Example of one of the dangers of using cyrogenic/ compressed gases, rapid expansion caused by the boiling of nitrogen releases a huge amount of energy.
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US Presidential candidates court over-weight voters
Posted on 29 January, 2008 by Mathew
Worth watching this special report by the Onion News Network on the lengths the presidential candidates are prepared to go to in garnering votes. [Can't embed movie here]
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Briggs-Rauscher reaction
Posted on 23 January, 2008 by Mathew
The Briggs-Rauscher reaction is an example of an oscillating reaction. Two competing reactions the rate of which depend upon the concentration of the solution in such a way to create an instability. Of course there is an explanation at wikipedia, also the Chemistry department of the University of Leeds have an explanation with more details [...]
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MIT OpenCourseWare
Posted on 23 January, 2008 by Mathew
I was impressed to see the systematic release of coursework into the public domain by MIT. A large amount of course material, lecture notes, exam questions and answers has been made available with a creative commons license and it available to take and modify for non-commercial uses [please check license issues yourself if you intend [...]
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Tata Nano
Posted on 23 January, 2008 by Mathew
Tata motors dream of a “1 Lakh car” was realised earlier this month when the revealed their new “Nano” car. I believe that production has yet to start, I would be interested to know the price of the previous small cars when they where released. Such as the original ‘mini’ and the other ‘peoples car’ [...]
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