“Glass, sand, toothpaste, and silly putty are among the various materials that can act like a solid or a liquid, depending on the conditions…Finally, the authors suggest that their theory could also be applied to sticking vs slipping of seismic fault ruptures, shear banding in metallic alloys, strain softening in colloidal glasses, and stop-and-go driving in traffic jams.” Full Slice

“The world risks losing new medical treatments for osteoporosis, cancer and other human ailments if it does not act quickly to conserve the planet’s biodiversity, a senior United Nations environmental official said Wednesday.” Full Slice

I’m first, I’m first!
The race is won!
I’m sorry sir,
it has not begun.

No cries for justice, just sensible forgiveness.

“Sukhvir Singh said through a Punjabi interpreter on Friday that he and other members of the Sikh community wanted to offer forgiveness to Vázquez once they learned he had no previous criminal offenses and had a history of steady work.

Singh said he did not want to see the young man’s life ruined.

“If someone has made a mistake, they should learn a lesson from it,” Singh said. “They should be punished accordingly, and it should be known to society that it is not good to have hate toward any human being.”

“Vázquez said after the hearing that he was grateful for Singh’s forgiveness and that he has learned his lesson.

He is attending an alcohol-treatment program and said he does not intend to drink anymore.” Full slice

Maybe we have something to learn from the Sikhs.

a tooth is like a twip
five percent of a cent
an improvement on thou

“a new temperature-sensitive varnish that can be applied to road surfaces to visually warn drivers about dangerous conditions.

the varnish is made of a polymer containing a thermochromic pigment. the same type of coating is already used to make bath thermometers & frozen food packaging that responds to temperature change….” Full Slice

“…a group of computer scientists, mathematicians, and biologists from around the world have developed a computer algorithm that can quickly trace an individual’s genetic ancestry with only a small sample of their DNA. In fact, the program can trace the genetic ancestry of thousands of individuals in minutes, without any prior knowledge of their background….” Full Slice

The Full Paper

“And so I present to you a little game I call “Mars or Arizona,” where I will show you some pictures, and you get to guess which ones are pictures of Mars and which ones are pictures of Arizona. Sound easy?”

“A research team…has demonstrated that the metal-organic framework material MOF-74 can absorb more hydrogen than any unpressurized framework structure studied to date, and packs the molecules in more densely than they would be if frozen in a block.

By achieving technologically relevant levels of gravimetric density for stored hydrogen without either the extremely high pressures for gaseous hydrogen or extremely low temperatures for liquid hydrogen, MOF-74 could enable practical mobile hydrogen storage…MOF-74 resembles a series of tightly packed straws comprising mostly carbon atoms with columns of zinc ions running down the inside walls. A gram of the material has about the same surface area as two basketball courts….” Full Slice

The article

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