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Methane rocket fuel is easier to handle and convenient but, as Blue Origin saw, it can be very explosive
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (811+ words) Going straight up is hard. It takes a lot of energy. For those of us who enjoy hiking, cycling or running, hills are the bane of our existence. The hills sap us of our strength and speed, and they require…...
Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning tiny "sponge crystals" with an astonishing amount of inner'space
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (822+ words) The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi on Oct. 8, 2025, for the development of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, which are tunable crystal structures with extremely high porosity. These are a class of materials…...
How do atoms form? A physicist explains where the atoms that make up everything around come'from
11+ mon, 5+ day ago (1053+ words) Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to Curious Kids US@theconversation. com. How do atoms form? " Joshua, age 7, Shoreview, Minnesota Richard Feynman, a…...