How It’s Made Magnets

This video from the Science/Discovery Channel shows how permanent magnets are made by melting together copper, cobalt, sulfur, nickel, iron, aluminum, and titanium.  

Peeps in a vacuum chamber

Chief scientist, Carl Nelson puts Peeps in a vacuum chamber to find out what happens when the air is removed from the fluffy candy. The balloon and Peeps expand as the air pressure in the chamber is reduced by the vacuum pump. Peeps contain millions of tiny air pockets inside the gelatin/sugar mixture they are […]

Materials science grant launched

As a leading provider of advanced materials science microscope systems, Olympus Corp., Tokyo, is inviting investigators to apply for the recently launched Opto-Digital Technology Grant in association with Quality Manufacturing Today (QMT) magazine. Successful entrants will receive a grant from Olympus in the form of an intuitive opto-digital microscope system loaned free-of-charge for up to […]