paramagnetism of liquid oxygen

This is a video where the paramagnetic properties of oxygen are demonstrated.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Isd9IEnR4bw

Molecular motors: F1Fo ATP synthase

I found this video in youtube explaining how this atp synthase produces energy inside a cell. Take a look.

“The Great Global Warming Swindle”

This is a 1h15m documentary where the climate change is analyzed by other people than those that consider that CO2 is the main cause for the observed changes. As one should always hear both sides of each story, here it is.

Gone with the wind: a bridge with an engeneering problem

The Tacoma brige incident is an example of what can happen to a badly projected bridge when submited to the action of wind.

Making “magic” with surfactants

Applying the properties of surfactants to entertainment.

top ten videos from National Geographic

Just click here to see the videos.

I got there by visiting  http://biocurious.com/

Superheated water in the microwave oven

Do you usually use your microwave oven to heat water, for instance to prepare a cup of tea? If you do and you had no accident yet, you are pushing your luck. Take a look at what can happen in the video below. AND DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME, SERIOUSLY.

This is due to the water being in a superheated state, or in other words, having a temperature larger than its boiling temperature. The superheated state is unstable, and it can very rapidly turn into liquid at the boiling point, plus a substantial quantity of vapour.

To know more about this and how to prevent it click here.

ferrofluid

“ Ferrofluid is a very interesting material originally developed by NASA it has now found itself been used for a whole range of devices including dampers for controlling and stabilizing large building that move around in the wind. Whats also amazing is that they have such lovely visual qualities when magnetized. “

Text and video taken from http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7932498063864415301

Sachiko Kodama
4 min 16 sec – Jan 21, 2006
www.interactivearchitecture.org

you can find another post bout the subject at http://coronene.blogspot.com/

DNA wrapping inside the cell (movie)

For all of those who never quite understood how a molecule such as DNA is compacted inside the nucleus of a cell…

DNA replication – the movie

Here is an interesting tutorial explaining the DNA replication process.