Sunday, October 28, 2012

The Bacteria Painter

How would you feel about buying a painting that was created using bacterias that normally live in your stomach?

Zacharie Copfer, an ex microbiologist, now found a way to use his knowledge into his new hobby, Art! He invented the bachteriography, the principle is to print the pictures on a Cullin box. Then he covers it with a substance full of nutriments and some bacterias called Serratia Marcescens, then covers it with the picture he wants printed and sprays it with toxic radiations. The microbes in the clear parts of the picture die because of the radiations on the countrary the ones in the darker parts survive and turn out red. After 2 days it is finished. But if he just let it like that the bacterias would spread out all around the picture. So zacharie sprays them with a radiation that kills them and adds a special gell that freezes them forever.

Zach also makes pictures using the fluorescent microbe on jellyfishes and creates your portrait using the microbes on your face. here is his link: http://sciencetothepowerofart.com/

Monday, October 22, 2012

Todays Reaction

Reaction1:
Glue+ water +Boron+ Bicarbonate= GAK
We first mixed the water with the Bicarbonate adding 2 spoons the we put some glue in a glass and added the same volume of the water mixture into it. Finally we mixed it all together for about 5 minutes.  Finally the mixture changed from a liquid to a gooy solid
 
 
Reaction 2
Cu (ion) + SO (ions))  Zn (s)----------      Cu(s) + Zn (ions) + So (Ions)
We mixed the Copper sulfate into water then added a bit of Zynch solid into it.The Zynch change its color from gray to colorless, the copper went dark brown and the Sod became colorless. So there was a change in Color and some bubbles appearedx fcxf

Saturday, October 20, 2012

The man who wasn't scared of heights


Felix Baumgartner is the first man on earth whom threw himself as high as 39 km from earth.  Last sunday he threw himself from a capsule that was positioned between the atmosphere and space. He even past the sound wall as he clearly stated that he felt the air getting thicker at the moment he past it.  As Neil Amostrongs famous words were " One small step for man, one hug leap for human kind", Felix Baumgartner's words before jumpings were "I'm going home now". After those last words in the capsule he made a freighting descent towards earth spinning over and over again at 833 miles per hour,  it is only after 4 minutes and 20 seconds that he landed, on his feet, on earth.
Felix nobely says that he didn't only do it for the records but also for science and that now he would love to be a mentor and inspire the next generations.

Here is a good video of him falling

plan for one world essay


Tuesday, October 9, 2012

reactions

Combustion
Precipitation reaction
synthesis reaction

exothermic reation
nuclear reaction

endothermic reaction

color changing reaction

decomposition reaction


oxidation reaction

Saturday, October 6, 2012

2 Explosions

 A physician had the fun and great idea of mixing liquid nitrogen with 1500 ping pong balls in a trash can. This science teacher made this experiment to demonstrate the fact that when nitrogen changes to gas, it needs space, but since it was in a trash can, covered in ping pong balls, it pushed the balls away so hard that they all jumb a few meters highti.
This teacher had also beaten the record for the most fireworks at a time. Before his invention the record was with 17 439 rockets now he made 56645 rockets go up at the same time with 2150 kg of canon pouder!!!!! Here is his video.