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1 posted on 04/10/2025 10:06:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
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I wonder how many things have been discovered because someone just ‘wanted to see what would happen’.


2 posted on 04/10/2025 10:09:43 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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FAFO is not always a bad thing.


3 posted on 04/10/2025 10:16:24 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC)
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ltr


5 posted on 04/10/2025 10:18:53 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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Pottery Barn very interested in Instant Urn.


8 posted on 04/10/2025 10:23:35 AM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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I want one that makes a nice Martini glass.


9 posted on 04/10/2025 10:26:17 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan ( )
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New!


11 posted on 04/10/2025 10:27:15 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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I’m just surprised that someone in college is actually doing REAL research.


15 posted on 04/10/2025 10:30:38 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That’s funny ...”
-— Isaac Asimov


21 posted on 04/10/2025 10:35:14 AM PDT by dagunk (-- Unknown)
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Outstanding. I had a chemistry set when I was a kid. I liked nitric acid, sulfuric acid and glycerin. Stir gently!


23 posted on 04/10/2025 10:35:55 AM PDT by kawhill (What is it you seek? Peace. Aw, Peace. Expensive to purchase.)
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Dont make a special trip for specifics, but whats the significance?... (I slipped that day in science class)


32 posted on 04/10/2025 10:39:11 AM PDT by sit-rep
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That should urn him some recognition


34 posted on 04/10/2025 10:39:28 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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nvm... I read it again... They dontt even know...

The team has yet to identify a practical application for the unexpected discovery, but they anticipate its influence on soft-matter physics.

37 posted on 04/10/2025 10:41:00 AM PDT by sit-rep
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It’s the old “grad student does the work, professor puts their name on it” gig.


39 posted on 04/10/2025 10:42:21 AM PDT by glorgau
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ping a ling...


47 posted on 04/10/2025 10:46:52 AM PDT by GOPJ (Elites want the gravy train running ripping us off for NATO, Tariffs and bad trade deals. NO MORE.)
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It wasn’t Adam Shifty Schiff?


50 posted on 04/10/2025 10:48:46 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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I see this as a “toy” for an executive’s desk.


67 posted on 04/10/2025 11:46:32 AM PDT by ryderann
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And I was impressed with science as a kid when I first saw the slinky.


70 posted on 04/10/2025 11:59:45 AM PDT by Vaduz
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T1000 terminater.🤔


72 posted on 04/10/2025 12:24:00 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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“Because you can engineer all sorts of interesting materials with useful properties when a fluid contains magnetic particles,” says Raykh. “And, in a complete surprise, the mixture formed this beautiful, pristine urn-shape.”

One of the things done with magnetic particles suspended in oil is GM's MagneRide suspension.

The shock pistons have an electromagnet wrapped around them that are connected to the suspension computer.

Varying the strength of the magnetic field changes the viscosity of the shock oil which alters the shock rate.

The first car GM put this on was a 2002 Cadillac STS. In 2003, Corvette got the MagneRide, and it's been an option ever since.

GM licensed the technology to many auto manufacturers, including Ferrari, Audi, Lamborghini and even Ford.

See: MagneRide

73 posted on 04/10/2025 12:34:09 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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Maybe it’s because I only skimmed the article, but it seems there was no “bending” of the laws of thermodynamics.


77 posted on 04/10/2025 12:57:24 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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