‘Amazing Stuff’ Archives
BlackLight Power claims novel energy source
BlackLight Power, a company that claims to draw energy from a disputed form of hydrogen, said on Thursday that it has licensed its technology to a customer. New Jersey-based BlackLight Power said a subsidiary of a small New Mexico utility, Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative, has licensed its technology and the rights to buy its [...]
People paid to live among trees
The £100m drive to save the world's forests aims to pay people in developing countries to live among the trees rather than cut them down. Forest communities will be urged to use the trees to produce rubber or medicine – or to switch to farming or fishing. Amid alarm over the pace of deforestation, new palm oil plantations will be established [...]
What 10 Megajoules Worth of Damage To the LHC Looks Like
CERN's photos of the LHC's multi-million-dollar ouchies aren't as dramatic as the Earth being swallowed by the Singularity, but they show the results of a single solder joint's failure on the world's most complex machine. For someone who doesn't know his quench detector from his quadropole Q24, it's not easy to see what's going on here. But [...]
Scientists Solve 16th-Century Mystery
More than 400 years after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe challenged established wisdom about the heavens by analyzing a strange new light in the sky, scientists say they've finally nailed down just what he saw. It's no big surprise. Scientists have known the light came from a supernova, a huge star explosion. But what kind of supernova? A new [...]
5 Eco Compost Gardening Equipment for the Summer Times!!!
Summer is the season of Prime composters and gardeners begin to convert their notes into compost. There are a variety of garden tools and accessories to take care of your flowers and garden, and then there are the garden products to take the next plateau. The compost is the result of recycling and biodegradable natural decomposition of organic [...]
