dental amalgam

Dental mercury harmful- Tanzania Government

By Queenter Mawinda | GUARDIAN The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has cautioned dentists on the use of dental amalgam saying the mercury in the chemical composition endangers human health.  Chief Dentist Dr Ahadiel Senkoro…

rice new

Students design furniture for other planets

  Modular furniture is conceived for the moon, Mars and in between [caption id="attachment_4150" align="alignright" width="200"] A team of Rice University engineering students has designed a flexible chair for space habitats. Along with a custom,…

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Boiling down viscous flow

A new simplified model predicts patterns that form from honey-like fluids. CAMBRIDGE, Mass-- Drizzling honey on toast can produce mesmerizing, meandering patterns, as the syrupy fluid ripples and coils in a sticky, golden thread. Dribbling…

astronomy

€15 million boost for European astronomy

Dwingeloo-- Astronomers and astroparticle physicists today are celebrating a €15 million EU funding boost European telescopes with the launch of the ASTERICS project, which will help solve the Big Data challenges of European astronomy and…