Explore scientific and technical research
Don’t you just hate it when ATMs charge you to take out your own money? It really grinds my gears, man. Really raises up that arterial tension, man. A $2 fee at a different bank than yours is a pain. Having to pay $4 at a concert to put your mitts on one of your […]
It’s pretty hard to become immortal. Apparently JonTron did it by eating a magical gyro, but it turns out that it must have been a unique gyro. Other gyros don’t work, apparently – the knowing look of pity I got from the guy at the Greek food truck when I asked for the “Immortality Special” […]
If you live in a dorm, I can probably guess exactly what you see when you look up: a big, boring industrial overhead light. That’s just what most dorms come with. They’re cheap, they light the room sufficiently, and that’s about it. The certainly won’t win any points for looks. When I moved into my first […]
How does increasing temperature affect solubility? For many solids dissolved in liquid water, the solubility increases with temperature. The increase in kinetic energy that comes with higher temperatures allows the solvent molecules to more effectively break apart the solute molecules that are held together by intermolecular attractions. What is the effect of increase in temperature […]
What conditions are necessary for nuclear fusion? High temperature gives the hydrogen atoms enough energy to overcome the electrical repulsion between the protons. Fusion requires temperatures of about 100 million Kelvin (approximately six times hotter than the sun’s core). At these temperatures, hydrogen is a plasma, not a gas. What conditions are required for nuclear […]
What are some patterns in the periodic table? Periodic trends are specific patterns in the properties of chemical elements that are revealed in the periodic table of elements. Major periodic trends include electronegativity, ionization energy, electron affinity, atomic radii, ionic radius, metallic character, and chemical reactivity. What do the patterns in the periodic table describe […]
Which of the following is substitutional solid solution? Sterling Silver is a Substitutional Solid Solution A substitutional solid solution is a mixture of two types of atoms in which one atom can replace the other type of atom. Sterling silver is one of many examples of substitutional solid solutions. Sterling silver is a substitutional solid […]
Are there things that are too small to be seen with a light microscope? The smallest thing that we can see with a ‘light’ microscope is about 500 nanometers. A nanometer is one-billionth (that’s 1,h) of a meter. So the smallest thing that you can see with a light microscope is about 200 times smaller […]
What causes rivers to change? Rivers changing direction is relatively common, according to the scientists, but is usually caused by tectonic forces, landslides or erosion. What happens to water flowing in a river? At a certain depth below the land surface, called the water table, the ground becomes saturated with water. If a river bank […]
How much energy does the LHC produce? What is the LHC power consumption? The total power consumption of the LHC (and experiments) is equivalent to 600 GWh per year, with a maximum of 650 GWh in 2012 when the LHC was running at 4 TeV. For Run 2, the estimated power consumption is 750 GWh […]