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silica aerogel holds 15 guinness world records for material properties, including best insulator and lowest-density solid
(not that I usually notice, but its nice that the rights to this image are explicitly released)
Tomography:
‘Tomo’ is derived for the Greek word for a slice. Hence, tomography is any form of imaging where three-dimensional objects can be visualised slice by slice. X-ray computed tomography, otherwise known as CT scanning, is the most commonly used form of tomography.
late 1920’s chair by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with Lilly Reich.
Lowering of the last element (YE-1) of the CMS detector into its underground experimental cavern.
hop pellets compared to whole hops. the pellets are several times denser than the whole hops, and they keep longer. they do, however, look like rabbit food.