I have to confess something to you guys: I’ve been harassing my wife about letting me brew beer at home for years. YEARS. Unfortunately, she thinks that, and I hate to admit that she’s right, we just don’t have a good spot at home to do this. But no more, thanks to the WilliamsWarn Personal […]
I’m about to go to bed now, but I thought I’d leave this (click!) for you guys here just before shutting down my box. Enjoy! [Via Reddit]
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A homopolar motor has a magnetic field along the axis of rotation and an electric current that at some point is not parallel to the magnetic field. The name homopolar refers to the absence of polarity change. Homopolar motors necessarily have a single-turn coil, which limits them to very low voltages. This has restricted the […]
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Ever sit around and wonder just how those crazy Soviets got Yuri Gagarin into Earth orbit but were too lazy to Google it? Problem solved! This handy infographic has all the info you need, including a 7-part breakdown of Gagarin’s flight from launch to landing. [via Space.com | Imgur]
Before you listen to this awesome song about Quarks, I only have one thing to say: Particle physics is awesome! :)
Physicists in Illinois have found something that is at least a little unusual and at most a new force of nature. Or to put that another way, the blue bump on the right-hand graph above could mean the entire rulebook of physics needs to be rewritten. The findings came at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory […]