Some organic molecules when dissolved in a solution and concentrated, turns into a gel. That’s because these molecules start to bind to each other forming spider web like networks that appear to be solid. Dilute this gel and you’ll get back the “sol solution” which is a colloid of organic…

A new way to make sound proof rooms — Here’s a brand new way to make a room sound proof: coat the walls with moth wings. Moths have evolved under the shadow of Bats, and have developed mechanisms to evade acoustic bat signals. They do this through specialized scales on their wings that absorb sound (preventing it from being…

This new research is telling — Do you think the concept of Energy, Mass, and Force is universal? Specifically, if we meet an alien civilization, do we think that they too will have the universe compartmentalized into our conceptual categories? For example, our most famous equation says that E = mc². But for a civilization where…

TiO2 is now known to be a carcinogen — Could Iron Oxide replace TiO2 as the active material in sunscreens? New research out of Japan suggests that white rust — a specific type of Iron oxide — has the ability to absorb UV light by stabilizing normally unstable, colorless, UV-absorbing di-nuclear iron species in porous silica (silicon dioxide). This…

All you need to know about counterfeit chips — There is a thriving counterfeit chip market out there. One of major victims of COVID was the global chip market, which caused an unprecedented shortage of chips and therefore, all electronic items. This also triggered a counterfeit chip crisis, where many fake chips were pushed onto the market on unsuspecting…

The largest canyon in the Solar System — Valles Marineris in Mars makes the Grand Canyon look tiny . At 4000 km (2500 miles) long, 200 km (125 miles) wide and up to 7 km (4 miles) deep, Valles Marineris is almost ten times longer, 20 times wider, and five times deeper than the Grand Canyon. As the…

The biomechanics of woodpecker skulls have been upturned — Football players and woodpeckers have something in common: they ram their heads a lot. For human football players this is a bring problem. When their head hits something, the skull suddenly comes to a stop while the brain keeps moving forward. This causes the front of the brain to be…