If it wasn’t for silver, the US may not have been able to create the uranium bomb. Silver’s electrical properties are better than the properties of other types of metal. During WWII, the army melted down large amounts of silver and formed them into coils. They then magnetized the coils. The magnets separated different types [...]
Entries from January 21st, 2010
Physicist counts bubbles in the ocean to answer questions about climate, sound and light.
January 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Physics
No one would ever think that bubbles are that important or that they do anything really. But bubbles in the ocean can cause clouds to form and affect the climate. Bubbles carry carbon dioxide and oxygen from the atmosphere down into the ocean and then when they come back up, they pop and sulfur compounds [...]
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New Spider Species Is Largest of Its Type in Middle East
January 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Biology
Dr. Shanas has discovered a new spider called Cerbalus aravensis. Dr. Shanas and his team have done some research and discovered the spider in Arav and they named it Cerbalus aravensis. They say the spiders leg can reach up to 14 cm and that makes it the largest in the Middle East. The spiders only [...]
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Turtles’ Christmas Journey Tracked by Scientists
January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
Noelle and Darwinia are leather back turtles. Noelle’s and Darwinia’s environments are both being threatened. The waters around where they live are filled with oil and pollution. Scientists decided to track these turtles for many reasons. They want to observe their eating patterns and precise movements. Scientists want to help these turtles so they may [...]
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Splitting Cell Clusters Helps Fight Disease?
January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
The trillions upon trillions of cells in the human body and the molecules that comprise them aren’t conveniently coupled in just pairs. Instead, they are clustered. These clustered groups of cells not only provide the basis to life on earth, but they also form the spine of diseases. For that reason, scientists have long strived [...]
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Report Says Musicians Hear Better Than Non-Musicians
January 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Biology
Studies have shown that people who are musicians have better hearing than non musicians. When put through tests musicians perform better. For example musicians can recognize constants and syllables better and faster than non musicians. The reason musicians hear better is that the process musicians have to go through when they play or work with [...]
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Camera Traps Yield First-Time Film of Tigress and Cubs
January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
A camera put in Sumatra has captured some photos of a rare female tiger and her cubs. While the camera was filming them they stopped to sniff it and try to figure out what it was. There are only about 400 Sumatran tigers left, no thanks to hunters. “We are very concerned though, because the [...]
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Wolves Lose Their Predatory Edge In Mid-Life, Study Shows
January 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Biology
In this news article, a man by the name of MacNulty says that wolves lose their instinct to be predators around their mid-life. He says that for all these years scientist have said that wolves have been capable of being “fierce” predators for their entire life but MacNutly says otherwise. He says in the article [...]
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Scientists bring us closer to making the dream of invisibility true
January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Physics
The researchers from the physics department have made a cool thing out of metamaterial that can make objects invisible under certain kinds of light. They do this by making the inside of the magnetic field zero, but not changing the exterior field. It causes the device to act like an invisibility cloak in these types of waves. So far, this has only [...]
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How to Divide and Conquer ‘Social Network’ of Cells
January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
This study is about the origin of cells. Scientists have figured out how to trace some cells back to their origin.cells like cancer. If they can trace cancer back to its origin then they can find a way to manipulate the cells to stop reproducing. This can work for other cells other than cancer too. [...]
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