You Say Organic Potato, I Say Poisonous Lump of Neurotoxins
I was thinking of weaponized potatoes, and was going to entitle this “Potato in the Hole!” but that quickly brought up a decidedly uncomfortable mental image.
But it’s not just potatoes that can kill you with their toxins. Apple seeds contain cyanogenic glycosides, which can [...]
Texans Build World’s Most Powerful Laser. Sort of.
More than a petawatt, but of course it’s pulsed, not continuous. Joules of energy in femtosecond-ish long pulses will yield a petawatt pulse, and it hasn’t earned its title quite yet, but it’s expected to.
The pulse compression, which they do with gratings, can also be [...]
Scientists Create First ‘Superinsulator’
Titanium nitride thin-film shows a sharp change in resistance when cooled to near absolute zero or the external magnetic field is decreased. Interestingly, it’s effects from Cooper-pairs, just like in superconductors. Nothing with Kryptonite being reported just yet.
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