Deep earthquakes are those at least 300 kilometers below the surface and they typically cause damage, but widely felt. These earthquakes can provide clues to understanding plate tectonics and the structure of the Earth’s interior. […]
The next time you look for your keys in your bag without looking inside, you will certainly remember what follows! In this blog, we are going to talk about the touch sense. So, here you […]
Electricity is considered as a basic necessity for humans just like food, water and shelter. Ironically, if we think about it we need electricity to make food, water and shelter nowadays. In its early days, […]
While it may not be immediately obvious, the applications of tribology to oral health concern both restorative and preventative dentistry. On the one hand, the applications to restorative dentistry may be more apparent as oral […]
If you sometimes wander on youtube, you have probably already seen a video about experiments on cornstarch mixed with water. They were quite popular a few years ago. These videos show the surprising properties of […]
Nature has created probably one of the most powerful optimization algorithms of the Universe – evolution by natural selection. Engineers like to borrow Nature’s ideas and there is even a special name for this activity […]
The holy grail of tribologists studying lubricated systems is often to predict the contact lifespan. For this purpose, you can compute the minimum film thickness separating the two bodies… but only if you make the […]
After years of research, problem solving and brain storming the fact that a fellow researcher found your work helpful in his own research is so fulfilling. This makes citing one of the most important factors […]
In nature ‘entities’, either be living or non-living tend to behave differently at different scales by exhibiting different properties. Which play a major role in the way we frame our perspectives and opinions on them. […]
A bit of context Ammonia synthesis is estimated to generate ~1% of the world CO2 emissions [2]. This single molecule is mass produced (~175 Mt) and the Haber-Bosch process employed is fossil fuel hungry! High […]
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