Airy Discovery

An Airy Discovery
By Alex Watts
One chemical engineer with respect for nature called C. Jeffery Brinker
has made a breakthrough with science. This breakthrough is a man
made substance called Aerogel. This substance is 99 percent air and 1
percent silica. Silica is actually silicon dioxide. When made, it starts out
wet and squishy like jelly. Then it loses all its water and goes all dry and
stiff. Because of its weight, it feels like smoke in your hand. However,
like most ideas, this came from nature. Have you noticed how in
cartoons, a desert scene or a farm scene has a slow moving ball of hay?
What this actually is is tumbleweed! Brinker has some tacked to his
ceiling. What interested him was that it grew in a continuous branched
structure. Another thing is that its structure is strong and like the inside
of bones. Therefore, he created a bone like substance which is a great
insulator and does not conduct electricity.

Stephan Hawking Theory

Stephan Hawking Theory
By Alex Watts
Expert astrophysicist Stephan Hawking has put a lot of thought on the
question “Are we alone in the universe?” and came up with an
ingenious answer: probably not. Along with the answer, he has given us
a question. The question is “If there is alien life out there, why hasn’t it
stumbled across us?” He asked us on NASA’s 50th anniversary. One
reason is there isn’t life out there, or there is intelligent life out there
but when it figures out how to make radio waves, explosive nukes
aren’t far behind. The last reason is Hawkings favorite. He said
“Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare” he then
added “Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth”.

Should you worry about alien abduction? Some say that alien
abduction comes from weirdoes. However, alien life might have
different DNA. Hawking warned us: “Watch out if you meet an alien.
You could get a disease with which you had no resistance.”

Science Artical on Spray on Clothing

Spray on clothing
By Alex Watts

Manel Torres has had a major breakthrough in the clothing industry when he designed and made spray on clothing! This is basically spray paint mixed with short fibers and polymers and some solvent to help turn the fibers into liquid. As you spray it on, the fibers dry and when fully dry, it can peel off and be washed! Also, the more layers you spray on, the warmer you are so it can be used in any weather. The designer also stated that it could be used for innovative uses such as spray on bandages that won’t irritate the wound. However, this product won’t go to the market because of two problems: one, it has the horrible smell of solvent. Two, it isn’t very comfortable. Researchers say that they will solve these problems in no time, and tomorrow you might be spraying on your own clothes!

Science notes 4 Miss M

Notes:
Spray on clothing
• Spray paint with short fibers and polymers mixed with solvent
• Fibers dries and when fully dry it can peel off and be washed
• Versatile and made with any fabric and many colors
• Is thicker when you spray on more layers and can be used during any season
• Many innovative uses including bandages that spray on
• Will not go to the market yet because of the smell of solvent and not very comfortable
• Researchers promise that they will figure out how to solve these problems

States of Matter	Mass	Shape	Volume	Heating	Compressibility
Gas	D	I	I	E up	V.E
Liquid	D	I	D	E. s	Low
Solid	D	D	D	E.down	Almost None

Examples:

Gas: He, c2o, no2, h.

Liquid: h2o, juice, soda, oil, liquid n.

Solid: Ice, ground, stones, tree

Goals 4 science class

Goals:
1.Do alot of chemistry.
2.Make some models
3.Make a HUGE blog