“Our experience of explaining polarimetry to the general public is that they frequently ask how molecules rotate light, which is difficult to explain using non-technical language. Therefore we were keen to find an analogous large scale system which mimicked the polarimeter and used everyday left- and right-handed objects.” – explain Claire Saxon, Scott Brindley, Nic […]
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Evaluation of environmental impacts: The case of pasta
Think, if you will, of the pasta. This study demonstrates one way to begin doing that: “Evaluation of environmental impacts in the catering sector: The case of pasta,” Alessandra Fusi, Riccardo Guidetti, Adisa Azapagic, Journal of Cleaner Production, epub 2015. (Thanks to Tom Gill for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at Università degli Studi […]
Pasta’s place in the history of superconductivity
Physics now owes a debt to pasta in research about superconductivity. This study explains: “Designed 3D architectures of high-temperature superconductors,” David C. Green, Martin R. Lees and Simon R. Hall, Chemical Communications, epub January 31, 2013, with some supplementary data. (Thanks to investigator Pascal Dominez for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at Bristol […]
Heidegger meets Macaroni in New York State
• Which came first, the hole or the macaroni? • And what would Heidegger have had to say about it? These questions have been examined in some detail by professor Gregg Lambert of Syracuse University, New York state. As readers may know (via his personal website) “Professor Lambert is internationally renowned for his scholarly writings…” […]