Cosmic latte

Cosmic Latte is a name assigned to the average color of the universe, given by a team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins University. Discovery of the color[edit] In 2001, Karl Glazebrook and Ivan Baldry determined that the color of the universe was a greenish white, but they soon corrected their analysis in a 2002 paper,[1] in which they reported that their survey of the color of all light in the universe added up to a slightly beigeish white. The finding of the "color of the universe" was not the focus of the study, which was examining spectral analysis of different galaxies to study star formation. Glazebrook's and Baldry's work was funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. As light from distant galaxies reaches the Earth, the average "color of the universe" (as seen from Earth) marginally increases towards pure white, due to the light coming from the stars when they were much younger and bluer. Naming of the color[edit] The color was displayed in a Washington Post article.

Digital Scent Technology Blog BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–An unorthodox software company has achieved a first in the volatile, rapidly evolving world of computer technology: cutting edge software that allows computer users to enjoy aromatherapy in a variety of scents…through their computer speakers. Â ScenTeck Technologies released its Scratch-N-Sniff Pro(TM) downloadable software to the World Wide Web last month, and consumer reaction couldn’t be more positive. Scratch-N-Sniff Pro(TM) downloads reached the one million mark in less than a month after their release, and thousands continue to make downloads every day. “We started with a simple question,” said ScenTeck’s founder and chief scientist, Dr. Working with a special team of University scientists, the Germany-based Dr. Hriful’s team developed a System Scent Card that reacts to normal auditory sensors generated from a computer’s hard drive. Due to anticipated demand, the Web site will be launched on a Sunday, April 1, rather than during the week.

Unusual animal behaviour homosexual necrophilia in the mallard In the summer of 1995, Kees Moeliker, a dutch researcher, was sitting behind his desk in the glass building of the Rotterdam Natural museum. Suddenly he was alerted by an unusual loud bang coming from the direction of the window. Outside the building, a male mallard (the common wild duck) was found dead, laying on its belly in the sand. Next to the dead duck, another male mallard was present that forcibly picked the dead duck’s head for a few minutes after which it mounted the corpse and began forcefuly copulating with it. The amorous male duck on the left copulated for over an hour with the corpse of another male duck that was found dead after flying against a glass wall. This bizarre observation is unique because homosexual necrophilic behaviour has never been described before. The author explained that at the time of the collision with the window the two mallards were probably engaged in the common rape flight which is a normal reproductive strategy in mallards.

Chlorine trifluoride Chlorine trifluoride is an interhalogen compound with the formula ClF3. This colourless, poisonous, corrosive, and extremely reactive gas condenses to a pale-greenish yellow liquid, the form in which it is most often sold (pressurized at room temperature). The compound is primarily of interest as a component in rocket fuels, in industrial cleaning and etching operations in the semiconductor industry,[5][6] in nuclear reactor fuel processing,[7] and other industrial operations.[8] Preparation, structure, and properties[edit] It was first reported in 1930 by Ruff and Krug who prepared it by fluorination of chlorine; this also produced ClF and the mixture was separated by distillation.[9] 3 F2 + Cl2 → 2 ClF3 [edit] Reaction with several metals give chlorides and fluorides; phosphorus yields phosphorus trichloride (PCl3) and phosphorus pentafluoride (PF5); and sulfur yields sulfur dichloride (SCl2) and sulfur tetrafluoride (SF4). ClF3 + 2H2O → 3HF + HCl + O2 ClF3 + H2O → HF + HCl + OF2 Uses[edit]