Monthly Archives: February 2019

Research Institutions, Medical Facilities And Party Shops Feeling The Pinch Of Helium Shortage

A global helium shortage is impacting everything from party balloons to scientific research. The effects are beginning to be felt here in Maine. Amy Deveau, Ph.D., associate professor and assistant chair of the Department of Chemistry and Physics, showed WCSH … Continue reading

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Understanding Material Characteristics Through Signature Traits From Helium Pycnometry

Although helium pycnometry is generally the method of choice for skeletal density measurements of porous materials, few studies have provided a wide range of case studies that demonstrate how to best interpret raw data and perform measurements using it. The … Continue reading

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ESA Planning To Mine The Moon

Last week, the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the signing of a one-year contract with ArianeGroup, a European aerospace consortium. The intention is part of a bid to look at the feasibility of mining on the surface in the … Continue reading

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‘New Invisible Hand’ Is Guiding Commodities; Copper Is The Big Winner – Gianni Kovacevic

If you love gold, look at copper, said CopperBank executive chairman Gianni Kovacevic, pointing to a surge in demand. “There is a new invisible hand for commodities. And within this hinge of history, we are going go to about 50% … Continue reading

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Physicists Created Quantum Structures That May Have Birthed Dark Matter

Some cosmologists have predicted the existence of “walls bounded by strings” in the aftermath of the Big Bang, and now a team of physicists have created these quantum structures on Earth for the first time. Physicists in Finland have experimentally … Continue reading

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