#materials scientists

[todays-xkcd]

If a materials scientist gives you a present, always ask whether regifting will incur any requirements for Federal paperwork.

Materials Scientists [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[Ponytail, White Hat and Cueball are standing around a table. On the table is a gift with thin black stripes, with a present with a black ribbon sitting on top of it. Cueball is trying to holding a gift that has thick black stripes, trying to open it.] Cueball: Where is this wrapping paper from? It's so thin, but I can't tear it. Is this amarid fabric?! Cueball: Maybe I can unpeel the... oooh, the tape flashes as I pull it up! Triboluminescence! Did you add a phosphor? It's so bright! Cueball: Wait, are these patterns structural coloration?

[Caption below the panel:] Materials scientists are like cats - the best present you can get them is an empty box with cool wrapping paper.

[jayther]

Materials Scientists

Subtext: "If a materials scientist gives you a present, always ask whether regifting will incur any requirements for Federal paperwork."

[doktorichtofen]

☢ | Sum favicons/pixels/Icons that i made :p

Free to use/edit/rescale

[california-112]

Smell that. It's perfume. Eau D'Ball.

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Constance Tipper (16 February 1894 – 14 December 1995)

An English metallurgist, Constance Tipper (born Constance Fligg Elam) studied engineering at Newnham College in Cambridge in 1912. She would go on to hold a number of positions at various laboratories in the UK. By 1949 she had gained a position at Cambridge University, becoming the only full-time female faculty member in engineering. Tipper's research focus was primarily on the strength of metals and she is most well known for her work establishing existence of the ductile to brittle transition temperature in steels in the 1940s. The Tipper test is still used today to determine the brittleness of steels. She is also noted as the first person to study metal fracture surfaces using scanning electron microscopy.

Sources/Further Reading: (Image source - Wikipedia) (Imperial College London) (University of Cambridge) (1995 Obituary)

[dreasdreams]

Lord Asriel x Marisa Coulter moodboard

"She and your father, they fell in love as soon's they met."

[crazy-pages]

Solid state physics professor: And so because we can describe things as infinite repeating lattices, we can use these relatively simple structural mechanics to describe semiconductors! Poor naive students: What about glass and other amorphous materials? Professor: Hahaha, we don't talk about glasses. They don't work like that. Students: Oh. So they have different properties than semiconductors? Professor: … well. No. Students: Wait. What? What do you mean no? Professor: They behave very similarly to semiconductors with respect to electric properties and are very similar to high mosaic crystals physically. Students: Oh. So … how do you describe the underlying physics leading to that behavior? Is it similar to lattice structures? Professor: Haha. Hah. Hah. Students: … we can describe the underlying physics right? Professor: … sure. Students: For more than high purity fused silica? Professor: … alright class dismissed, go home, study crystals, have fun, and if you hear me weeping horribly in my office no you didn't!

[quadrantadvisor]

2012!Donnie, covered in engine grease: Yeah, I salvaged most of these parts from the trash, isn't it great! Plus, I figured out how to synthesize some of the necessary chemical compounds from the gasses naturally produced by sewage. Now THAT a gross weekend.

Rise!Donnie, who figured out how to use the internet for grand larceny and never looked back: You disgust me.

[compacflt]

wip wednesday: let’s have some happiness around these parts for once!!

[arinishi]

THEY ARE SO ADORABLE 🥹🥹 THE LITTLE GUYS !!!

[jacquesthepigeon]

Same friend that went out while he was in the eye of a hurricane later asked me why I didn’t just make a homemade solar power generator to cope with the loss of electricity and I was just

[kvroii]

I drew a reference sheet for Garu Orochi for the first time since his last ref update in late 2021.

Although he wears a few different but similar outfits, here is one version of it for simplicity's sake. This reference also includes his hair angles, accessories, some of his snake features, and any tattoos and scarring on his body.

There will be a separate ref for his appearance when his hair is tied up, when he is wearing his reading glasses, and for his non-work outfits.

[maegalkarven]

I love this image of Gortash from the Emperor's story.

Look at him.

Look at his smug ass. He came to ruin both the Empreror and Stelmane's lives and is so proud of that.

[thesunsetsea]

I know him. You know I do. I can smell his next move. And I know Dust. I've studied it. I'll be able to understand what he's doing, what he's done.

[materialsscienceandengineering]

What is the Seebeck Effect?

More than two centuries ago, a German scientist named Thomas Seebeck discovered an unexpected property of physics: Metals and some compounds are good conductors of electricity as well as heat. He found that when he combined two of these materials and then applied heat to one end while exposing the other end to cold, a small electrical voltage was created across the materials. Today, this property, known as the Seebeck Effect, is used to power many NASA science missions that explore the most extreme environments in the solar system.

[h7jfangirl]

After all this years, 15 years for our lovers and 8 for us readears, to wait the resolution of a love that did never die but never wake up

Until this day

Young love has finally returned, the question it's...

What's next?