To inspire students, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Council of Museums is sponsoring an International Science Centre and Science Museum Day. Among other experiments, 1,500 ping pong balls will be put in a tub with some liquid nitrogen and ”we’re going to make them explode” read morevia St. Albert Gazette
Could Cryogenics hold the key to stopping deadly hurricanes before they start? Is it a bad idea to nuke a hurricane? Watch videos that discuss these theories via News Channel 5 Network
At Leiden University, scientists transmitted a super-current with a net spin 600 over a superconductor created with cryogenically cooled chrome dioxide. The current was powerful enough to flip magnets, and could potentially be used to make hard drives without energy loss. read morevia Futurism
To explain a gravitational anomaly on Pluto, a scientist from MIT proposes a thick nitrogen layer, or a subsurface ocean. The slushy, viscous ocean could be kept warm by Pluto’s radioactive decay, with ammonia acting as antifreeze. read morevia Universe Today
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