Category: imperial college london

‘Flying fish’ drone actually explodes out of the water

Post author By Randall
Post date September 13, 2019
Categories In aquamav, Design, Drones, gadgetry, imperial college london, Robots, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] According to IEE Spectrum, the AquaMAV combines combustible power and water in order to propel itself. The drone contains calcium carbide powder. When mixed with water, the drone creates acetylene gas, which then gets funneled into a combustion chamber along with air and water. When ignited, the mixture then explodes, forcing the water out […]

Experiments with a single atom rule out the ‘fifth force’ theory of dark energy

Post author By Randall
Post date August 26, 2019
Categories In atom interferometer, atoms, dark energy, imperial college london, Space, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] One possible explanation for the phenomenon is that dark energy is the fifth force acting on matter, along with the gravitational, electromagnetic, and strong and weak nuclear forces. Recently a team at Imperial College London decided to test this fifth force theory by performing an experiment on single atoms. The experiment worked by examining […]