Forget billions of years: Researchers have grown diamonds in just 150 minutes ( charmingscience.com )
Why You Can Hear the Temperature of Water ( www.nytimes.com )
DIY Paul Ion (Particle) Trap [oc] ( i.imgur.com )
The two hemispheres are electrically connected to each other and to an AC power supply, the ring is connected to the same AC supply but 180 degrees out of phase. Particles are charged and then injected into the trap, they are then alternately attracted to the ring and hemispheres causing them to oscillate and become trapped! As...
Automatic Balancing Balls ( imgur.com )
I learned this week that many high speed CD-ROM drives used balancing balls on the spindle to stop discs from vibrating at 10Krpm....