Applied Physics
- A Rotational And Translational Motion Is A Standalone Natural Phenomenon
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A Rotational and Translational motion is standalone natural phenomenon For this experiment, two identically thin cylinders which are initially static to the observer are taken. These cylinders are attached with internal mechanical springs that induce a re ...
Article - Alex Belov - Feb 24 2010 - 11:05am
- Mapping The Large And Small
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We are aware of the large and small. We can, for example, taste and smell the earthy but invisible Streptomyces coelicolor. This soil-dwelling bacterium might have been in the first rock on Earth. Some estimates mention a time that was almost 3.8 billion ...
Article - Hatice Cullingford - Nov 15 2009 - 3:22pm
- The Fourier Transform- Diagonalizing The Convolution Operator
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Why is the Fourier Transform so useful both in theoretical and applied science and engineering? In short, often it is more convenient to solve a problem in Fourier space than the space of the problem's original formulation. ...
Article - Jon Lederman - Dec 9 2009 - 4:54pm
- To Know CO2
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You have to know your CO 2! When I wrote Your CO2 Is Bad For You In Your Space Suit I was not talking about the EPA. Here I will not talk about the life's CO 2 exchange cycle either unless I have to. My focus is on some new thoughts related to carbo ...
Article - Hatice Cullingford - Dec 9 2009 - 7:44pm
- Whispering-Gallery-Mode Resonators: Why Those Anti-odor Socks You Buy Will Be Safer
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Nanotechnology is a big buzzword this decade but there are questions about how safe nano-based products are and we are unsure how to even measure, much less regulate, them. Anti-odor socks, makeup, makeup remover, sunscreen, anti-graffiti paint, home preg ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:59pm
- Taking Science To The Movies
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After Top Gun, the number of fighter pilot recruits exploded. After CSI took over the country, more people went into forensic science. The lesson? Media definitely makes a difference in the level of interest of a topic- An Inconvenient Truth, anyone?- so p ...
Article - Becky Jungbauer - Jan 6 2010 - 3:24am
- Quantum-Seismological Relations
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After posting the thought on facebook, I have decided to begin a blog on this topic. The blog will track my day-to-day research on the subject. Once finally compiled and completed, further action will proceed. I recommend anyone that reads this to ask ques ...
Blog Post - Joel Taylor - Jan 16 2010 - 2:35pm
- King Coal And The Heat Values Of Fuels
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King Coal And The Heat Values Of Fuels A Potted History Of The Human Use Of Coal The term 'coal' covers many different materials with a common property: they are materials high in carbon which were formed from plant residues under pressure and o ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 7 2010 - 9:45am
- Dirty Coal And Boring Science
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Dirty Coal And Boring Science There was a time when, through the proliferation of steam power, coal extraction in vast quantities became economically viable. Throughout the U.K. coal was burned to make steam for locomotives, factories and ships. It was ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 7 2010 - 10:03am
- How Can Ice Work Like A Horse?
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How Can Ice Work Like A Horse? In this short series of articles about coal, engines and energy I am trying to show something of the history behind our current knowledge of heat, energy and thermodynamics. As discoveries were made about the nature of hea ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 18 2010 - 9:44pm
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