The history of today’s stainless steel industry can be traced back to the early 19th century, when scientists found that iron-chromium alloys were resistant to corrosion by certain acids. New research, however, suggests that a similar alloy was being developed, much earlier – even a thousand years ago. Archaeologists have …
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As the Earth’s average surface temperature rises, another degree Celsius will rise 2.5 meters above sea level from Antarctica alone, and a three-degree increase in the frozen continent will see an increase of 6.5 meters, scientists warned on Wednesday. This catastrophic increase in the global waterline – enough to develop …
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It was 1952, and Alan Turing was to reshape the understanding of the human biology. In the landmark paper, the English mathematician introduced what became known as the Turing pattern – the assumption that the dynamics of certain uniform systems can give rise to static patterns when disturbed. Such ‘disruption …
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We all know and love our moon. It has been a constant companion of the earth for billions of years, the mainstay of the sky. But he is not our only ally. Now and then, a few months or years before returning to space – a small object is temporarily …
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Water is a very strange thing. In our everyday experience, when liquid water falls below 0 ° C (32 ° F or 273.15 Kelvin), it becomes OK, freezes in solid form. But the snow, it turned out, is also rather strange. Most of the time, the ice seems to be …
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