Materials Are Everywhere - Let's Explore the Building Blocks of Our World!

👩‍🔬🪡 ☃️ В 2023 году ученые создали ткань, которая имитирует структуру шерсти белого медведя – она в 5 раз тоньше зимней куртки, но точно также согреет вас! Шерсть Белого Медведя 🐻‍❄️ 💠 полая внутри, покрытая плотной оболочкой 💠 полупрозрачная 💠☀️ Часть солнечного света, которая попадает на шерсть, отражается (из-за этого цвет меха - белый), но большая часть впитывается и проходит к черной коже медведя 🌚 . 💠 Кожа поглощает тепло от света и не даёт теплу возвратиться в

👨‍🔬 🧑‍🔬 In mid-1930s, scientists thought that this isotope would be impossible to detect as it would decay extremely fast. In 1939, Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben set out on this seemingly unachievable mission and worked through 1 year with no results. On February 27th, 1940, they initiated a “desperation” experiment🔦: a piece of graphite was bombed with deuterons (a hydrogen ion with 1 proton and 2 neutrons) for 120 hours straight!

Guess the element and the isotope! *isotope - a version of an element with specific mass number Resource: shutterstock. I am very rare😱, about one part in trillion atoms of my element. (Almost like 1 second in 31,500 years!) I am radioactive☢️, though small. I am found in all living organisms, which, while alive, keep my proportion within them the same🐒🐟🦅. When they die, I start to dwindle away🫥. Sharp-witted humans learnt to count me up😎, and now they can discern the a

Answer: CARBON (C)! It is the 15th most abundant element on Earth and is critical to our existence. For instance, it makes up 18% of human body (present in DNA, proteins, etc.) and comprises fossil fuels (used for electricity generation, fuels, plastics). Why so special 😃 ❓ ❔  Carbon has 4 valence electrons, so it: 🔹can form bonds with 4 atoms simultaneously 🔹can form different covalent bonds, sharing 1, 2 or 3 pairs of electrons with another atom 🔹 when bonded to certain

Guess the element! Resource: dreamstime.com I am an expert secret agent: I can cut, burn and be emotionally inert. Sometimes, though, the situation takes a turn for the worse, So I simply slip away. Known as the “King of Elements”, I can build chains or form giant ordered structures of molecules. I am found in (almost) every human industry and in humans too. What am I? [Click to view answer here ]

👩‍🔬🪡 ☃️ In 2023, scientists created a fabric that mimics the structure of the polar bear’s hair – it’s 5 times thinner than a winter jacket but will keep you warm just the same!  Polar Bear’s Hair🐻‍❄️ 💠hollow inside, covered by a dense shell  💠semi-transparent (transluscent)  💠☀️Some sunlight hitting the hair is reflected (seen as the fur’s white colour), but the majority gets absorbed and travels to the bear’s black skin🌚.  💠Heat from light is absorbed by the skin a

Вы когда-нибудь задумывались, как выглядит происходят профессиональные научные исследования? Анна Либман, получившая докторскую степень по органической химии в Университете Бен-Гуриона в Негеве, в настоящее время работает постдоком в Университете Райса (Rice University). Благодаря многолетнему опыту и труду, Анна может похвастаться не только углублёнными знаниями в области органического синтеза и публикациями в престижных журналах, таких как «Журнал Американского химического

Have you ever wondered what real-life research looks like? Holding a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Anna Libman is currently a postdoctoral researcher based at Rice University. Her long years and dedication to research have not only brought her deep expertise in organic synthesis and publications in prestigious journals like the Journal of the American Chemical Society, but also a profound understanding of the ins and outs of this profession

Imagine a metal that is thin , can be stretched to more than 10 times its length and can be used to fabricate electronics at the same time💻🔳!  Well, researchers at the Laboratory of Photonic Material and Fiber Devices (FIMAP) in Italy call this material a ‘liquid metal’ 🌑. This material holds great potential for wearable electronics – just imagine a T-shirt👕 with embedded ECG sensors🩻! 'Liquid metal' is not just a name; it's a technology of the future. Resource: shutte

Представьте себе тонкий  металл, может растягиваться в более чем 10 раз своей длины  и применяться для создания электроники  в одно и тоже время 💻🔳 ! Именно такой материал исследователи из Лаборатории Фотонных Материалов и Волоконных Устройств (FIMAP) в Италии называют «жидким металлом» 🌑 . Этот материал обладает огромным потенциалом для носимой электроники — только представьте себе футболку 👕  со встроенными датчиками ЭКГ 🩻 ! "Жидкий металл" - это не просто название; эт

Credit: iStock Understanding materials is essential for any innovation. Thomas Edison’s light bulb (1879) was founded on a newly-discovered carbon filament, while Romans had a unique recipe for making concrete that has withstood 2 thousand years! However, material science hadn’t emerged as a distinct field of study until the 1940s. But how did this happen? Turns out, the answer is DIFFERENT for each COUNTRY. The U S A Separate disciplines like metallurgy, ceramics, polymer sc

Introduction The trend of globalization has connected billions of people and firms all around the planet, and, in fact, global exports today are about 40 times what they used to be in 1913. But how does transcending international borders impact science & technology (1)? Globalization plays a paramount role in prompting science innovation by facilitating collaboration. It gives rise to varying perspectives, global research databases and large-scale research projects, helping t

🔬🕳Исследователи из Окинавского института науки и технологий (OIST) недавно изобрели новый способ того, как можно непосредственно наблюдать за поведением «тёмных экситонов (excitons)» в материалах, имеющих толщину в один атом. Экситон - это одна из частиц, изучаемых в квантовой физике, которая образуется когда атому дают энергию. Это большой рывок вперёд, поскольку понимание и управление этими частицами может усовершенствовать солнечные батареи☀️, датчики🩻, светодиоды💡 и д

🔬🕳Researchers at the Okinawa Institite of Science and Technology (OIST) recently discovered a novel method to directly observe the behavior of "dark excitons" in one-atom thick materials. A dark exciton is a type of particles studied in quantum physics that forms when energy is applied to an atom. This is a big step forward as understanding and manipulating these particles could revolutionize solar cells☀️, sensors🩻, LEDs💡 and even allow the solution of complex problems b

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