Science
Cold Case - Phoenix And The Outlook For Life On Mars
The Phoenix Mars Polar Lander is slated to land on Mars’ north pole on May 25th - very soon now! Phoenix is intended to look for signs of microbial life, and there’s a case that evidence may be found on Mars.
The first piece of evidence is [read more...]
How Conductivity Meters Have Revolutionised The Agricultural Industry
In agriculture and science, electrical conductivity (EC) is an excellent way to measure water, soils and fertilisers using a handheld meter or desktop device. Fundamentally, it is possible for them to do this by measuring the dissolved salts in solutions and h [read more...]
Why Now Is Important For Astronomy
We are at a critical juncture in solar system exploration. On the drawing boards are dozens of promising ideas, many which could be realized in the coming decades. There is plenty of incentive for human expansion into the solar system, yet there is no long-ter [read more...]
What Would The World Be Without Titration?
Titration is a laboratory method concerned with chemical analysis, it is also know as a method used in medicine of reducing a patient’s dose until healing has occurred. In chemistry it is fundamentally used to find the concentration of reactants in solut [read more...]
Tips For Examing The Earth’s Moon With Binoculars
Our moon is 2,000 miles wide and is very close to us, allowing us to see all of its tiny details with just a pair of binoculars. Binoculars would reveal the chaotic landscape of the moon that is fulled with mountains, dark deep valleys, and large craters.
[read more...]Climate Change and Energy are Converging into New Era of Clean Energy
“High energy prices, climate change and energy security are converging as the new engine driving the development of clean energy,” Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and executive vice president, IHS Inc., said t [read more...]
“Oil as the New Gold”: CERA Comments on the New Fundamentals of Oil and Record High Prices
“The new fundamentals” - global financial dynamics and new cost structures - are driving the momentum that pushed oil prices to record highs around $110 a barrel, well ahead of what had been the previous inflation-adjusted record high of $103.59 se [read more...]
How To Choose A Pair Of Binoculars For Astronomy?
Many people believe that you need a telescope to be able to view space. However, this is not the case, and sometimes could get you out of astronomy sooner, than if you had started with a good pair of binoculars for astronomy.
Telescopes are great, howev [read more...]
The Ubiquitous Coating: Industries Armor Against Chemicals, Corrosion
Coatings have been used for centuries in human history. In some of their basic, more practical functions, they have been used to gloss over wood to prevent rotting, or even used for food preservation– say for instance brine and salt over meat to prevent [read more...]
How Far Can You See With A Telescope?
You have seen the pictures from NASA. Those pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope, and now you want to see to the ends of the universe. However, before you plunge into buying a telescope to see the heavens there is something to consider.
You go into [read more...]
