Why Does Alcohol Burn on a Cut or Wound?
If you've ever applied alcohol to a cut or other wound, you know it stings and burns. It doesn't matter which type of alcohol you...
July 10th – Dutch scientist Kamerlingh Onnes made liquid helium (He) on this day in 1908
He was the first to liquefy helium, using several precooling stages and the Hampson- Linde cycle based on the Joule-Thompson effect. This way he lowered...
July 9th – Amedeo Avogadro died on this day in 1856
Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro was an Italian scientist. His hypothesis – now known as Avogadro’s Law – states that equal volumes of gases at...
How to remove Super Glue?
Super Glue is a strong, fast-acting adhesive that sticks to just about anything almost instantly, so it's easy to accidentally stick together fingers or drip...
July 8th- Astrophysicist Jason Cardelli announced that he had detected thallium (Tl) and lead (Pb) in interstellar gas on this day in 1994
Interstellar space refers to the areas between star systems within a galaxy. It varies hugely in composition, and contains atomic and subatomic particles, molecular and...
Qrafitin almaza çevrilməsi
Termodinamik hesablamalar qrafitin almaza çevrilməsi üçün ən az 10.000 atmosfer təzyiq lazım olduğunu göstərmişdir. Bununla birlikdə ilk dəfə 1955-ci ildə 100.000 atmosfer təzyiq altında 3000...
July 7th – Robert Goddard obtained the first of a series of patents for his ‘rocket apparatus’ designs on this day in 1914
Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) is considered the father of modern rocket propulsion. It was fuelled by liquid oxygen (O2) and gasoline, and reached a...
July 6th – The Piper Alpha disaster which killed 167 workers of the coast of Aberdeen is the world’s deadliest ever oil rig accident
The Piper Alpha was once Britain's biggest single oil and gas producing platform, bringing more than 300,000 barrels of crude a day – 10% of...
