Researchers using Hubble Telescope to Measure how a Giant Planet Grows Have you ever made complete shambles in your kitchen while baking? It may appear that flour is floating in the air at times, but once…
Nickel Selenide – an Inorganic Compound Nickel selenide is the inorganic compound with the formula NiSe. As for many metal chalcogenides, the phase diagram for nickel(II) selenide is complicated. Two other…
Methanesulfonic Acid (Properties, Uses) Methanesulfonic acid (MsOH) or methanesulphonic acid is an alkanesulfonic acid with methyl as the alkyl group directly connected to the sulfo functionality. It’s a caustic…
Cygnus X-1 – a Well-known Galactic X-ray Source Cygnus X-1 is a well-known galactic X-ray source. It is a galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus and was the first such source widely…
Nickel Monosilicide – an Intermetallic Compound Nickel monosilicide is an intermetallic compound formed out of nickel and silicon. Alloying elements can substantially affect the formation and morphological stability of nickel monosilicide.…
Researchers Identify the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance in E. coli According to a new study, antibiotic resistance in E. coli has been steadily increasing since the early 2000s, despite efforts to control it. Researchers successfully…
Nickel Aluminide – an Intermetallic Alloy Nickel aluminide typically refers to one of the two most widely used compounds, Ni3Al or NiAl, however is generally any aluminide from the Ni-Al system.…
Incredible (And Hilarious) Reddit Post Demonstrates The Perils Of Voice-To-Text Software You see, most of the time the technology is amazing. However, with all the new technology comes a time of teething problems and adaptations where…
Wireless Mesh Network A wireless mesh network (WMN) is a multihop wireless network formed by a number of stationary wireless mesh routers. It is a communications network made…
New Possibilities for Precision Cosmology open up by Twin Supernovae Cosmologists have discovered a way to double the precision of one of their tried-and-true instruments for researching the enigmatic dark energy that is speeding up…
Alpha Crucis – a Star System in the Crux Constellation Alpha Crucis, also known as Acrux, is a star system in the Crux constellation. It is the brightest star in the southern constellation Crux and…
Fluoroboric Acid (Structure, Production, Uses) Fluoroboric acid, also known as “hydrogen fluoroboric acid,” or tetrafluoroboric acid (archaically, fluoboric acid), is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula (H+)(BF4–), where H+…