Monthly Archives: April 2015

Forget Oil – We’re Running Out Of Helium!

Posted on April 20, 2015 by admin

For decades now, people have been worrying about declining fossil fuel reserves. Coal, oil, and natural gas were formed millions of years ago from dead organisms (vegetation, plankton, or algae, which is why they’re called fossil fuels), so when we … Continue reading →

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From The Pale Blue Dot

Posted on April 11, 2015 by admin

As the resources upon which our civilization has built itself become scarcer and scarcer, as the world begins to groan beneath the continued growth of our population, we must pull our gaze from the Earth and turn it out towards … Continue reading →

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Constructing a Nuclear Bomb Detector On a Budget

Posted on April 11, 2015 by admin

There are several ways to avert a nuclear terrorist attack. One is diplomacy. Last week, for example, the US and several other countries wrapped up negotiations with Iran—long suspected of being a state sponsor of terrorism—to prevent the country from … Continue reading →

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Colliding Helium and Carbon Monoxide Particles Don’t Have To Drift Apart

Posted on April 1, 2015 by admin

In a paper published on 24 March in Nature Chemistry, researchers from Nijmegen and Bordeaux showed under which special conditions carbon monoxide molecules and helium atoms do not fly apart immediately following a collision, but stay together for a while. … Continue reading →

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