– Jag är chockad och nöjd. Chocken tar nog överhanden faktiskt, säger kemiprofessorn Gregory Winter, till TT om att få Nobelpriset. Han avslöjar också att hans betyg egentligen inte räckte för forskarutbildningen.
Source: Pristagarens revansch: Hade för dåliga betyg | Aftonbladet
As a graduate student in the 1970s, microbiologist Richard Blakemore probably wasn’t expecting to discover a new bacterial species with a never-before-seen ability. While studying bacteria that live in muddy swamps, he observed that some tended to swim reliably toward the same geographical direction
Source: Magnetic bacteria and their unique superpower attract researchers
One of Archimedes of Syracuse most important inventions is a method for determining the volume of an object that has an irregular shape. Here is a simple visual demonstration of Archimedes' Principle. ? pic.twitter.com/bXJMx3kST6
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) September 24, 2018
Swedish Climate Policy Council
Source: Klimatpolitiska Rådet | Swedish Climate Policy Council
Every physical theory has constants in it. The gravitational constant is remarkably uncertain.
Source: Scientists Admit, Embarrassingly, We Don’t Know How Strong The Force Of Gravity Is
“It’s a shame we don’t have it naturally here on Earth, but on Jupiter, there are oceans of metallic hydrogen.” Scientists have now created it in the lab.
Source: Laser blasts turn hydrogen into a shiny liquid – Futurity