Tag: physics
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Generating electricity from rainwater
Plug Flow: Generating Renewable Electricity with Water from Nature by Breaking the Limit of Debye Length | ACS Central Science This is perhaps the most fun paper I have read for years. The best thing about it is that this ground breaking research can be reproduced in any 6th Form physics lab. The experiments are…
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How to sail faster than the wind
The BBC has a great video of the Sailrocket’s world record beating run where it went over 50 knots. Interestingly the wind was only 27 knots, so how was it done? The physicist in me was intrigued. First, let us do a thought experiment. The boat is in a vacuum on a frictionless surface. Although…
Dr James Bayley 