Monthly Archives: April 2014

How would you like to see what is on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico? If you have an internet connection (and obviously, you do) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is willing to let you look over their shoulders while they work. From April 12 to April […]

Go On A Deep Sea Cruise With NOAA

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I’ve always kind of liked spiders. I don’t chase the less poisonous ones out of the house and enjoy watching the webs of garden spiders. That doesn’t mean I like touching them. My eight-legged neighbors are fine when they keep to themselves. One exception has always been the daddy longlegs […]

Ancient Daddy Longlegs Had Extra Eyes

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Porous silicon crystals are simply silicon crystals with gaps in the structure on the order of 2-50 nanometers. These holes give the crystal a very large surface area to volume ratio. Porous silicon is used in a variety of applications, such as optical sensors, rechargeable batteries and tissue engineering. Porous […]

New Method of Creating Porous Silicon Crystals

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In the wee hours of April 15th, 2014, people in North and South America have the opportunity to view a total lunar eclipse. If that isn’t enough for you to go outside and watch, this eclipse will also be a “Blood Moon“. At totality, the Moon will take on a […]

Total Lunar Eclipse For The Americas

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Scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) demonstrated a fuel they created from seawater could power an off-the-shelf internal combustion engine. A radio controlled P-51 Mustang modelled after the famous Red Tailed Tuskegee Squadron was flown using the lab created fuel without any modifications to the plane’s engine. The […]

U.S. Navy Flies Plane With Fuel From Seawater

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Earth Day is April 22. Events are held around the world to educate about environmentalissues. NASA is hosting an event celebrating the milestone that 2014 will see the launch of five new Earth monitoring missions. This will bring the current total to seventeen active missions. Since Earth monitoring is basically […]

Earth Day is #GlobalSelfie Day

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Astronomers in South America were attempting to calculate the size of the asteroid known as Chariklo. Chariklo resides in orbit around the Sun between the planets Saturn and Uranus. Last June, Chariklo was due to pass between astronomers across South America and a distant star in the Scorpio constellation. They […]

Asteroid Found to Have Rings

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