is not some converted hangar

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Steampunk solutions: 19th-century tech used by Sandia fusion researchers

10 January 2014 grant 0

Laboratory Equipment has more on the Helmholz coil (a bit of antique lab machinery) and how one of its strange qualities might help Sandia’s “Z machine” fusion experiment… Read the rest “Steampunk solutions: 19th-century tech used by Sandia fusion researchers”

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