Balancing Nails – Cool Science Trick

The object of the challenge is to balance all of the nails on the head of a single nail. All of the nails have to be balanced at the same time and cannot touch anything but the top of the nail that is stuck in the base.

Reducing the cost and time of making UTC ceramics

A key to building denser, stronger materials that will not fail or fracture under extreme conditions is the manufacture of ultra-high-temperature (UHT) ceramics. UHT ceramics can withstand highly extreme conditions, such as the heat coming out of a rocket as it’s launching into space. With support from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Small Business Innovation […]

F9R Flight Test | 1,000m

Space-X rocket makes second test flight This video shows the Space-X  Falcon 9 Reusable (F9R) rocket making its second test flight at the Space-X rocket development facility. F9R quadrupled its height from its previous test to rise to 1000 m. The F9R testing program is the next step towards reusability following completion of the Grasshopper […]