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Death Marks Time in Prague
The astronomical clock in Prague is the oldest still in operation (first installed in 1410). The impressive clock has three main mechanical components — the astronomical dial, the calendar dial, and an hourly display of figures and sculptures. The astronomical portion shows the position of the Sun and Moon and the calendar dial shows the months of […]
Don’t Think About Bananas!
Well, maybe we should. Apparently a very serious disease, fusarium, or banana wilt, is already affecting a fourth of the world’s banana crop. This fungus travels under the ground, so spraying from above is not an option. A very promising strategy that is being developed between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and scientists from several […]
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Not a Cold Day on the Sand
The Finns have taken sand and turned it into an energy storage battery. Using insulated holding tanks that are 4 meters in diameter by 7 meters high filled with hundreds of tons of sand, the unit can store 8 MW-hours of heat, when the sand is heated to 500-600°C. The heat is used to keep […]
The Neal Armstrong Award of Excellence – A Night to Remember
No, I did not receive this award, but I had the next best experience – one of my former students did. As a teacher, the primary driving force behind everything I do is the knowledge that, in some small way, I am changing people’s lives. It is rare, however, to know just how much, or […]
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – I took the HVAC & Refrigeration exam and I PASSED!!!!
“I took the HVAC & Refrigeration exam and I PASSED!!!! Your step-by-step course really did make all the difference! This was my third attempt at taking this thing. The first time I took an in-person study course, a lot of theory, not great with the problem practice. The second time I tried to study on […]
Get a Grip – From a Dead Spider?
Ok, we are going off the deep end here. Mechanical engineers at Rice University have discovered that dead spiders have an incredible grip. Wolf spiders that they have been doing research on in the lab can pick up as much as 130% of their body weight – when dead that is. Apparently, unlike most other […]
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Keeping a Smile on the Mona Lisa in Summer’s Heat
The Louvre Museum and all of Paris have experienced one of the hottest summers in memory. Yet, what’s keeping the Mona Lisa and the millions of visitors cool and comfortable is not immediately obvious. A joint venture company named Fraicheur de Paris [literally – “freshness of Paris”] and jointly owned by EDF (France’s largest energy […]