Strange but True: Superfluid Helium Can Climb Walls

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:30:00 EST

You don't have to worry about a soft drink spontaneously overflowing its rim or shooting up and out of the straw from which you're trying to drink. That's because soft drinks are nothing like the superfluid helium shown in this video. [More]

Strange but True: An Elemental Quest for the Building Blocks of the Universe

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:01:00 EST

The periodic table of elements in Justin Urgitis's office is unusual. It contains the same notations for all the elements, including carbon, silicon and germanium, in the same positions, as does any other. But his table at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Inc., also boasts lavish pictures of his own samples of carbon, silicon and germanium on it, thanks to a large (and growing) collection at his home in Uncasville, Conn. In fact, it allows him to use that age-old line: "Want to come upstairs and see my barium?" [More]

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Strange but True: Superfluid Helium Can Climb Walls

Strange but True: An Elemental Quest for the Building Blocks of the Universe