tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025944966623122712Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:40:35 +0000Physics is to math what sex is to masturbation. - Richard Feynmanhttp://sciencefreak.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (The Unknown)Blogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025944966623122712.post-6894492879485830226Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:33:00 +00002007-04-09T19:39:22.757-07:00The New MathHello guys!Another (and the last sadly) quick update, I finally build up a new home called The New Math! So this is it, good bye Science FREAK... heading to The New Math. You are all welcome of course :)Cheers!http://sciencefreak.blogspot.com/2007/04/heading-to-new-math.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025944966623122712.post-7086604631789531692Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:37:00 +00002007-03-28T07:59:59.328-07:00global warminguniversespacelinksJust wanted to share what I've been reading lately and might be interesting for you too :Edward Boyden, assistant professor in the MIT Media Lab, uses pulses of yellow light to to reversibly silence brain cells, which could block abnormal neuron activity associated with diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson's. Hopefully this is a good sign for non-surgical treatment.Researchers from Institut de http://sciencefreak.blogspot.com/2007/03/just-short-note.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025944966623122712.post-2989589328492034352Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:16:00 +00002007-03-15T11:19:16.025-07:00maxwellthermodynamicsnanotechnologyphysicsContinuing my earlier post about Maxwell's Demon, recently Professor David Leigh of the University of Edinburgh's School of Chemistry and and colleagues have built a model that mimics Maxwell's demon - an atom-sized motor that could lead to man-made nanomachines.The molecular model of the demon is a rotaxane (mechanically-interlocked molecular architecture consisting of a dumbbell-shaped moleculehttp://sciencefreak.blogspot.com/2007/03/rotaxane-machine-nanomachine-inspired.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025944966623122712.post-8836518136496368283Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:54:00 +00002007-06-16T17:11:12.417-07:00quantum physicstheory of everythingphysics The ultimate aim of many scientists and theorists is to find a complete description of nature, maybe some simple mathematical equation that you could write on your hat!This theory of everything would refer to gravity in the same mathematical form as the other forces - that of quantum theory. This would tie up all the basic forces of the universe into one coherent system. So far, though, there ishttp://sciencefreak.blogspot.com/2007/03/dreams-of-theory-of-everything.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025944966623122712.post-90091910202710788Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:35:00 +00002007-03-10T07:02:53.241-08:00Non-NewtonianphysicsfluidNon-Newtonian fluid is a fluid whose viscosity changes when the gradient in flow speed changes. Colloidal suspensions and polymer solutions like ketchup and starch/water paste are non-Newtonian fluids. A non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid in which the viscosity changes with the applied strain rate. As a result, non-Newtonian fluids may not have a well-defined viscosity.A pool filled with http://sciencefreak.blogspot.com/2007/03/non-newtonian-fluid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025944966623122712.post-4011761302166546222Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:29:00 +00002007-03-03T11:37:31.156-08:00quantum physicsquantum mechanicswatercomputer modelKrzysztof Szalewicz, UD professor of physics and astronomy, led the development of the first computer model that can accurately predict both the properties of a pair of water molecules and of liquid water.Equipped with high-speed computers and the laws of physics, scientists from the University of Delaware and Radboud University in the Netherlands have developed a new method to “flush out” the http://sciencefreak.blogspot.com/2007/03/predictions-of-properties-of-water-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025944966623122712.post-8875957728987035814Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:25:00 +00002007-03-01T08:29:19.584-08:00quantum physicsmaxwellthermodynamicsphysicsMaxwell's demon is an imaginary creature created by James Clerk Maxwell in 1867. It is a thought experiment meant to raise questions about the possibility of violating the second law of thermodynamics.Suppose there is a room filled with a gas at some temperature. This means that the average speed of the molecules is a certain amount depending on the temperature. Some of the molecules will be http://sciencefreak.blogspot.com/2007/03/maxwells-demon-violating-entropy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6025944966623122712.post-325838718643017633Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:37:00 +00002007-02-28T10:50:33.313-08:00did you knowLike many plants, most species of grass produce a bright pigment called chlorophyll (P680+). Chlorophyll absorbs blue light (high energy, short wavelengths) and red light (low energy, longer wavelengths) well, but mostly reflects green light, which accounts for your lawn's color.Chlorophyll also figures importantly in the process of photosynthesis, by which plants convert an inorganic material (http://sciencefreak.blogspot.com/2007/02/grass-is-green.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Unknown)0