A recent article published by MIT’s Technology Review describes the uniquely resilient properties of carbon nanotubes and some of their applications. Carbon nanotubes is one of the main areas of today’s nanotechnology research. The structures are tube-shaped with walls made of hexagonal lattices, and can be a few nanometers in diameter, which is a miniscule [...]
Elevators are contraptions made for convenience, especially for people who travel several floors at a time inside a tall building. You may have noticed that it feels no different inside an elevator in the middle of its journey up or down than it feels to be standing on a stationary ground (one that is not [...]
As with all sports, physics determines how things interact. Conversely, sports can explain a lot of the concepts of beginning to intermediate physics. If only high schools taught physics using sports; then, we can have students more engaged and people more aware of their surroundings. Just a thought … Earlier this week, though, I was [...]
Imagine someone tossing an egg at you, and you must catch the egg without causing it to break. Naturally, you would want to move your hands back, along the motion of the egg as you catch the it, because you know that the egg is fragile and will break if enough force is applied to [...]
Significant winds can be a blessing and a curse. In today’s world of depleting natural resources and pursuing alternative energy as a result, wind power has attracted more and more attention because wind is a renewable source of power. However, today’s technology for wind power output cannot meet the high demands of power consumption (see [...]