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Space & Cosmos
Innovative model offers new way for astronomers to analyze powerful cosmic explosions
The explosion of a massive star leads to the ejection of its outer shell, and this “ejecta” expands outward over time and interacts with the star’s surrounding medium upon its death. This interaction creates two shock waves and a contact discontinuity (collectively known as a “shell”) that dissipates kinetic energy in exchange for producing more light. Eric Coughlin’s new model…
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Chemistry
Innovative method aims to remove PFAS from wastewater
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Oxford Brookes University have developed an innovative way to tackle one of the world’s most persistent environmental threats: toxic chemicals in the world’s water supplies. They developed a new machine called a hydrodynamic reactor that uses gas bubbles that form and collapse due to changes in pressure, a process called cavitation. This reactor removes…
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