When you bite into a Life Saver Mint it creates a spectacular spark. Why? This is because the electrical charge builds up in the crystalline shape of the sugar within the candy. The effect is called triboluminescence. It occurs when the electrical charge is vigorously released as the structure of the crystals is broken. This not [...]
Entries from June 6th, 2010
Two new frog species discovered in Panama’s fungal war zone
June 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
Scientists were trying to figure out why many frogs where dying. ”We are working as hard as we can to find and identify frogs before the disease reaches them, and to learn about a disease that has the power to ravage an entire group of organisms,” said Roberto Ibanez, research scientist at STRI and local director of [...]
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