Tech Challenge: Creating a Sound Barrier
Take the challenge and see if you are right! An aircraft manufacturing plant engineer needs to determine at what distance a sound barrier needs to be erected from a riveting machine to protect workers’…
Natural Resources: The pH of Watering the Garden
August is National Water Quality Month. For gardeners, the quality of their water—and its impact on their plants—can be measured with a simple device. When the tester is working correctly, measuring pH is easy. One…
Olympics Fever: London Calling
From our Guest Blogger, currently fighting the crowds, Matthew Stott, Cole-Parmer UK For the first time since 1948, the greatest sporting event in the world, perhaps the universe (can’t be sure), is to take place in…
In the Heat of Summer: How’s your HVAC?
With July 3-August 15 recognized as National Air Conditioning Appreciation Days, we shine the spotlight on this often overused system. When it comes to the coolness factor, air conditioners rank high. Not so much for…